Talk:Squeeze
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[edit] References
Cited sources are not neutral, nor independent authorities. Squeeze are a commercial business, citing their fansite as source is little better than spam, or viral marketing. This is POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.214.246 (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Er, actually, using their offical site and fan sites as a source for such factual information as dates of their album releases and detailed line-up switches is entirely appropriate.
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- Now, if these sites were being used to "source" statements such as "Squeeze was the coolest, most awesomest band ever", then yes, that would be inappropriate. But this entry is largely free of such hyperbole. While there are still a few isolated statements that could stand to be made more neutral, overall this is actually a pretty good article, especially for a rock band. It sticks almost completely to the verifiable facts -- album releases, chart positions, line-up chronology, etc. -- while offering some colour and anecdote along the way. There is, in fact, very little I can find that's strictly POV about this article.
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- That being said, additional sources would be more than welcome. 172.135.237.186 (talk) 18:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Singles
I've been taking on the project of doing articles for each of the band's singles for the last few months -- haven't done anything on Wikipedia prior to that, so if there's anything I can do to polish / improve my work here, feel free to let me know! Mrmctorso
They are known for their hit songs "Cool For Cats," "Up The Junction," "Tempted," and "Hourglass," among many others.
Black Coffee in Bed should be listed there. I watched MTV a lot back in the day and here in the US I saw it on MTV more than any other Squeeze song.
Also info should be added about the VH1 Bands Reunited thing.
WOW! i appreciate your work really much, cheers!:O —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.94.133.193 (talk) 09:58, August 27, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removed ludicrous statement
"The two main writing partners in the band, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, are widely considered to be among the finest melodic pop songwriters of their generation and have often been compared with the legendary Lennon-McCartney partnership, although unlike The Beatles, Difford and Tilbrook's direct collaboration on songs continued through most of the group's career."
Do ya think perhaps a Squeeze fan wrote that? Damiancorrigan 11:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah I've thought about cutting that one myself. There are plenty of citations you could make from the early 80's about critics and A&M pushing to get the band labeled as "the new Lennon & McCartney" (the label even put that on a sticker on the first pressing of Sweets from a Stranger). The band hated being labeled as such, though, and blame a lot of their mediocre mid-'80s material on that ridiculous amount of pressure. So, in context, we could keep some of that in the article, but as it was, it came across as pure fan gushing. Mrmctorso 21:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed dangling sentence re Kevin Wilkinson's suicide
Kevin Wilkinson did in fact hang himself at his home, but he was not a member of Squeeze at the time, and it's not really relevant to the band's history. Plus, the position of the sentence in the article was extremely awkward, and not realy connected to anything before it.
Of course, if you click on the Kevin Wilkinson link, details of his death are there, as they should be.
Date of birth is missing. It is written more like a fan story than factual. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.232.132 (talk) 01:45, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
