Talk:From a Distance

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For the moment I've removed this bit: However, some Christians believe that, by emphasizing God's transcendent nature at the expense of his immanence, the song is grounded in heresy. I don't have a problem with this being in there, but I'm having trouble finding a source to support it.

I'd also like to see some info on how Bette Midler's recording became something of a theme song for the Gulf War.

Some mainstream chart info would be good as well. --MrFizyx 16:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Ironic" twist?

A while back I inserted some bit of text here about the songs popularity duing the Persian Gulf War referring to this as somewhat "ironic". It recently occured to me that I should find better support for the use of this word. I found this statement in an article on Warren Zevon:

Similarly, on a recent tour, he performed a cover of the song "From A Distance" -- best known as a hit for Bette Midler -- which he considered to be a "fabulously ironic" song, but which was greeted with disdain when he sang it. [1]

I also found a blog entry, "Bette Midler's "From a Distance"-- What does it mean?" quoting my own words back to me. Weird. -MrFizyx 21:02, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

In any case there is a real need to find sources for the interpretation section. Currently it presents only a variety of viewpoints, all of which constitute original research. -MrFizyx 21:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible sources

Sources to use at some point:

-MrFizyx 13:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)