Talk:The Boys of Summer (song)

Untitled
The main chunk of the page seems like a bit of a tirade. I'd definately agree that this article isn't neutral. 35.11.160.168 18:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)


 * No, it's neutral, just poorly written and obsessed with minutiae. DCB4W 03:48, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm concerned that perhaps Bryan Adams did not actually perform a cover of this song. I can find no recording on i*tunes or last.fm. Can anyone verify this?

Mwparker2 19:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)mwparker2

True, I'm pretty sure that Bryan Adams actually once said in an interview "I hate this song. I would never, ever play it live."

The end of the video could also be interpreted as Don leaving the fantasy of his memories and stepping back out into reality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.26.232.217 (talk) 21:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

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Looking Back
The young man doesn't 'look back' in the music video; it is the boy, the older man and Henley who do.

Bitbut (talk) 01:22, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Codeseven version
--Sylvia Anna (talk) 13:10, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Was this a single at all? If not, the infobox single is inappropriate and the info on this version can go to "Other versions".
 * 2) The text about this version is to a large part illegible. What is the author trying to say?

"Conceit"?
In the music video section, this article states that "At its conclusion, the video uses the post-modern conceit of exposing its own workings, as with a wry expression Henley drives the car away from a rear projection screen." Using the word "conceit" seems kind of questionable to me. Perhaps some other more neutral word should be used instead.-Schnurrbart (talk) 04:31, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

"Left-Handed"?
I removed the part where it says the boy is left-handed like Don Henley. It's normal for right-handed drummers to do the main hit on the snare drum with the left hand. If Don Henley is left-handed, he certainly doesn't show it. He plays drums right-handed, and I mean full right. He uses a typical right-handed technique, not the open handed hi-hat/snare technique used by many lefties on right-handed drum sets. And he signs autographs with the right-hand as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.51.218.38 (talk) 18:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Song title
I have the Geffen single in front of me that was released in Canada. The song is appended by a parenthesis: "The Boys of Summer (After the Boys of Summer Have Gone)". How was the song entitled elsewhere? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.145.16.99 (talk) 06:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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Composition section contradicts itself regarding key
If the song is in E minor, as stated in the second paragraph, then it is not a "1-7-5 repetitive riff over a vi-IV-V-IV chord pattern", as stated in the first paragraph (which implies a key of G major), but instead a 3-2-7 repetitive riff over a i-VI-VII-VI chord pattern. I realise that E minor is the relative minor of G major, and so they sound similar, but which is right? Both are cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.249.164.66 (talk) 22:33, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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the video within the video
I'm curious about the couple repeatedly shown in the background running and frolicking on a beach: Was it a scene taken from some movie? If so, what? Or was it made special for Henley's video? Who were the couple and what, if anything is known about them? 2600:8804:5900:2640:8475:614E:2249:E8B8 (talk) 05:45, 25 December 2021 (UTC)