Talk:John Farnham

To do

 * Discography - DVDs; compilations he has contributed to; EPs? (I'm thinking nah)
 * Awards received...give the guy his props
 * Should be a section about his acting/musical career

I cut this information because I couldn't verify it anywhere - are they CDs, tours, or what?

1988

 * Jack's Back - The Live Comeback

1989

 * John Farnham & The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Classic Jack

1990

 * Soul Deep (Jimmy Barnes)

2003

 * Under The Big Top (Live from The Last Time Tour)
 * Live Anthems

Man, this still needs so much work... I have left comments in the tables, that you will see if you edit the page, about some of the things I'm not sure about (like if an album is actually a covers album - if so, should say so).

pfctdayelise 13:01, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

It seems weird that the "career" section is missing a whole 12 years! There is no mention of what happened after Whispering Jack (Age of Reason, Chain Reaction etc) which was, it would seem, a very successful period for him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.168.238.60 (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Long Way To the Top
Someone who knows about John may wish to edit the article Long Way To The Top, and get it included in this discography. Also, I'd love to read about the relationship between Farnham and the AC/DC song "Long way to the top". -- Mikeblas 22:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

New Section Added

 * Charities John has supported
 * Have also cleaned up the Discography section a little.

Kerrie Sherwood - 1st July 2006 - Happy Birthday John!!! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.220.92.223 (talk) 11:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Referencing...
This article is not too bad, but to improve it it would be better if specific facts were referenced to specific sources. --Robert Merkel 11:46, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Horse Farm
I've removed the horse farm link. Many months ago, the article mentioned John's involvement in the farm -- but that text is gone. I don't think the link belongs here unless the article discusses the subject. (And at the target webiste, I don't find mention of John's involvement.) -- Mikeblas 15:41, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Kidnapping
Why is there no mention of his having been kidnapped? JackofOz 04:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Was he kidnapped? Can you provide references? 144.53.251.2 01:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I can't. It may just be an urban legend, but I swear I read some years ago that, during his early career he had been kidnapped for ransom.  His family and the police chose not to make it public it at the time, and he was released unharmed.  I have no idea whether any money changed hands, or what happened to the kidnappers.  The incident was revealed in a later biography but by that stage it was no longer big news.  Google seems to have nothing about this.  Was I dreaming?  --  JackofOz 01:52, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

No, he wasn't kidnapped. Shergar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.6.154 (talk) 13:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

opening paragraph is just weird
The opening paragraph should explain something about who or what John Farnham is. Instead, it links to "Olivia Newton-John, Kylie Minogue, Savage Garden, or The Seekers". That's just plain weird. --24.82.167.107 20:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

JC Superstar
Weird that there's no mention that he played the lead role in the 1992 production of Jesus Christ Superstar. 202.1.29.108 02:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Whispering Jack
I thought Delta Goodrem's Innocent Eyes beat the record set by Whispering Jack for the most weeks at Number 1. 144.53.251.2 01:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No, because Whispering Jack was much longer on the charts than is written here. My cousin in Perth, sent me the album, because she was tired of it, and mentioned that it was number 1 for a year...I of course, loved it, and still play it. I am looking for the Australian chats that show this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.157.126 (talk) 07:33, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Added a reference and a link to the 2013 Julian Assange parody of You're the Voice which was used in an Australian election campaign video. Stirring song and a well done parody. ggatin (talk) 10:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

POV tag
I removed the POV tag that was attached in Dec 2007, as there was no accompanying discussion as to what aspect was disputed. Manning (talk) 09:16, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Covered by David Archuleta on American Idol
Where would be an appropriate section to add that Archuleta covered "You're The Voice" on the March 25 American Idol episode? Genius00345 (talk) 03:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Never mind - just realized that JF did not write the song, nor was Archuleta performing his version. Genius00345 (talk) 03:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Australian of the Year
Is it notable that Farnham was Australian of the Year in 1987?  Paul Roberton (talk) 23:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed major editing
As an ARIA Hall of Fame inductee and Australian of the Year, Farnham should have a B-class (or better) article. The current article has lots of information - perhaps too much in some sections and not enough in others? - but only ONE in-line ref. Other problems include tone, formatting and flow.

