Template:Did you know nominations/Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:38, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)

 * ... that although the released version of Neil Young's song "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)" was almost 9 minutes long, the original version was more than twice as long and included a verse about genocide of Native Americans? Williams: "'Sixty to Zero" is an epic even longer than 'OP,' performed at the Aug.-Oct. '88 shows, unreleased except that five of its eleven verses became the great Freedom track "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)"); The 100 Greatest Songs (Rolling Stone Magazine): "When Young debuted 'Crime in the City' in 1988, it had a different title ('Sixty to Zero'), 11 verses, and lasted close to 20 minutes."; Greenwald (Allmusic): shows the released lengh of 8:45; Downing: "...the different scenes [of the 11 verse version] move in and out of focus, through the genocide of the Sioux..."
 * Reviewed: Trichobaris trinotata

Created by Rlendog (talk). Self-nominated at 17:20, 23 January 2019 (UTC).


 * What do think of putting the hook the other way round:
 * ALT1: ... that the released version of Neil Young's song "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)" was almost 9 minutes long, but the the original version was more than twice as long, and included a verse about genocide of Native Americans?
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Interesting facts on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. If you prefer to speak about what's there instead of what not, you might use one of the poetic descriptions such as "a chilling litany of cynicism and resignation". Will watch. - A few suggestions for the article: I never need more than three references for one fact. I'd say "Young's biographer", or one could read it as a young biographer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:15, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I am fine with the ALT. I can change the wording in the article about the biographer.Rlendog (talk) 13:55, 4 February 2019 (UTC)