Talk:Van Dyke Parks

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The narrative format of some of these sections is very bad. There is little actual information or citations. If all there is in a section is a list of works, it should be put into a list format, and the rambling text, rife with unsubstantiated opinions, deleted. Text should be informative and sourced. This is not a fan website. There's plenty of books, periodicals, and newspaper articles which discuss VDP. It would be great if some actual research were done and citations properly made and all the opinions and amateur music analysis removed. It's such a disservice to a great artist. Please help. Thanks.Jdubowsky 09:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parks-Little Feat

how on earth did so many authors miss the vital Parks-Little Feat connection?