Talk:Procol Harum
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[edit] Star
I've removed the detail about the star "named" after B.J. Wilson. As explained here, star names like this are fraudulent, and aren't recognised by anyone except the company you pay for the name. In particular, no astronomers use these names, whereas the asteroid named after Procol Harum would be recognised by the astronomical community.Sonitus 01:46, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DNA's favourite song?
Could somebody please find out if Douglas Adams favourite song really was "Grand Hotel"? An earlier version of this page said it was "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and I remember reading somewhere that it was the Beatles "Drive my Car". If we can't find out I suggest we remove this "fact". StormCloud 13:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- As nobody wanted to correct this statement I've removed it. I have, however, added a reference to the comment about "Grand Hotel" inspiring the "Restaurant at the end of the Universe" StormCloud 13:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Who owned the cat?
I've questioned the assertion that the group was named after Keith's Cat (I remember reading somewhere that it was a neighbour's cat). Can any body find an article that says one way or another? StormCloud 12:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
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- Following this up, according to Claes Johansen's book "Procol Harum - Beyond the Pale" (ISBN 0-946917-28-4) "He [Guy Stephens] suggested that they name themselves after a Burmese cat belonging to a friend of his". I've amended the text and referenced the source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by StormCloud (talk • contribs) 12:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Procol Harum and Latin
the correct translation for procol harum is
before col a thing (if harum nominative singular)
before col o thing(if harum is vocative singular)
before col the thing(if harum is accusative singular)
for the translation to be "far away" the word has to be Procul His, with his in the ablative neuter plural
--Czar 21:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
source: Jenny's First Year Latin(ISBN - 0-205-07859-1) and Words.exe vers.1.97FC by William Whitaker
- try procul harunc, or hic instead of harunc.
--Procul Harunc 14:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Citations & References
See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 06:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
As is sadly the case with so many entries for pop bands and their albums, this one has so many non-NPOV statements in it I'm not sure where to begin. I suggest an extensive rewrite. It isn't necessary to insert passages such as the description of Grabham as "a worthy successor to Trower." What does that mean? Was he able to play all Trower's parts identically or something? Even the description of the Paramounts' demise ("...the band fell apart") is over the line. Say "disbanded." It conveys the same information without burdening the article with yet more opinion. B. Polhemus (talk) 17:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
