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About compiling a list

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I considered making a top ten for you, but damn it, that's hard. I personally am anti-rankings in all senses :) . I actually just think it's extremely, extremely, difficult to qualify the 'goodness' of a song, don't you agree? Not only that, I cry a little when somebody takes a song out of its context, i.e. I prefer songs to be in their place within their originally intended albums. I think each song is made for a purpose with respect to a greater idea within an album. Take The Beatles for example, as I see you're a Beatles fan: how could you remove "Something" from within Abbey Road? I don't know why I'm telling you this, I just felt like telling somebody. Aaanyway, good luck with your list, it's a cool idea but a hard one to pull off :). J. Finkelstein 17:52, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

You wrote: I totally agree with you that some songs shouldn't be taken out of their spot inside of an album (I hate when my Ipod plays songs in a complete album out of order). You mentioned the Beatles Something about taking it out of Abbey Road, which for me isn't as much of a problem because the Beatles weren't truly album oriented, but had more singles instead. But what really bothers me is when it happens with concept albums like The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Quadrophenia, and In the Court of the Crimson King. So don't feel like your the only one that thinks that. I also just can't stand modern bands that sell singles. That really bugs me. Anyway, I'm glad for your input. RENTA^{FOR LET?} 19:04, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Haha, I wasn't even thinking about albums like that, that have an explicit story, but that's a very good point, as well. J. Finkelstein 19:23, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Top 10 Classic Rock

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1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
3. Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & The Dominos
4. Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
5. Time - Pink Floyd
6. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
7. White Room - Cream
8. Almost Cut My Hair - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
10. Something - The Beatles

Yes there are some really strange picks in there but all those songs I've heard at least 50 times each and they'll all spectacular in my mind, I love your idea for a classic rock survey and you should do Classic rock albums as well! Great Idea and Good luck - Patman2648 06:11, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Darthjavaljs's top 10

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1. Thick as a Brick- Jethro Tull (yes, parts one and two)
2. Time- Pink Floyd
3. Aqualung- Jethro Tull
4. (Don't Fear) The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
5. All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix (This cover is better than Bob Dylan's original)
6. Radar Love- Golden Earring
7. Roadhouse Blues- The Doors
8. Riders on the Storm- The Doors
9. You Can't Always Get What You Want- The Rolling Stones
10. Bridge of Sighs- Robin Trower

Thankfully, I've all ready compiled my own top 100 list, so this was easy. This is a great idea, good luck with it! Darthjavaljs 16:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Color

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Your question about color is a very good one; I doubt many people realize this aspect of color. I posted a rather verbose reply, but I hope it helps clarify matters. I'd love to explain more if you have any questions.

Glad to see you're doing well. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Yea thanks for the inspiration with the picture

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Beceause of this, I have to remove the picture. Oh well, I replaced it with a heart now. --Ķĩřβȳ♥ŤįɱéØ 23:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

HQITW is back!

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Hi! I'm just reminding everyone about my quiz section, the Hardest Questions In The World Section. Although many players are already taking part, the more people playing, the more exciting it becomes. Drop by the following link to play... See this link to take part in the competition! Thanks, Spawn Man 01:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Palm Desert

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Yes, I wrote the El Paseo article. I own a vacation home (condo) in Palm Desert and travel there usually at least once a year. Regards, Signature^brendel 02:35, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

top 10

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• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
• We Will Rock You - Queen
• We Are the Champions Queen
• Somebody to Love - Queen
• Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
• The Prophet's Song - Queen
• Great King Rat - Queen
• Flick of the Wrist - Queen
• Ogre Battle - Queen
• Killer Queen - Queen

What can I say I love Queen.

Mtmtmt 19:01, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

List of Brigham Young University people

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Nice work. JackWilliams 01:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Image in sig

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Consider removing per WP:SIG. Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 02:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

NP. Thanks for changing it. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 22:48, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments in Lar's RfA!

