Talk:Lifes Rich Pageant
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Surely it should be Life's Rich Pageant (ie, with an apostrophe). R Lowry 21:51, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- No, the band specifed that the album should be listed without an apostrophe (see R.E.M. (band)) - Aaron Hill 10:57, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)
[edit] A Shot in the Dark
I removed this text from the article: "The title of the album comes from a quote in Peter Sellers' 1964 feature film A Shot In The Dark."
The same claim was removed from the R.E.M. article with this explanation: there is no attribution to Stipe making this reference, and the etymology of this colloquialism predates the movie by at least 20 years. [1]
If someone still thinks that the title of the album comes from the film, they should show such quote by a R.E.M. member and its source. –Hapsiainen 17:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- Here's a quote from "R.E.M. Inside Out: The Stories Behind Every Song" by Craig Rosen -
The phrase, which certainly has a lighter feel than Fables Of The Reconstruction,
was borrowed from the Pink Panther sequel A Shot In The Dark, a comedy starring Peter Sellers.
- And another, same source -
"There's a scene in one of the films where the inspector falls out of his car and into a pond...
and someone says to him, 'Inspector Clouseau, you are all... you should get out of your clothes,' and
Clouseau says, 'It's all part of life's rich pageant,'" Buck explained to Hilburn.
- Is that enough evidence to justify putting it back in the article? Thanks -Stubbsy67 10th January 2006
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- Removed again... no reason given... added again... will get proper ref format for Rosen's book. --Fantailfan 11:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removing reviews
Please do not remove professional reviews that are deemed acceptable by WikiProject Album standards. --Fantailfan 22:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Please stop the revert wars!
Hey! Between the two of you, you have edited over 10,000 pages; I have edited over 3500. As a disinterested observer, I am citing the unofficial "way too much time on our hands" doctrine: Let's compromise!
a) Dudesleeper is correct on the dating. The reason for this is very simple: for many years now release dates have standardized on Tuesdays in America and Mondays in other places. The difference of a single day is not worth this craziness.
- Proposed: We can use (as as has been the case elsewhere) one date with the UK release date and the second with the US one. You can even use cute little flag icons for them. (b) There are no explicit guidelines on how to incorporate an album article in a discography.
- Proposed: We add a second discography using this format, with the albums discography taking top spot, the chronological one the second:
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist =
| Type =
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
}}
Discuss, please. -- Fantailfan (talk) 20:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
