Talk:One Two Brown Eyes/GA1

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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 23:09, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Happy to discuss, or be challenged on, any of my review comments. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:09, 13 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @BennyOnTheLoose, just checking in on the status of this review. -- asilvering (talk) 16:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * , as the nominator hasn't edited for over a month, and most of the comments are unaddressed, I'll close this. It can, of course, be renominated in the future. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I made some changes suggested by scripts. Feel free to revert.


 * The Geocities site doesn;t look like a suitable source.
 * The Turner book references are broken. This could be fixed by using the cite book template for that source.
 * Sources all seem appropriate.
 * I don't think the References heading, is needed, as there is a section for Notes and References


 * Spot check on Wrixon came up with the name Them, after the movie of the same name. - source has "they [the Gamblers] christened themselves after a Fifties horror movie — Them! Young Wrixon felt that the missing definite article 'the' would distinguish them from the legions of rival new groups." - I don't think this verifies that Wrixon came up wiht the name himself.
 * Spot check on notes that the lyrics may have been written as early as the summer of 1963... Them would often extend performances of "One Two Brown Eyes" upwards of 20 minutes - I can't see this verified on Heylin p.76. What's the source text? (Or maybe it's on a different page?)
 * Spot check on Heylin notes that the different drumming styles provide great contrast; Millings uses a simple "tribal beat" on his drum track in contrast to Graham, who performs a beat that "gives the song a calypso aura". - I couldn't find this in the source.
 * Spot check on Unterberger notes that Morrison appears to sound much more "menacing" in his vocal delivery during his early career compared to later solo one - I don't think that "notes" is right, as this is an opionin rather than an objective fact.
 * Spot check on Richie Unterberger instead suggests that it was a major influence on the Doors; particularly their debut single "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" - is it fairer to use "an influence" rather than "a major influence" (or make the statement more specific to that particular song)
 * Spot check on "it failed to recreate the same success in mainland UK which caused the single to fail reaching the UK Singles Chart." - no issues.


 * What's the source for "One Two Brown Eyes" has also appeared on most compilation albums released by Them?
 * What's the source for In addition to "One Two Brown Eyes", the session also produced the Morrison compositions "Philosophy" and "Gloria" alongside the covers "Groovin'", "You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover", "Turn On Your Love Light" and "Don't Start Crying Now."?
 * Infobox genre: The term "proto-psychedelia" doesn't appear in the linked article.


 * ""Solomon practically bent Decca to their knees with an ultimatum" - either attribute in the text (not just in the citation) as a direct quote, or rewrite.
 * "quickly became one of the bestselling singles in Belfast record shops" - either attribute as a direct quote, or, preferably, rewrite.
 * "it failed to recreate the same success in mainland UK which caused the single to fail reaching the UK Singles Chart." - reword to something along the lines ""it failed to recreate the same success in mainland UK and did not chart."
 * "spawning a career that has lasted well over 40 years and over a 1000 songs written" - either attribute as a direct quote, or rewrite.
 * "obscurely buried as the B-side of an uncommercial single" - either attribute as a direct quote, or, preferably, rewrite.
 * "bossa nova drum beats" and "come on at roughly the same time in both songs" - either attribute as direct quotes, or rewrite.
 * "Heylin believes that the song should've made people shown interest in Morrison's songwriting" - "show" rather than "shown"