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We are here to build an encyclopedia!

Hi Renta (or is that "Mr. Strawberry"!!), and thank you for your rockingly supportive comments in my request for adminship! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again, and I will do everything I can to justify the trust you've placed in me! When are we going to see that final top 10 amalgam list? Or is it a project that goes on forever? Rock on! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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Bad Songs

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Your search methods sound interesting, but in all honesty I just don't care that much. I've been here since 2003, and there's a pretty good chance I'll still be here in 2013, and I'm not really in any kind of hurry. However, if you'd be willing, could you link to my survey from yours? I already link to you, though I'm not sure how much good that would do if the people seeing it only got to my site from yours in the first place. Thanks for keeping tabs, though: I can't help wondering what will emerge on top. -Litefantastic 23:12, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 2, June 2006

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 2 – June 2006
Beatles News Apple Corps v. Apple Computer. A case brought by Apple Corps against Apple Computer, regarding possible infringement of a previous agreement between the two parties in respect of distribution of music, was heard in a London High Court. The story made Wikipedia's front page due to a nomination by our own Kingboyk. The story had an amusing second wave in the news and on Wikipedia; be sure to read the article on Guy Goma if you missed it! Project News The Beatles article has been approved for inclusion in Wikipedia Version 0.5, making it one of the first 20 articles to be selected and the first in the Music category. The Beatles discography has been improved, thanks particularly to the efforts of Analogdemon and Steelbeard1. The Ringo Starr solo single It Don't Come Easy has been co-adopted by simonthebold. Eleven new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 May. The hottest Project page this month has been Policy Talk, where some lively discussion has taken place regarding the (perennial) question of the capitalisation of the letter T in "The Beatles". After seeking the comments of Wikipedian third parties unrelated to the project, the proponents and opponents concluded that the current naming policy was correct. The discussion had the added bonus of bringing in some new members. Kingboyk and Lar have instigated an overhaul of the article classification system involving the project talk page template and the possible use of MathBot. Member News New members to the project this month include Analogdemon, HighwayCello, Wootking, Lukobe, Crestville, Vera, Chuck & Dave, JaymzSpyhunter and Brian.D. Project member (and "co-instigator" of The Beatles Project) Lar was made an Administrator. Project member Kingboyk (the other guilty party) has been awarded a Music Barnstar for his contributions, including his work within The Beatles Project, and has also stewarded the KLF article to Featured Article status this month. Sometimes-contributor ZincOrbie has also been awarded a Barnstar for his work on the Badfinger article. Congratulations to all!	Issue of the Month The matter of the article History of the Beatles and the History section of the main article The Beatles continues to concern various editors, including DavidWBrooks and Vera, Chuck & Dave. Suggestions, comments, or help with the task would be much appreciated. From the Editors The Beatles have been in the real world news recently, but work on The Beatles Project continues as before. This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with what has been happening with the project and, perhaps more importantly, what needs to be done (see the "Issue of the Month" above and the "To Do List" below-left). If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 003 – July 2006). All and any contributions are welcome. Just let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or start editing! Contributors to this Issue LessHeard vanU (Lead Editor) Kingboyk (Editor) GPHemsley (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. Collaboration: To Expand: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Maureen Cleave, The Family Way, Robert Freeman, Ken Townshend. Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Brian Epstein (now has a picture but would benefit from a better one), Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, The Quarrymen, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Policy Discussions: Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

Broken link

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On your full list, With or Without You has a read link. It has a page. I think it didn't work 'cause the 'O' is capitalized, but I figured I'd inform you as opposed to editing it myself. It is, after all, your page.--69.145.123.171 04:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Civil War

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The other three wars get less than a sentence; you gave the Civil War an entire paragraph. Perhaps you can cut it down a great deal? I agree that mentioning the split and reformation of the country COULD be useful for the intro, it needs to be done within a sentence or two. --Golbez 03:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

My fave songs again:

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Well here I go again,

1. More than a feeling -- Boston. 2. Sweet Child o' Mine -- Guns & Roses. 3. Unchained Melody -- Righteous Brothers. 4. One last breathe -- Creed. 5. Lightening crashes -- Live. 6. Needles & Pins -- Smokie. 7. I've been thinking about you -- London Beat. 8. Come undone -- Duran Duran. 9. Somebody to love -- Queen. 10. Far Away -- Nickel Back. 11. A good heart -- Feargal Sharkey. 12. Age of aquarius/Let the sun shine in -- 5th Dimension.

