Talk:The Importance of Being Idle (song)

No wisecracks
Removed reference to Ifans' character being 'wisecracking', since he does not speak at any point during the video, other than to mouth some of the lyrics of the song.

Meaning of one more line
I just reverted the changes made by 81.104.144.71. When I first heard the song I thought that the section referred to asking a doctor to lie for him, but on the printed lyrics the word is clearly line not lie. --Apyule 11:35, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

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I don't think so...
"He got the title from the Mark Twain book of the same name which he found whilst cleaning out his garage"

Mark Twain didn't write a book called "The Importance of Being Idle" and the link connects you to a book written by a one "Stephen Robins," albeit under the same name. There is, however, a play by Oscar Wilde named "The Importance of Being Earnest"; perhaps Noel was inspired by this title? This seems more likely. I would edit this, but I don't really know how (I literally just made an account) and I feel that this claim should probably have a reference to it (don't know where to find one). TheMillenniumDuck 04:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)TheMillenniumDuck FYI, I beleive the title of the book he found while cleaning out his garage was used for the title of the album, Don't Beleive The Truth, not this specific song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.56.248.74 (talk) 21:45, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 2 March 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. -- Calidum 03:49, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

The Importance of Being Idle (song) → The Importance of Being Idle – The book's article is barely two paragraphs and the song's notability seems far greater than the book. Googling the book only produces 2,500 results, whilst the song produces over 200,000 results. --Relisted. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 10 March 2015 (UTC) Unreal7 (talk) 10:56, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * weak oppose and this despite being an Oasis fan. There are two topics for this title.  GregKaye 19:26, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak support and this despite being an occasional reader of books. (I think the video really made this song notable.) Martinevans123 (talk) 19:51, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:PRECISION, neither are notable enough to be a primary topic. --Richhoncho (talk) 09:52, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Richhoncho -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 05:41, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Umm... support per actual sources and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Red Slash 18:45, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:PRECISION, neither are notable enough to be a primary topic. Is this really the only song? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:22, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes it is the only song...... Unreal7 (talk) 22:52, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It is a pretty silly title... Red Slash 19:44, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Noel, we are on first name terms, recently commented about the silly titles in (sorry "of") his songs, and referenced (What's the Story) Morning Glory? as being particularly notable. GregKaye 16:17, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and WP:SONGDAB. The usage stats are pretty clear-cut. Dohn joe (talk) 14:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Seeing that this was relisted I first wanted to think through a further comment, but then the spirit of the title took me and I couldn't be bothered. GregKaye 16:14, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Strong oppose per actual sources (please look) and not absolute majority topic per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Also the song was named after the book. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC)


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External links modified
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070927005826/http://www.oasisinet.com/site.php?site=newsarchview&idx=597&year=2005&month=6&domc=0&start=0 to http://www.oasisinet.com/site.php?site=newsarchview&idx=597&year=2005&month=6&domc=0&start=0

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