Talk:Damon Albarn

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Contents 1 removed trivia tag 2 random criticism 3 Whitechapel Hospital 4 Iceland section 5 New Labour 6 Correct pronunciation 7 Another new project 8 New category? 9 no-bomb.com 10 Solo projects 11 "Early years" section very amateur

[edit] removed trivia tag

whoever put it there did it just to be snarky.

[edit] random criticism

Much of the text in this article is unformatted and untidy. It looks like it was just copy/pasted from elsewhere. --Moochocoogle 11:08, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps we should revert this edit. Acegikmo1 18:32, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll do that. Just thought I should write something here first as it has been taken out before and then reinstated.--Moochocoogle 20:08, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Whitechapel Hospital

I can tell you for sure that Whitechapel Hospital is not in Leytonstone as listed here. Googling for this subject throws up a number of references that all claim the same thing but I wonder if they have simply copied this incorrect reference from wikipedia. Damon certainly grew up in Leytonstone, I have no idea if he was born there. I've removed hospital reference but grateful if anyone who knows for sure could amend as appropriate. MLA 13:17, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

When I made the initial revision and put in that statement I just sort of took it for granted, as I know nothing about London. There's like one or two pages that directly copied this article or some such but a lot of those pages said it before I put it in. It's probable that he was indeed born at that hospital, wherever it is, but then lived in Leytonstone or whatever so... I dunno.--Theuniversal 23:15, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Iceland section

"...his many alleged affairs with very young teenage girls in Iceland. This was a rumour no one ever confirmed...". Is it important to list this kind of gossip here, actually? PDD 11:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I do not believe so. Olessi 19:00, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Labour

Should any mention be made of Albarn's support of New Labour and infamous meeting with Tony Blair in the Houses of Parliament in the runup to the 1997 general election? Since the article includes mention of his stance on the war in Iraq, it would seem apropreate Tkos 23:13, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Correct pronunciation

What is the correct way to pronounce Albarn? Is it el-bahrn, all-burn, ahl-barn or what?

  I believe it's pronounced Awe-Bahrn

[edit] Another new project

Does anyone have any more information about Albarn's latest project with ex-Clash bassist Paul Simonon and former Verve guitarist Simon Tong; apparently they are releasing a single in October. Y control 10:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New category?

Anyone think we should make a Damon Albarn category? He has three bands and 12 albums to his name. --Evil Eccentric 01:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] no-bomb.com

Should this be included in the article? It's a protest he's in against the nuclear rearmorment of Britain's nuclear weapons. He's composing a piece to be sung by a 50 person choir called "5 Minutes till Midnight" for more info check out no-bomb.com MoD Prophet 01:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Solo projects

I added a little tidbit at the end of the solo career section which is from the Q interview - once I get the magazine out of my work I'll come back and add the citation. I also removed Deltron from the associated acts because he really only added vocals to the project, and not to a large extent. I don't think it's enough to consider them an 'associated act' because if it was we'd have to add every project that he added vocals to. I'm open to arguments on the contrary though. Also, I'm wondering if we should add Elastica to the associated acts. Not because he dated the lead singer, but if the Q article is any indication Albarn had a lot to do with their first album. RomanZayus 03:56, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Early years" section very amateur

The language used seems to be very unprofessional and clumsy to me, and uses phrases that are more likely to be personal opinion than actual fact, unless someone has some sources to back all of it up (f.ex. "Born to a hippy family", "his parents listened mostly to old blues, Indian ragas and African music. Damon didn't apparently like much of them." (emphasis mine)). The quotations read more like they were read somewhere and then offhandedly recalled into the article, and also have no references. I also think the language is a bit brazen and over-direct, eg "Damon was a relatively normal child", or "Because of his unconventional background he was considered weird and vain and often got called "posh stroke gay" at Stanway Comprehensive. "I was a weirdo", he recalls." Correct me if I'm wrong, but that paragraph seems awfully amateur...

Syd22 (talk) 06:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)