Thanks, Spawn Man 03:25, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Favorite Songs

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Thanks for letting me know about the changes to your favourite songs survey. I don't know if I'll make any changes, but I'll have a think about it when I have a few minutes to spare. Andrew 11:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Favourite songs

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Well, if you accept all genres, I have to come up with an altogether different batch of songs:

1. The High Hatters: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"
2. Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra: "She's a Great Great Girl"
3. Fats Waller: "Ain't Misbehavin'"
4. Marianne Mendt: "Träume sind genug geträumt"
5. Cat Stevens: "Sad Lisa"
6. Cole Porter: "You're the Top"
7. Dick Powell: "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
8. Maxine Sullivan: "Loch Lomond"
9. Erwin Hartung: "Unter den Pinien von Argentinien"
10. Fernandel: "Félicie aussi"

The runners-up:

1. Comedian Harmonists: "Ein neuer Frühling wird in die Heimat kommen"
2. Richard Tauber: "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz"
3. Charles Aznavour: "Ma mie"
4. Flanders and Swann: "Madeira, M'Dear"
5. Fred Astaire: "If Swing Goes, I Go Too"
6. Evelyn Künneke und das Orchester Kurt Edelhagen: "Verliebt" ("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered")
7. The Beatles: "I Will"
8. Adriano Celentano: "La Lotta Dell'Amore"
9. Wings: "Baby's Request"
10. Various artists: "Mama yo quiero un novio"

All the best, <KF> 21:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

coastTOcoast533's Top 10

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So we're doing top 10 of any genre now, right? Even harder... Here it goes! In no particular order, and probably leaving out some that deserve to be here:

• Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
• Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
• Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• Saves the Day - As Your Ghost Takes Flight
• Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
• Radiohead - Let Down
• Bright Eyes - A Perfect Sonnet
• The Beatles - Golden Slumbers
• Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
• Heatmiser - Half Right

CoastTOcoast533 17:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Pronunciation of röck

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Did you know that spelling rock with an umlaut over the o changes to pronunciation to "rook" (rhymes with "kook")? ~MDD4696 16:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Some all-time tunes

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Some of my all-time favs:

• Astrud Gilberto- The Girl from Ipanema
  • Never loses her charm.
• Sha-Lor -- I'm in Love
  • Obscure house classic.
• DJ Pierre - Phantasy Girl
  • Bubbling wickedness with psychedelic trajectory
• Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
  • Just amazing
• The Muppets - Have yourself a Merry Christmas
  • So warm and cozy + John Denver
• The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
  • Fantastic soundtrack to my hitch-hiking days
• Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
  • Great cover of Depeche Mode original
• Aphex Twin - Ropes
  • Disturbing, timeless and never bettered.
• Vangelis -Memories of Green
  • Written in 1970s, and on Blade Runner soundtrack.
• Nouvelle Vague - A Forest
  • Dreamy Frenchness cures all. The original was by The Cure

max rspct leave a message 19:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Please help on William Shakespeare

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Posted by Pruneau^T 01:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC) on behalf of the AID maintenance team.

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Velociraptor

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I just know you want support another of my dino articles: Velociraptor, here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Velociraptor. You just can't resist can you? Can you? *Jedi Mind trick*. Have a good one my friend.... Spawn Man 04:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC). P.S., Rock list is coming along nicely....