I estimate the process will take about a week: first beefing up the Lead, reorganising sectns (including renaming/removing links in subHeadings), more content will be added for his earlier career. I intend to provide in-line references for main claims. Some content that is not verified may be removed during this process and parts may look unfinished or disorganised during interim edits.

Initial work-through from the Lead to LRB era will be posted today, subsequent major edits will delve into each sectn chronologically. Later, there may be more re-editing of Lead to help summarise the article.

After dealing with the main article, I intend consolidating his Discography into a new article but this will take longer as his recorded output is prodigious. Current tables in this section contain an unusually high amount of descriptive text: some will be moved to separate album/single articles, some to the Discography article.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have completed my major edits to the main text: its taken longer than I thought and I'm not entirely satisfied: still too much in later sectns. But I'll let other editors do their bit.
 * I'm still going to chop the discography section down to just studio releases and put the existing discog sectn into a separate John Farnham discography article.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 00:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

DOB
You guys need to get his DOB right. Is it 1950 or 1949?!?! 1 whole year. Thats a big difference for someone his age. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.62.243 (talk) 06:17, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Nobel Peace Prize
Can someone please find a citation for his so called nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize? Its a sweeping unreliable statement otherwise. --220.253.201.195 (talk) 11:47, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've already deleted the claim, apparently it was added as:
 * In 2008 Farnham was nominated for the noble peace prize for his lyrical achievements and for being a fkn idol in general. on 30 April by User:165.228.73.52
 * Other editors removed the latter half of the sentence and capitalised the award title. I take the original sentence as vandalism and the later changes as good faith edits. Nevertheless I removed the unreliable statement.
 * At the same time I deleted some other contentious unverified claims.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Awards and nominations
The 'Awards and nominations' part should be moved to a new page I reckon, or at least significantly shortened. I dunno, my two cents really. Michaelterren (talk) 08:39, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I am going to create a separate awards and nominations article.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 05:55, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Dead external links to Allmusic website – January 2011
Since Allmusic have changed the syntax of their URLs, 1 link(s) used in the article do not work anymore and can't be migrated automatically. Please use the search option on http://www.allmusic.com to find the new location of the linked Allmusic article(s) and fix the link(s) accordingly, prefereably by using the Allmusic template. If a new location cannot be found, the link(s) should be removed. This applies to the following external links: --CactusBot (talk) 18:12, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=111:gifexqe5ldje~T1

flash mobs
Are these really worth noting? It's my opinion they should be deleted, and I'm going to do that if nobody raises any issues with that. I've also deleted a couple of talk comments that don't meet the guidelines (one from somebody inviting John Farnham to stay at their house, and one saying that Toby Hayward is a genius) Owheelj (talk) 04:52, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Associated acts
There are currently 12 "associated acts" listed in the infobox on this page, and that is only because I removed five mis-formatted ones. Per the infobox's documentation, associated acts for an individual should include "groups of which he or she has been a member". I would suggest that the various solo artists Farnham has recorded or toured with should be treated in the article text but not listed in the infobox. Cnilep (talk) 04:57, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Broken/Invalid ref tags
There are three ref tags on the page (i.e., parts of citations) that appear to be broken. I don't know enough about how to fix them so I won't monkey around with them (I did fix one invalid tag, but these ones are more complicated). Could somebody please fix them; I'm watching this page and will learn from how it is done. Thanks! David Cannon (talk) 12:04, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Stuart Fraser Mini-Bio in Header
Is there a better way we could handle the mention of Stuart Fraser's involvement with Farnham's career - particularly in the header? The way that it's handled now ends the header with the sentence: "He died on 1 December 2019." This is an unfortunate way to end the header of a page about a completely different person (Farnham); it can imply that Farnham himself is dead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.112.161 (talk) 06:01, 25 January 2020 (UTC)