Talk:Skylarking/Archive 1

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 * All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have been placed at the appropriate disambiguation pages.--Hraefen Talk 15:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I wish he wouldn't DO that. --Fantailfan 16:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Reversions
Reverted some items as no reason for divergence from standard format given. --Fantailfan 16:34, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Rolling Stone review restored
 * restored song credits to standard version
 * restore discography to include compilation in chronology

Track Order
Todd Rundgren was interviewed on IRC about this album, and why some songs were included and some were left off:

"Dear God" was always part of my original running order. The LP was deemed too long and something had to go. I essentially loathed "Another Satellite" because it wasn't part of the concept. Andy loved it because it was all Andy and he voted to boot DG because he was afraid of the reaction. The AR dude at Virgin hated the little kid's voice, so I was essentially overruled. Until there is a Skylarking without "Another Satellite" (and with "Mermaid Smiles") it will remain an imperfect record for me.

Even though the process of making the album wasn't apparently particularly pleasant, the end result is all the really counts.K8 fan 17:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Skylarking is also used regularly in reggae and dub music (e.g. Big Youth 'Tippertong Rock' [1973], and Horace Andy 'Skylarking' [1981]) and refers to an unspecified activity of misguided youths. While this has no obvious connection with the album, the fact that popular usage of the term 'skylarking' predates recording may shed light on possible influences in the title (beyond rigging). However it wiuld be very intersting to know what the reggae artists are specifically referring to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.202.197 (talk) 19:20, 4 November 2008 (UTC)