Talk:Oh! You Pretty Things

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"The Earth is a beast" is incorrect!
Hi

Your interpretation of the replacement line is incorrect. Peter Noone sings "The Earth is at peace, we've finished our news", not as you assume. The whole idea of altering the line was to sanitize the lyrics. Bitch or beast, neither would have sufficed for either Noone or his publishers. I would suggest that the article be amended accordingly. Best wishes. 86.112.60.40 (talk) 00:36, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Self-corrected: I have exhausted all sources trying to back up my claim, and now accept the lyrics as in the article. 86.112.60.40 (talk) 20:19, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Lyrics
With regard to the introduction and references, The 'plot' of the song is widely thought to resemble and reference Aurthur C Clarke's science fiction novel 'Childhood's End', which deals with the evolution of the human race, culminating in the birth of a psychically evolved and final generation of recognisable humans. Shornconnery (talk) 11:03, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * This assertion was in the article once but despite it being "widely thought", no editor was able to produce any citations to reliable sources to back it up, therefore it was eventually deleted. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:42, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Indeed and I have also exhausted my sources attempting to provide a citation. Someone needs to ask Bowie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shornconnery (talk • contribs) 19:23, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Audio samples and official audio recordings
Why is it "better" to have Official audio recordings only as External links and not in the infobox (with or without samples also available)? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:50, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I've only ever seen actual music video links appear in infoboxes. Audio links to my knowledge should appear in external links and to me, it makes much more sense that way. – zmbro (talk) 16:10, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * So why do we have a misc infobox insert to add Official audio or Official video to infoboxes? Someone must have thought it "made much more sense" to make them more accessible there than buried away in External links? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:16, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll be expanding this after I finish "Changes". When I do, I'll probably be removing the infobox for Noone but I'll worry about that when I get there. After I'm done then I'll worry about where links are. – zmbro (talk) 16:34, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining. You realise that the title of the Noone single was "Thing", but he sings "Things"? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:36, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll keep that in mind. – zmbro (talk) 16:52, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Glam
Does this source support the genre of glam rock? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:31, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I can't see the page so I can't verify. If it says it is then yes. – zmbro (talk) 21:43, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * That's a shame. I mean, also, the entire book is about glam, so... Martinevans123 (talk) 22:39, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Good point. Again, if it says it is then you can add it. – zmbro (talk) 23:22, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Lisa Hannigan / Legion
Lisa Hannigan covered it for the TV show Legion, but I don’t know where in the article to put that 100.14.252.211 (talk) 04:38, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Was her cover notable per WP:SONGCOVER? Meaning did it receive coverage from multiple reliable sources? If so we can do something about that but if not it doesn't warrant inclusion. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 04:44, 7 March 2022 (UTC)