Talk:Rock and Roll (Gary Glitter song)

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As a serious question, is it really worth being in an encyclopaedia what words some people sing at some University? Sounds trivial to me. -Runningonbrains 06:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * No.  The paragraph "Some examples of the use of this song..." needs to go, full stop.   Virtually every damn sports team in the United States, pro or amateur, plays this song in some form or fashion.   None of them except the first one or two is notable.   This is an example of Wikipedia at its worst: Everyone wants to add the claim to fame from their little corner of the world.   Unless anyone strenously and convincingly objects, I'm deleting that paragraph next time I see it.   Regards, PhilipR 18:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Done.  Moved to a footnote.   See  if you want to try to rescue some of this prose, but really -- listing every college to cheer with three heys or "We're gonna beat the hell out of you" or whatever is not notable.   - PhilipR 03:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Now it's done. If anyone wants to see this dreck, they can resort to the saved old versions.Paul 20:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

sAME AS Rock and Roll Part II?


 * Yes, absolutely. This article is about "Rock and Roll, Parts 1 and 2", but only Part 2 is ubiquitous in the United States, where most people have never even heard Part 1.  I don't know if the title is supposed to use Roman numerals or Arabic ones, and I don't care.Paul 20:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Similar point to -Runningonbrains
These repeated additions to the list of teams that have stopped using the song as a celebration are almost as silly as the endless list of teams that once used the song as a celebration. -ModNewt 3 April 2007

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 * Done. Cheers, Ian Rose 08:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Notable Exceptions
why are those teams notable exceptions of who still uses the song, I hear that song at almost every sports event I go to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.177.57.198 (talk) 21:43, 28 November 2007 (UTC) I agree. I still hear the song often at sporting events, and it seems that its play has not diminished at all. Perhaps the professional and college teams that have stopped using it would be more notable. Tomdaddy53 14:58, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

i also here the song everywhere, i think that part should be removed, cause i know for sure they play it at Gillette Stadium.(Themissinglink42 (talk) 05:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC))

KLF cover version
Worth mentioning Doctorin' the Tardis? Pseudo Intellectual (talk) 03:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. The only reason I came on the discussion page was because I saw no mention of Doctorin' the Tardis, which is certainly a highly notable "cover" version. - Jon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.110.252.146 (talk) 21:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ditto. I came on this talk page just to make sure there was a discussion of this, but apparently it's been seven years and no one's put it in there yet!  Doctorin' the Tardis is what anyone younger than 50 knows this song from (really, probably a weird hybrid from sports games that are playing Rock & Roll II but the audience all yells Doctor Who the whole time).  At least since 1988 (even though Doctor Who wasn't on the air from 1990 to 2005, but it was in 1988 when the song came out.  PLUS it's a famous lawsuit, with The Timelords trying to make arguments about how information wants to be free and money is evil, and Gary Glitter saying that it's still theft and they should be held in contempt and then jail.--Mrcolj (talk) 12:23, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

College, High School, and Junior High Bands
Many school bands across the nation play this song during football games to show school spirit. This song gets the football players, cheerleaders, and fans excited —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.34.246.35 (talk) 20:59, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey, You Suck!
I know that this shouldn't say anything about specific teams, but I added a sentence about how a lot of fans (Terps, Islanders, Redskins, a bunch more) sing it as "Hey... YOU SUCK!" I figured that it's widespread enough to warrant putting in the article. 129.22.53.12 (talk) 05:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Royalties
I removed the claim (without citation): "Due to the charges against Glitter and the subsequent legal proceedings, the artist no longer receives royalties, prompting some teams to return to using the song." I know of no such legal mechanism is the US or England to deny earnings unrelated to a crime to a felon. In fact, this article from October 2008 states he was in position to earn royalties for an HP ad campaign had it not been canceled: http://www.khabarexpress.com/30/10/2008/Ad-earning-Gary-Glitter-100K-in-royalties-banned-following-outrage-news_50438.html 134.134.139.73 (talk) 17:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Citation Needed?
From the article: At sporting events, fans often insert their own "hey", or sometimes other chanted syllables.[citation needed]. KC Chiefs are one, and I pulled this citation from that article (see #4): http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3139628&type=story. As the claim states multiple teams, and I am personally unaware of more, I'll just leave this here... --Reverend Loki (talk) 22:20, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Cover Bands
Is this really pertinent? If we listed every band that covered Free Bird on the Free Bird page, the page would fill a terabyte. If you feel that covers and sampling of this band is pertinent, I'm open to discussion, but it seems irrelevant to this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.21.160.5 (talk) 23:57, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

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I remember when this article was about the song & not about glitter's (much) later arrest.
duncanrmi (talk) 05:20, 8 June 2019 (UTC)