Talk:The La's
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this is accurate but poorly written. i suggest a re-write.
- I did a general copyedit of this, but probably needs to be checked and fine tuned by someone with knowledge of the band.
- Peter Cammell?! one 'm', common mistake. Yes, the nick is 'Cammy', but the surname only has one.
- Rewrote parts of the article to allow for a more concise read, updated 2005 dates, added a tiny bit of clarifying information about the 1994/5 dates, and removed links to "Viper" as the existing link referred to the snake and the tiny, extremely niche record label it was supposed to refer to is pretty much unremarkable outside of the La's releases mentioned in this article anyway. I may split the main article up into subsections at a later date, as for example the various album sessions and Mavers' post-band musical antics (or lack thereof) can allow for further exposition and detail which would seem slightly irrelevant in the main biography, as could a new section on bootlegs (seeing as there is such a dearth of official releases, it's reasonable to assume most modern fans of the band have at least had a cursory browse around the band's unsanctioned material.) T.L. 03/11
Article is in the "Britpop" category. Aren't they a few years too early for that? --Sachabrunel 17:22, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Noel Gallagher said their album was the "blueprint" for Britpop. Personally I think they aren't for a few reasons. Oh well. - ToneLa
They were a garage band (Rapido interview) but clearly had an influence on Britpop and drew inspiration from similar sounds to many of the Britpop bands that followed. SM.
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[edit] Stebbings
Who the hell is Phillip Stebbings? Is this an alias for Mavers? Perhaps his birth name? I just don't get it.
Never heard of him. Mavers has no known aliases. It's vandalism. ToneLa 23:11, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Apostrophe in the band name
As stated in the introductory paragraph, the band name is a Scouse abbreviation for "The Lads", which as stated in the article, indicates the correct use of the misleading apostrophe. Its is there to indicate the missing letter 'd' from the word "Lads".
Someone added a point to the Trivia section stating that it was a deliberate grammatical error like the one in Hear'Say, but this is wrong. The apostrophe is in fact correct in this usage, not a deliberate error for the effect like the clearly retarded Hear'Say. Spk ben | 13:16 | 10.09.07 (BST)
While the above explanation sounds plausible, without any further evidence it seems more likely to me that the apostrophe is simply an error. For one thing, this claim depends on the derivation of the scouse word 'la' being the truncation of 'lads', rather than being an etymologically independent coinage - something which again needs further demonstration. I have never seen 'las' or 'la' written with an apostrophe in any other context (although admittedly I have rarely seen it written at all). So I think this claim should stay out until proven.Edjack (talk) 20:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Triva Section
Since I removed the incorrect item of trivia about the apostrophe, there is merely one point left and it seems unimportant and unworthy of staying on the page, so I have deleted it. Spk ben | 13:18 | 10.09.07 (BST)
[edit] Glastonbury 2005
Just watched the recording of their performance of "There She Goes" on TV. Mavers looked really rough. -- Beardo (talk) 03:21, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