My top 10 songs (For right now)

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1. "Brokenhearted" by MXPX (Album- Before Everything and After)

2. "God of Elijah" by Disciple (Album- By God)

3. "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd (Album- The Wall)

4. "Yesterday" by The Beatles (Album- Yesterday . . . and Today)

5. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel (album- Bridge Over Troubled Water)

6. "American Pie" by Don McLean (album- American Pie)

7. "Piano Man" by Billy Joel (album Piano Man)

8. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen (Album- A Night At The Opera)

9. "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin (Album- Led Zeppelin IV)

10."Jesus Freak" by Dc Talk (Album- Jesus Freak)

There they are. Have fun!--WillMak050389 20:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Though I am deeply saddened that you have not included two of my songs because of their religious title, I respect your decision to do so. Please use the following two songs instead:

2. "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas

10. "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen

Also, I was thinking of doing a survey on my page to find the best movies ever. I got the idea from you, so I hope you don't mind. --WillMak050389 15:26, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

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This Music barnstar is for your wonderful work on song articles, your wikipedian music survey and your love and dedication to music in general, Good luck and Godspeed - Patman2648 08:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC))

For my top songs of any genre, below they're listed and good idea for such a survey!

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
3. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
4. Bell Bottom Blues - Derek and the Dominos
5. Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
6. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
7. Layla - Derek and the Dominos
8. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
9. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
10. Maybe I'm Amazed- Paul McCartney

As you can tell I love ridiculously long songs i.e. Stairway, Maggot Brain, Dazed and confused, Layla, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and Stranglehold or basically almost all of them. - Patman2648 08:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

My Top 10

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They change depending on my mood, but here are ten I really like, in no particular order.

1. "New Generation" - Suede
2. "Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen
3. "Mr. Blue Sky" - ELO
4. "The Asphalt World" - Suede
5. "The Visitors" - ABBA
6. "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
7. "Tied Up Too Tight" - Hard-Fi
8. "First of the Gang to Die" - Morrissey
9. "I Am The Resurrection" - The Stone Roses
10. "Disco 2000" - Pulp

—Whouk (talk) 09:12, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

10 Songs

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These aren't in any order. Looks like everybody favors classic rock, and I don't think any of these songs have even been mentioned before.

• "School" - NIRVANA
• "Toadies" - The Minutemen
• "I'll Never Forget You" - Hüsker Dü
• "I Heard Her Call My Name" - The Velvet Underground
• "DMV" - Primus
• "Sludgefeast" - Dinosaur Jr.
• "Candidate" - Joy Division
• "Lizzy" - The Melvins
• "Drunken Butterfly" - Sonic Youth
• "My War" - Black Flag

NIRVANA2764 14:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Any genre?

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Why the sudden switch? 69.145.123.171 ^Hello! Monday, July 3, 2006, 06:55 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter,Issue 3, July 2006

