Talk:My Favorite Things (song)

list of versions
there is an impressive list of versions at http://www.radio.rai.it/radio3/fahrenheit/archivio_2005/eventi/Versioni-My-Favorite-Things.pdf

Big Brovaz inclusion
I have to question the inclusion of Big Brovaz in the list of covering artists, since their version only uses the tune, but not the actual words. --59.154.24.148 10:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

trivia
If someone rewrites part of the article, here is a thing I find interesting, but do not know if and where I should add it:

Because of the line schnitzel with noodles many tourists visiting Salzburg because of the musical asked for this combination, which is normally not served in Austria. The "noodles" is only added to rhyme with "apple strudels".

Kuebel (talk) 09:45, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Removal of the Notorious B.I.G. reference
In the "Cover Versions" section of the article, someone wrote "Notorious B.I.G, used the "My Favorite Things" melody in his song "Dangerous MC's"", with no attribution. I have gone to the sample listing of the album Born Again from which the song "Dangerous MCs" was taken, and did not see any evidence of this being so. Also, I went on to YouTube to listen to the original version of the song, and the remix (with Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg) and could not hear any section of it that remotely sounded like "My Favorite Things". Finally, I went to the site WhoSampled.com and looked for all the samples that were contained within "Dangerous MCs", and once again came up empty. Therefore, I have removed this line from the article. -- Jalabi99 (talk) 03:10, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced but suspiciously good
Most of the article is unsourced, but it seems well thought out and reasonably well written. I'm a bit suspicious it was simply lifted from some possibly coprighted source. Or maybe just the OR of some dedicated editor. No time to research it myself, but either way, I've tagged it. Someone needs to source it. TjoeC (talk) 16:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC) hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.100.60 (talk) 03:01, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Grieg
The song's main melody seems derivative of Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King, particularly in its repetitive simplicity and its minor key. Yes, it's somewhat repetitive and it's in a minor key, but that is pretty much it. Without a reliable source, the above POV statement (that I find frankly ridiculous) that the melody "seems" something cannot be kept in the article. --FA2010 (talk) 07:15, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Agreed - I'm going to edit that part out, as it makes ZERO sense. The melodies of the two songs are not even close. Figment79 (talk) 00:31, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Opening seems completely backwards
The opening to this article - ""My Favorite Things" is a popular Christmas song, It was originally from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music." - Seems absolutely backwards. This song was a song from the musical first, which was then turned into a Christmas song, not the other way around, and that first sentence almost makes it sound like it was a Christmas song first. Figment79 (talk) 00:36, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. This isn't the Christopedia, its the Wikipedia. 00:23, 29 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.26.52 (talk)

Coltrane
Just a matter of opinion, but I disagree with the characterization of Coltrane's version as "dark" and "frenzied." It's a stunningly beautiful piece of music...joyous and, I feel, quite bright.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.249.207.195 (talk) 16:34, 11 December 2015 (UTC)


 * It's been removed due to being unsourced. --Musdan77 (talk) 00:28, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Dave Brubeck
I believe the version from Dave Brubeck on his homonymous album is important too, but the list under "Other notable versions" is mostly devoted to Christmas uses of this song. So, instead of adding it to this list, maybe it's better to add a chapter for Brubeck's version or even include both him and Coltrane under a common chapter, "Jazz versions" or whatever... any idea? -- Pietro Toniolo (talk) 15:18, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Where is the Supremes version under notable recordings?
Feel like it's odd to have it's chart placement mentioned when it isn't mentioned anywhere else. 76.82.238.78 (talk) 15:51, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Venue?
I'm not sure why the "Venue" is listed as "Jazz, Holiday". Should this be removed? Random56653 (talk) 09:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I've removed the venue entry. Random56653 (talk) 01:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Coltrane
Mr Coltrane's version, with the key modulations under the original melody, is a sublime interpretation in my opinion, and deserves more than just a cover status. 2600:100B:B130:3E17:0:E:AE50:B301 (talk) 16:29, 11 July 2024 (UTC)