Talk:Mannheim Steamroller/Archives/2014

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"In 2005 Mannheim Steamroller and Chip Davis teamed with WestStar TalkRadio Network to produce an unparalleled twelve hour Christmas radio program Mannheim Steamroller's An American Christmas. Hosted primarily by Chip Davis together with the programs' producer/writer, Barry Young, An American Christmas has grown to become a favorite Christmas Eve and Christmas Day radio offering broadcast and heard in most American cities and towns each holiday."

Created in 2005 and the article already claims it is a favorite that is offered in most cities each holiday season? i only count three seasons having occurred so far. being replayed twice is hardly enough to consider it a favorite or establish a pattern of it being played regularly.

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I was just about to post the same thing! Except I count only TWO seasons so far ... the 2007 holiday season hasn't even really begun yet! Adding cite request ... Scrutchfield 18:05, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * In 1987, Manheim Steamroller did a full album based on the music of Classical Glass. The cover has a clear guitar on it with a gasoline nozzle inserted in the center hole, and a background that fades from very light blue near the center to a lining of black around the edges. I just can't find my copy to post the album, it's cover, and the song list here, yet. Trlwnc (talk) 04:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

NPOV?
Part of the history section says "featuring Jackson Berkey's virtuosic keyboard work (for more examples, listen to Berkey's own Sunken Cathedral for master performances of classical works by Debussy, Persichetti and others).". While I do agree that Berkey is very talented, I believe this violates WP:NPOV. It isn't something that everyone would agree on, and it sounds like someone trying to explain why they're a fan of this group and their early albums. Oldiesmann (talk) 00:09, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Beginnings
"performed entirely by Davis and musical collaborator and keyboardist Jackson Berkey, using electric bass (played by Eric Hansen) and synthesizers"

If the music was performed entirely by Davis and Berkey, where does Hansen fit in? Tsuguya (talk) 17:18, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

A Cult Religion?
Isn't Mannheim Steamroller a religious cult? At least, that's what I've been told for some strange reason by people. (I've never heard any of their works, nor even knew they existed other than I linked to this article from another Wikipedia article.) Sierraoffline444 (talk) 21:29, 24 January 2010 (UTC)


 * What would it's followers hold on to? "I believe in Fresh Aire? The band may have a cult following, but thats hardly the same thing. Google doesn't support the notion that the band is itself a religion, cult or otherwise. Dan, the CowMan (talk) 23:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Missing Info When Explaining the Band Name
This article does a great job of explaining what a "Mannheim Roller" is. But there is a major gap in getting from there to "Mannheim Steamroller". Here's what I had added a couple of months ago to help bridge that gap (but for whatever reason got deleted):


 * An unrelated point of curiosity is that the city of Mannheim in Germany is where what is popularly regarded as "the first automobile" was invented and manufactured. But in fact before this 1886 event, steam-powered cars had been in use. The first automobile fatality on record happened in 1869, 17 years prior to the Benz gasoline-powered Mannheim invention, so the name of this band serves to remind us of steam cars preceding gasoline cars.

I consider this section of the article to be incomplete until someone can explain the full name "Mannheim Steamroller". I gave my best effort.--Tdadamemd (talk) 08:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)