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 003 – July 2006
Beatles News Billy Preston, often considered the Fifth Beatle, died on 6 June at age 59. The American soul musician was a long term friend of The Beatles and was the only person to receive joint credit on a Beatles single ("Get Back"). Preston was an Apple Records recording artist and he performed at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh and at the Concert for George, both energetic and memorable performances. He also played regularly with The Rolling Stones and a number of other artists. Apple Corps has combined forces with Cirque du Soleil to create a show called "LOVE", featuring music by The Beatles, to be produced at the Mirage theatre in Las Vegas. The deal is reportedly worth US$30 million. George Harrison had originally been involved, as well as George Martin and Giles Martin. Preview performances began June 2, with the gala opening occurring on June 30. [1] Project News New article classification system, for our use and for Wikipedia 1.0. Very important and we need editor involvement. How can you help? Rate articles! It's easy: Visit Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Article Classification and read about how to grade. Visit Category:Unassessed Beatles articles and select an article to review. After deciding what grade it should have, modify the invocation of {{WPBeatles}} on the talk page to add parms. The template itself gives you the parameters to use. For example, change {{WPBeatles}} to {{WPBeatles|B|Low}} if you think it's a low-importance, B-class article. Save your changes and make sure the talk page is now showing the ratings. Click on the link in the template to edit the /comments subpage and explain why you rated the article the way you did. Don't forget to sign with ~~~~. Save that too. Questions? Ask Kingboyk or Lar for help. Want to stay up on new project developments? Watchlist all of the WikiProject pages plus The Beatles and each of the 4 members, to get a feel for what's happening. Also monitor and regularly review Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/The Beatles articles by quality log. If an article is listed on there as "added", go check the article's history. If it's new since the Project began add it to the Project Log as a new article and up the counter by one :) The charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World has been adopted by simonthebold. Ten new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 June. Member News New members to the project since the last issue include DslSWF, Goldom, Afghan Historian, Scolaire, bl4d3, and Vint. LessHeard vanU and Lar have been awarded Barnstars for unrelated activities.	Issue of the Month Preparing articles for inclusion in Wikipedia 1.0. From the Editors It was a bit of a struggle to get this month's newsletter done, as we did it without a lead editor. Hopefully, next month you'll jump in and be our lead editor. Big news is that WP:1.0 is coming along nicely and our article classification system has changed to conform to it. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 004 – August 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this Issue GPHemsley (Editor) LessHeard vanU (Editor) kingboyk (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
Complete To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. To Expand: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Robert Freeman. Articles for the main albums by Julian Lennon, plus Category:Julian Lennon and Category:Julian Lennon albums Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Project Discussions: The Beatles history, Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

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A Top 10

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Hi, Sorry I'm late in responding as I haven't visited for ages. Almost impossible of course to pick just ten ...I have hundreds of favourite songs, but these gems came immediately to mind. [In no particular order]

• 1.Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
• 2.Eagles - The Last Resort [from Hotel California]
• 3.Don McClean - American Pie
• 4.Beatles - Let It Be [Album version with George's solo]
• 5.Rod Stewart - I Was Only Joking [full 6:07 version]
• 6.Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You [very underrated 1974 hit ... great violin solo]
• 7.10cc - Old Mister Time [from Bloody Tourists]
• 8.Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
• 9.Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me [from Caribou]
• 10.Wings - Call Me Back Again [from Venus & Mars]

BladeSteve 03:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Jaxl's top 10

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Hey, sorry it took me so long to get back to you on this, but it's a tough decision. I finally decided that I'm just going to give you my current top 10 favorite songs (they change every two weeks or so) from the Most Played playist on my iPod (some video game music is on that playlist too, but I'll just skip those).

Not in any particular order:

• Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
• Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
• Duran Duran - The Reflex
• Billy Joel - Big Shot
• Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
• The Knack - My Sharona
• AC/DC - Hells Bells
• Tube & Berger - Straight Ahead
• The Beatles - Golden Slumbers
• Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
• Miles Davis - Summertime (Yeah, had to throw in a #11 again)

