Talk:Don McLean/Archives/2013

Mangled Article

The beginning of this article is obviously mangled, probably because of mis-editing. AmritTuladhar 18:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

No fooling. Is he alive? Have kids? Have cancer? Live on Mars? This article has fallen a little short of being biographic! --208.127.100.19 (talk) 13:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

In the section titled CONCERTS, there is a sentence that begins: "Two years later, Brooks repaid the favor by..." Apparently the references is to Garth Brooks, who is mentioned further down in the article. However, this is the initial reference, it makes no sense, particularly since whatever "favor" was rendered, and by whom, is unclear. NicholasNotabene (talk) 10:06, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

University

I'm not any kind of authority on Don McLean, but the main page (Oct 22) says he attended Iona College. On Don McLean's official web page link it says, "In this 4 year period, Don moved from a fairly idyllic childhood existence, through the shock and subsequent harsh realities of his father’s death in 1961, to his decision in 1963 to quit Villanova University to pursue his dream and become a professional singer." He might have attended both Iona and Villanova or maybe just Villanova. I hope someone can check the facts and update the main page.AdderUser 00:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Good grief! Following my question about McLean's college attendance, someone rewrote the main article to read: "and attended an Upstate New York University". This is fact checking?? Iona College is in New Rochelle, NY just outside of New York City which is DOWNstate, not upstate; Villanova is located near Philadelphia, PA which is NOT-EVEN-NY-state, but a completely different state.AdderUser 03:28, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

His bio clearly states he dropped out of Villanova, and graduated from Iona. "While at Villanova University in 1963 (he stayed for just four months). . . Don also found time to attend night school at Iona College and, in 1968, graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration . . . " [1]. And it will always be upstate to any of us who grew up in NYC/LI - even if we spent four years in New Ro. There is no such thing as downstate. :) -Lciaccio 02:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup

Fragmented, needs cleanup. Also, should include something about being the inspration for "Killing Me Softly" Omarcheeseboro 16:29, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Singles discography

He needs a singles discography otherwise people will think hes a one hit wonder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Blizzard King (talk • contribs) 23:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

How is his name pronounced?

Is it pronounced as it's spelled (i.e., something like "McCleen") or is it pronounced as if it were spelled "McClain"? It seems like I've always heard it pronounced with a long "a" rather than the written long "e." 66.234.220.195 (talk) 03:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Other songs

Is there actually a reason for the following sentence to exist in this article?

"Boney M had a number one hit in the UK with a similar song in 1978 under the title Rivers of Babylon, which was not based on this one, although using the same text from Psalm 137."

So someone else wrote, or performed, "a similar song." So what? NicholasNotabene (talk) 09:59, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

I've removed it. It relates to Psalm 137 (where it is mentioned) and not McLean.--Egghead06 (talk) 11:06, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Somethings missing

Hi. There seems to be a gap in the concerts section.

One paragraph starts off "Two years later, Brooks repaid the favour" but there is no mention of what in the first para. The first para seems to be about the 70s while the second para talks about 2009. Can someone have a look? Gbawden (talk) 06:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)