Talk:She's Gone (Hall & Oates song)

Tavares
The article makes it appear that Hall and Oates recorded this song before Tavares. But Butch Tavares has said in interviews that when Daryl Hall presented this song to the group, they were not yet recording artists. He said that when the song was presented, he took the song to RCA and made them commit to meeting with Hall and Oates, then made Darryl Hall commit to meeting with RCA before the band would record the song. Hall and Oates' recording contract came out of that meeting. For further comment, see this link at Songfacts.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misterdoe (talk • contribs) 18:03, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

unsourced genres
For whatever reason, there is a slow-motion edit war taking shape here over genres for the Hall & Oates version, particularly "jazz". Yes, it's unsourced and no, there isn't a consensus here for it (see WP:GWAR).

Along those lines -- and as a step to getting a consensus here -- I have also removed soft rock and blue-eyed soul. They are also unsourced and lack a consensus.

We have three basic options here: Independent reliable sources directly stating a genre (this is the preferred answer and would effectively trump any other option), a consensus here to label it whatever genre(s) we agree on or listing no genres at all.

Unless someone can find sources, I'm a bit wishy-washy between no genres or simply blue-eyed soul. As much as I despise the label, this song seems to be an exemplary example of the genre.

Comments? - Sum mer PhD v2.0 14:05, 3 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Re the recent edit warring by, please see []. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 18:48, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

As there has been no discussion here, I am a consensus of one. IMO, not listing any genre is the best option.

If anyone decides to discuss this at a later point, we can discuss it. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 13:58, 25 August 2017 (UTC)