Talk:Crimp (song)

crimping was also used in a recent sugar puffs advert

Merging
I believe rather than this having its own page this should probably be merged with the Mighty Boosh main article. It's probably not notable enough on its own but it would form an important part of the main article. — Mr. MetalFlower  ·  chat  ·  what I done did do  19:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

It's fine as it is. It's not exclusively an element of the Boosh, nor either of the two main actors/singers in the Boosh so it doesn't make sense to put it elsewhere.Joncheetham88 (talk) 14:28, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

"As it is" this article should be merged with the article about the Boosh. The introduction reads as if "crimp" is some sort of familiar and universal art form, but all of the examples seem to refer to the Mighty Boosh. As it is this article smacks of having been written by a fan who wanted to have his own Boosh page on wikipedia...there's a smarminess I can't quite put my finger on. That, and half of the "see alsos", all three "notes", and I believe all nineteen "external links" concern themselves with the Mighty Boosh. (The "external links" are all you-tube videos.) This is a fan page. I too am a fan, but I don't think this belongs here. If crimping does indeed exist outside of the Boosh--or, as another writer has posted, if it was originated by Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody?)--the article should give examples. As it is this is just a Boosh stub that has too little substance to stand on its own. PurpleChez (talk) 20:04, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree. This should be merged with The Mighty Boosh.99.164.62.7 (talk) 05:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

This badly needs to be merged. I totally agree with PurpleChez when he says that it was written by a fan. --81.102.234.88 (talk) 16:50, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I disagree, Crimping was a genre invented by Boosh but it stands alone as a single genre. It should be enough to refer to Boosh. Kimik0123 (talk) 15:01, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Do not merge. Agree with Kimki. It is now it's own artform.Bletchley (talk) 08:26, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge. It's just a running gag from a TV series, and I've rewritten the lead to clarify this. From the sources provided and a trawl around the web, I can't see any wider significance beyond the Sugar Puffs plagiarism; that Boosh fans make their own little YouTube videos doesn't mean that this is now an established music genre. --McGeddon (talk) 09:20, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge, even though it wouldn't really fit into the Mighty Boosh article in its current form. (Also, don't be too sure the Boosh invented the style; listen to "African Night Flight" by David Bowie.) Lachlanusername (talk) 22:40, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ignoring the unsourced analysis of similar music styles and the attempts to deduce the "rules" of crimping based on the TV sketches (which seem to be entirely original research), all we really have in this article is "the Boosh sung some funny scat-style songs that they called 'crimps'", and "Sugar Puffs were accused of plagiarism", which seems easy enough to merge into the main Boosh article. --McGeddon (talk) 09:38, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Merge, while crimping has become something that excists beyond The Mighty Boosh you cannot deny its origins lay there. This article seems to revolve more around the crimps seen in the mighty boosh then any other source. If the article is to remain on it's own it should be expanded to include more outside sources that way it shows it more as a seperate music genre and less as just a "tv series gag" as McGeddon stated it. In the last few years influences of crimping have been seen in rap and dance style music and even to add another pop culture tv show to the mix there was an episode of the simpsons where Bart demonstrates crimping trying to be different from the crowd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LadyLunaMarr (talk • contribs) 06:19, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Queen
Uh, The Boosh did not create Crimping, Queen did 92.11.249.185 (talk) 17:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Queen didn't create crimping. I don't even see how Bohemian Rhapsody could even be construed as a crimp.99.164.62.7 (talk) 05:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

As the article states - a crimp must be performed without music, so Queen didn't invent it although may have been an influence. (JM)

Big
Big did not create crimping. Shimmy Shimmy Cocopop is an actual song that was around way before that movie. But it isn't a crimp either. Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt are in fact the originators of crimping and have gone on record saying so.99.164.62.7 (talk) 05:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)