Talk:Reelin' In the Years

Song for My Father
The Song For My Father Intro is on Rikki Don't Lose That Number, not Reelin' in the Years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.132 (talk) 13:43, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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Thin Lizzy?
I just removed the statement "It is frequently mistaken as being performed by Thin Lizzy."

It is frequently mistaken as being performed by Thin Lizzy? By who? I fail to see this myself. The song sounds nothing like a Thin Lizzy recording. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherry2000 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * It was not a successful chart single in the UK, it is frequently thought to be a Thin Lizzy song here. I will attempt to find suitable references for this. Tom Green (talk) 22:22, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Who cares about what it is thought of as in the UK? Gee, they attribute a great song by a great American band as being by some second rate UK one - now there's a surprise...what an irrelevent POV —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.66.153 (talk) 02:51, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Song Title = "Reelin' ..." or "Reeling ..."?
The label on the original ABC Records 45-RPM pressing indicates the title of the song is "Reeling in the Years" (not "Reelin' ..."). Check any eBay auction for evidence. Perhaps some mention of that should be made here, especially if anyone has access to the story behind it. -- Rich r (talk) 20:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to know also. The 45 sleeve pictured here also clearly shows "Reeling...". I've seen a number of scans from back covers of various copies of "Can't Buy a Thrill" but most I can't make out. Can't even tell if they're LP or CD. The ones I can make out do seem to show "Reelin'...". I wonder how it was listed on the original LP of the album. Fgoron2000 (talk) 02:01, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Been looking a bit on Ebay & I get the impression that the "inner black label, gatefold" version of the LP was the original release. If so, I saw a couple listings there with some pretty good scans. Seems that the album didn't agree with itself. The side 2 black label clearly shows "Reeling..." and the back cover of the same copy of the album clearly shows "Reelin'...". The only places I've found so far with "Reeling..." are the original side 2 black label, and a couple different 45's, both sleeve & label. If I was gonna guess, I'd say the original LP back cover might've been a typo that just caught on & became popular as the "official" title. Walter & Donald would probably be the only ones who could say definitively. Besides, you listen to that cut really closely & I defy you to tell me that they're singing "Reeling in..." or "Stowing away..." or even "Gathering up..." Fgoron2000 (talk) 02:44, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Two Invalid Sources = Re: Jimmy Page's Fave Solo
Source number 2 leads to a 404 page error on a fansite.

Source number 3 leads to an interview with someone who is NOT Jimmy Page, where the interviewer SAYS that Jimmy Page was known to have said. If that's a source, this is a joke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.170.198.199 (talk) 18:31, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Big I, little t?
What's the rationale for upper case I and lower case t? The original vinyl album sleeve and label don't help much as all titles are in upper case. The label of later CDs uses "Reelin' In The Years". But the single cover, clearly shown in this article has "Reeling in the years". Is this a case of Wikipedia article naming policy taking precedence? At the moment it seems we have some strange kind of compromise. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:27, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I have requested a move here. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:21, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Completed, at 23:52, 12 November 2015‎, by User:Anthony Appleyard. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah great. Glad we all agree on that one. I'm still reelin' in the aisles. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:22, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 11 July 2016

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The result of the move request was: Not moved per "In" caps reasoning (non-admin closure) — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 22:48, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Reelin' In the Years → Reelin' in the Years – consistency with the rest of the article itself as well as with similar article titles – Mild Bill Hiccup (talk) 00:58, 11 July 2016 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 08:55, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:38, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Here, "in" is not a preposition but an adverb, as in "reeling in a fish". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:38, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Anythony Appleyard. Although I'm not sure if "in" is precisely an adverb, but it's certainly not a preposition either. It's part of the verb, "to reel in". Thus it is correct to capitalise it, per MOS:CAPS. We are not , we are   .  &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 15:26, 28 July 2016 (UTC)


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