Talk:Scritti Politti

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Cleanup[edit]

I've done a substantial cleanup job organizing and revising without adding much new information. I made an effort to convert the article to UK spelling and punctuation thruout and to wikify more terms (altho I'm unsure of the UK term "squat"). I excised a fair amount of gushing, but it still reads more like a music magazine retrospective than an encyclopedia entry. Also, the article needs a better description of Gartside's health problems and the band's subsequent breakup. And it really needs a picture. --Tysto 02:11, 2005 August 2 (UTC)

I noticed that the opening had become complicated again. The first sentence should explain what its subject is very simply for those who have never heard of it. Save the inspiration, origin, and evolution for later sentences. --Tysto 13:49, 2005 August 23 (UTC)

Green's "health problems" as I understand it consisted of a series of anxiety attacks, occasion so severe that he thought he was having a heart attack. Tom Morley, who is a friend of a friend, has also said that Green was prone to fly into rages.

- The article refers to Green Gartside having 'his first heart attack at age 23'. I can attest that anxiety attacks do indeed feel like heart attacks, but perhaps it would be better to remove that, given the great difference between heart attack and anxiety attack? I am assuming the above is correct ie he didnt have a heart attack, which would be very unlikely at age 23. --Alexanderstollznow (talk) 02:02, 7 November 2010 (UTC) -[reply]

"Squat" is quite a universal term in English, so no problems there.

I would suggest you amend "previously hidden reggae influence", because the band's first single "skank bloc bologna" was strongly reggae influenced, "skank" being used in the Jamaican sense of dancing to reggae (and much of the melody being lifted from common reggae tunes of the era).

You could e-mail Rough Trade and ask them for a pic, I'm sure they will be happy to oblige.

regards Chris

I removed " and yet Richard D. James has quoted, "I only listen to my music"." because it has absolutely nothing to do with Scritti Politti or anything even remotely related to this article. It is just a random quote by Richard D. James.

I have added copious references to this article, and a general Wikifying sub-edit. However, the article is full of opinionated statements that, whilst they may be 'true' (in an overly gushing sense), have no references to support them. I can only conclude that this is POV, and added the tag accordingly. I am happy to defer if some relevant reliable sources are included. Thank you,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is it true that his album is in The Mercury Music Prize?[edit]

Is it true that his album is nominated in The Nationwide Mercury Music Prize?

Yes - this is easily confirmed. For example: http://www.mercuryprize.com/ or http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5190396.stm

The winners that year were Arctic Monkeys for their debut album. --Jshatan (talk) 19:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

Perhaps one closer to the era from which they're famous, ie. more represenative? 41.242.127.16 22:53, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nonsense.Why should it be a photo from 25 years ago? He is still working and performing and therefore makes perfect sense for it to be from 2007.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mention of new album?[edit]

Rhodri Marsden confirmed over twitter that they're hoping to release an album this year - should that be added to the article? Spark017 (talk) 16:24, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Past members?[edit]

Was Richard Madeley really in the band?CulturalSnow (talk) 09:17, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly not...undiscovered vandalsim by IP who is currently blocked for disruptive editing, and also made bad changes to the Richard Madeley article as well. Now nicely reverted. Thanks for your discovery. Fylbecatulous talk 12:45, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]