Talk:Bryan Adams

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Here are some tasks you can do: Cleanup: The Personal Life section should be re-written into prose rather than a list. Expand: Musical Career Section Other: Find citations for facts that don't have them.

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[edit] Genre

I removed Classic Rock from the genre list, because it's a radio format, not a genre of music, and hard rock, because it seems a little ridiculous to call Bryan Adams hard rock. I'd keep soft rock and arena rock, but I'm not sure about pop rock. I guess he could fit into that category. Perhaps someone who has better knowledge of Bryan Adam's music could help out here, since I only know the songs on his Greatest Hits album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrimReaper39614 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Arena rock is probably the best describing genre for Adams music in general. Also soft rock, album-oriented rock, and hard rock should be mentioned. His album On a Day Like Today probably has a few pop rock songs on it, but in general I wouldn't say it is his genre. Pardy 07:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC).

Isn't album oriented rock a radio format as well? Maybe rock n roll should be there as well? Daskill 18:03, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia Section

Why has the trivia section been re-added? You know how wikipedia frowns on trivia sections. I spent time integrating the trivia into main article and now it's back? Daskill 22:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I take the responsibility for the name "Trivia", it was originally called "Personal life", but was in the same plot-form, and some of the facts were not about Adams personal life, so I renamed the session. But let's try to move the trivia-facts into the main text. Pardy 08:16, 27 October 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Chutney Ferret

Now that isn't very polite, is it? Mornington 02:21, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, that expression always makes me laugh. Daskill 00:42, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bryan Adams photography

I would like to add an wiki Bryan Adams Photography page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Badfan69 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Badfan69. You can aupload pictures here, and add them to Bryan Adams wiki photography page here, but only if you are the copyrightholder of the pictures or they are for free use. Pardy 07:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Middle Name

I've edited this out of the top paragraph and put it under personal life as Adams has never used a middle name.Michelle1 (talk) 16:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bryan Adams being English-Canadian

I have recently been looking on his page for information on his new album and noticed it stated Canadian, Which is fine. I went on a couple of hours later to find it had been changed to English-Canadian, which I actually agree with.

Now it stated on the actual page that an English-Canadian is just an English speaking Canadian in general, which is being very "broad" so to speak, however it goes on to say something along the lines of its generally someone who was Canadian born but with English Ancestry. Now this in fact is true, as it actually states in his early life section that both his parents were born in England (ignoring the Maltese ancestory part which is also true). Now unless its something to do with the fact that he also has strong Maltese ancestory, I think that English-Canadian should replace simply Canadian, its much more specific and accurate. Mike Myers the actor is in the exact same position, hes even worthy of one of the six people pictured on the English-Canadian page. He too is Canadian born with English parents and it states it on the page that his parents were both born in Liverpool. Hes also got English-Canadian instead of simply Canadian under his nationality and hes even, like I said, worthy of one of the six people pictured on the English-Canadian page.

Now until someone responds to this comment and gives me a good reason why not, I am changing it back to English-Canadian as opposed to simply Canadian, and if anything he also deserves his picture on the English-Canadian page, he is a very respectable and dam good English-Canadian musician, and a great songwriter at that. TomKing1980 (talk) 21:17, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Although you raise some good points, I do not think he identifies himself as an English-Canadian. In various interviews in the U.S. over the years, he simply stated that he was Canadian. I would go with what he says as opposed to making things complicated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erdal0 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for this great article...

When I was in High School and in College, I didn't like Bryan Adams's music very much. I was parochial in my music tastes, eschewing most of the mainstream music that I had grown up with. Instead, I favored the "alternative" music that was popular among teens and young adults. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I began to remember some of his hits, and began to explore the Internet, finding out more about him. I have changed my position, and I'm now a big fan.

It isn't a big stretch for me -- as a young teenager, I enjoyed the music of many pop acts, including Billy Joel and Pink Floyd. I have always gravitated toward unique-sounding artists, especially those from Britain.

There isn't a lot of plain-old "rock" music that moves me. Most of what I listen to is synthesizer-driven. However, there is a visceral need that Adams satisfies. His songs are well-produced, which is something that I appreciate, but sound raw enough to be powerful.

Some of my favorites include Heaven, Summer of 69, It's Only Love, Cuts Like a Knife, Run to You, and Heat of the Night.

Again, thanks for this article. If I have anything to improve it with, I will, but right now I'm content to read and to enjoy.

Sammy

SammyJames (talk) 18:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Album "11"

I noticed that there was a duplication on the album info for 11. I reorganized the info and put it in sequence with his other album info. The intro to the article seems a bit scarce, but the lists of album rankings in each country seemed a bit out of place and redundant.

TravelinSista (talk) 14:20, 11 April 2008 (UTC)