Talk:Julian Cope
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[edit] Writer
He also wrote an interesting book about Krautrock : Krautrocksampler. Arronax50 22:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- He prefers to name it "Kosmiche Musik" (Cosmic Music), by the way. Arronax50 22:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clean-up
This article needs a clean-up - methelfilms 6 July 2005 08:28 (UTC)
- What do you suggest? I think the discography (in particular) needs some cleanup, but I don't think the article is an overall mess. I've been tracking changes to it and do intend further expansion and maintenance, so if you have suggestions for cleanup but not the time to do them, let me know and I'll see about acting on them. Dayv 8 July 2005 22:44 (UTC)
More on music - each album should be commented properly.
[edit] Long band names?
We have here:
" The name for the band ... started the trend for long band names such as Echo and the Bunnymen and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark."
What's especially long about "Teardrop Explodes" or E & the B-men? (I could list tons of longer band names, before JC and TE "started the trend"...for a small selection how about The Velvet Underground, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, and the (fictional, but surely influential) Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars...). Furthermore, what evidence is there that the other two bands mentioned were influenced by the not-particularly-long name of "Teardrop Explodes" in deciding their names? Camillus (talk) 22:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- Good point. I'll remove it until or unless it can be referenced. --Guinnog 22:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think it was referenced here because I believe he makes that claim in his book...daleki 16:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Teardrop Explodes singles
I just added a list of singles to the discography. one day I'll remember to fill in that edit box... Totnesmartin 15:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nobby the dog
I'm sure Cope used to ride around Tamworth wearing a dog costume, calling himself 'Nobby'. Then, when he thought of an idea for a song, he would stop at the next phone box and record the idea onto his ansaphone. Did I dream this - I can't find any reference to it on the internets.86.6.207.111 23:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Modern Antiquarian etc
Cope's writing demands more coverage than the half-line it receives here. Anyone qualified to contextualise his archeology, as well as his autobiographies and music crit (Krautrocksampler etc)? Millichip 22:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trim
I thought this article was looking a little shaggy, so I gave it a bit of a trim. There were a lot of unsupported judgments in there (20 Mothers a return to form?!); any stuff like that should really be properly referenced. Can we get better references as well; at the moment the only three verifiably listed are Cope's two volumes of autobiography and Cope's own website. I'm sure the good sources are out there - anybody fancy taking a look? --John 17:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
