Talk:Don't Stand So Close to Me

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Would the final paragraph (starting "Mark Knopfler deliberately "borrowed"...") not be better placed in the article for Money for Nothing (song)? Clair 19:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Nabokov Pronunciation

I removed the statement "Nabokov's name is misprounounced, placing the stress on the first syllable." According to the pronunciation given in the Nabokov article, that is correct. Darguz Parsilvan 10:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brand New Day Song

One part of this article says:

"Sting also does a song titled 'Brand New Day' with these lyrics: 'You're the pupil, I'm the teacher, you're the church and I'm the preacher'."

Is this really relevant? Sting wrote another song almost 20 years later that happens to refer to students and teachers, so that's supposed to mean that the two songs are related? I don't think so.

[edit] Link to "paedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs"

I think I'm going to remove it. Of course it's a related phenomena, but I feel like this link makes it seem as though the content of this song concerns actual abuse... A man feeling uncomfortable around a blossoming girl isn't really paedophillia or child abuse. Chris 13:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization?

Since the word "so" is a preposition, and prepositions are not capitalized in song titles, wouldn't the correct title of this article be "Don't Stand so Close to Me"? If I don't hear otherwise in a while, I'm going to go ahead and change it.

Hello, you can check the standards for formatting including capitalizations at the Manual of Style (WP:MOS) which redirects you to WP:ALBUM#Capitalization for music. There is also additional guidance at WP:MUSTARD. The word so is actually considered a conjunction, and thus on the surface it appears it should not be capitalized. However I can't find any musical examples where it is not capitalized (e.g., "You Are So Beautiful", "You're So Vain", "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding", So Far, So Good... So What!, "You Look So Fine", etc.) My suggestion is that it remain as is (with So capitalized), and that you can post your inquiry on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Albums where these kinds of discussions are best held, reviewed and decided upon. Z00ropean 22:56, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Cover song

my band is in the process of covering this song for some live shows

should be fun :)

S02178 (talk) 05:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)♠s02178♠

[edit] Music Video

In the music video, Sting is wearing a top advertising The Beat - Does this belong in the 'background' or 'cultural references' section? Richard Jackson (talk) 22:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)