Template:Did you know nominations/Getting in Tune

Getting in Tune, Going Mobile, Love Ain't for Keeping

 * ... that The Who songs "Getting in Tune," "Going Mobile" and "Love Ain't for Keeping" were all originally conceived for Pete Townshend's abandoned Lifehouse project?
 * Reviewed: Tom Tarver, Mike Stephans, Chas Dodd

Created/expanded by Rlendog (talk). Self nom at 20:48, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Length, history and references verified for all three. Ordinarily I don't review multi-hook noms, but because these three are such familiar songs (from one of the greatest albums of all time), I made an exception. Some suggestions:
 * The hook fact should be cited in the intro as well, for all three.
 * The allmusic source on "Going Mobile" has an interesting allegation that should be in the article (and, were the song to be nominated alone, would have been a great hook): the band has never played it live.
 * Not sure those lyric quotes are totally in keeping with our copyright policy. Consider what you really need to demonstrate the point. Just because allmusic does it does not mean we can do it.
 * Unless you can get something on why it was used in the movie, or a comment from a critic on how effectively (or not) the song was used, or something on any alterations to the song, the mention that "Getting in Tune" was in the Jerry McGuire soundtrack comes across as rather trivial (Compare, for instance, a bit I found for the editor working on "City of Blinding Lights" where the director of The Devil Wears Prada talked on the DVD commentary about why he used that song to introduce the Paris scenes in the film). Daniel Case (talk) 06:46, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments. I actually think the first 2 items were already there, but I added the bit about "Going Mobile" never being performed live to the lede as well as the last section.  I think the lyrics quoted do illustrate the points made about the meanings of the songs in question immediately preceding, but to make that clearer I removed 2 lines from the "Love" lyrics (so that the quote is now the same as that in one of the book sources in its description of the meaning, as well as less than the Allmusic quote, which it already was), and I combined the two sentences immediately preceding the lyrics of "Mobile," to hopefully make it clearer that they are illustrating the points about the meaning and attitude of the song regarding hitting the open road in the mobile home.  As for Jerry Maguire, I never saw the movie and wasn't particularly motivated to look for information about how the song was used, but I think it is still appropriate to mention that it appeared on the soundtrack in the article, as it is referenced and relevant information about the song (and of course, a reader who has the information about the use of the song in the movie is free to add that). Rlendog (talk) 02:58, 5 December 2011 (UTC)