Talk:Short People

Maryland
can anyone cite how we know it's illegal to play the song "short people" in maryland? that sounds... pretty impossible. the stuff of urban legends. i'll give it a week then it's coming down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webbrg (talk • contribs) 23:06, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Offensive?
The article is pretty dismissive towards the idea that this song could be offensive, that people who take offense are just simply wrong. While Neuman's INTENTION may not have been to hurt anybody, the song could easily reenforce a real prejudice. I certainly was teased growing up with the lyrics from this song (yes, I'm short). Imagine if we instead substituted the word "black people" in this song - would we still be hearing how we're just misinterpreting the song, that its actually an anti-bigotry song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.178.36 (talk) 20:03, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

'''This. ^''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.221.140.211 (talk) 17:04, 28 July 2014 (UTC)


 * There are obviously a lot of stupid people about who don't see that's the whole point of the song: it's about the randomness of bigotry. People are prejudiced against black people / gay people? Hell, why not be prejudiced against short people? It makes as much sense, i.e. none. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.40.49 (talk) 11:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Satiric and parodic songs are often misunderstood by a small but vociferous minority. Noel Coward's "Don't let's be beastly to the German's" (played on the radio during World War 2, had to be banned by the BBC because wrote in to complain that it was pro-German propaganda). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.84.56 (talk) 11:33, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

shortpeople.co.uk
Removed this from the top of the article page... does it belong there? Removed the sentence:There is a British duo called Short People comprising Reg Webb who, among other things, played keyboards for Lenny Kravitz in the early nineties, followed by a spell with French songstress and actor Vanessa Paradis, and his wife Kate Webb who has worked with Suzi Quatro, Linda Lewis, Steve Harley. Bib 01:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Tongue-in-cheek
not sure this is the right word - "ironic" or "satirical" fit the bill better 82.69.28.55 (talk) 23:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Chevy Chase parody
There is a parody of this by Chevy Chase that was released in the late '70s/early '80s which turned it around, and he listed a lot of well-regarded short people. I had it on vinyl back in the day, but have lost all recored (heh) of it and cannot find reference to this comedy album today. Any tips on how we can source this reference? Qermaq (talk) 21:13, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Another performance by Paul Williams may warrant mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.46.196.231 (talk) 20:19, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Song Meaning
This is in the article:

Newman interprets the song to be about "prejudice" as was widely thought, but added that it was "about a lunatic".

If this is referring to the documentary on Youtube, as I understood it, he just is too tired to disagree with people on it being about prejudice, like he says "Yeah yeah it's about prejudice...". I think the real meaning is the lunatic part.

But I'm not a reliable source as everyone knows, the article fine as it is too. Just a wondering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.110.174 (talk) 22:02, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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