Robert 03:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 4, August 2006

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 004 – August 2006
Issue of the Month Despite it being the lead news article of last month, there is still help required in the assessing of articles and the migrating of comments. Lar is willing to provide assistance to those unsure how to do this. Beatles News The Beatles in the news. Suggestions: [2] [3] Project News The Beatles article, the "Flagship" of the Project, is currently under review with regard to its Featured Article status. It is hoped that the review will identify those areas that need some(/lots of) remedial work, and that the Project participants and those editors who are involved in the the FA admin pages to can work together to "save" the status of the article. At the moment there is some discussion as to why it has been listed, and what may be needed to help it retain its FA status. It may well be that some work is going to be required in formulating a plan of action, and then some more in achieving those aims. The FA status is obviously quite important to the Project, and it would be appreciated if participants are able to provide assistance in keeping the article up to standard. The editors would be grateful if those persons receiving this Newsletter could spare some of their time, energy and brainpower in keeping this jewel in our crown in its proper place. Please go to Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Beatles and get involved! Thank you. Notable updates The compilation album The Beatles 1962-1966 has been adopted by PhattyFatt. Four new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 July: All You Need is Ears, the George Martin memoir (Stevage) Radha Krsna Temple, the ISKCON headquarters and album (Simon123, Kingboyk) A Cellar Full of Noise, the Brian Epstein autobiography (El Slameron) Wings Over Europe Tour, the Wings concert tour in Europe (Danthemankhan) Two Beatles related articles, The Beatles trivia [deletion debate] and George Smith (John Lennon) [deletion debate], were nominated for deletion. Both were kept on the basis that no consensus was reached. Member News New members to the project since the last issue include Doctorfreedom, Red Alien, dure, PhattyFatt and Caesar.	From the Editors As mentioned in the Project News section, The Beatles article has just been listed for a review of its Featured Article status. Working on this is quite important. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 005 – September 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this Issue LessHeard vanU (Lead Editor) GPHemsley (Editor) kingboyk (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
Complete To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. To Expand: Apple Records (if you are an Apple Records collector/expert please see Talk:Apple Records and help expand/clean up this article). Also, new Apple related article in need of expert assistance: Radha Krsna Temple. Old requests: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Robert Freeman. Articles for the main albums by Julian Lennon, plus Category:Julian Lennon and Category:Julian Lennon albums Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Project Discussions: The Beatles history, Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

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Top 10

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Hello there! I believe you asked me to do a survery for Top 10 classic rock songs and I see that now it's any genre. Also, it's cool to know of another Eagle Scout. :)

Here's my list, in no order:

1. Daft Punk - "Superheroes"
2. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
3. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
4. Pink Floyd - "Brain Damage"/"Eclipse"
5. Pink Floyd - "Sheep"
6. The Beatles - "Helter Skelter"
7. The Beatles - "The End"
8. The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
9. Queen - "Bicycle Race"
10. Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (both parts if you want to spilt them)

My Contribution To The Top Ten Project

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A couple of months ago you had asked me to contribute a Top Ten list for your Top Ten Favorite Songs project. At first I was very gung-ho about it, but then when I tried to think about what I would contribute, it became impossible for me to narrow down all the thousands upon thousands of songs I love to just ten songs. I tried to narrow the scope a few times and nothing worked until I landed onto an idea I'm fairly certain has yet to be executed. See, not many people outside of a couple of very niche online forums appear to have a real passion for what can be classified as New Wave music, especially not around these parts. As a result, I decided to delve right into this genre, my favorite of the musical genres, and go right for the lesser-knowns in the genre, songs that not many people would be aware of that I nevertheless have a deep, abiding love for. This is what I have come up with as a result.

Top Ten Hidden Gems Of The Eighties:

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1. Coconut Rough, "Sierra Leone"
2. Trees, "Midnight In America"
3. Shock, "Angel Face"
4. Minor Detail, "Canvas Of Life"
5. Secession, "Touch"
6. Trans-X, "Living On Video"
7. Blancmange, "Sad Day"
8. Japan, "The Experience Of Swimming"
9. New Musik, "Hunting"
10. Fingerprintz, "Fingerprince"

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to name ten songs I adore that might not have been given this kind of attention in this area of the cyberworld. Krushsister 02:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 5, September 2006

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 005 – September 2006
Beatles News The Beatles are suing Capitol Records and EMI over royalties and the rights to the band's master recordings. (Billboard) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tops a British poll as the best number-one album of all time, with Revolver, Abbey Road, and The Beatles (album) also in the top 10. (BBC) Project News Unfortunately, the Featured Article badge on The Beatles was revoked. The article was immediately nominated for Good Article status, which it received later that same day. Project member Kingboyk said of the nomination, "I'm quite happy about it really, as I feel that GA is about where we're at and gives some incentive to work on the article." Eleanor Rigby (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) failed in its good article nomination, but only on two minor points (see its talk page). If you want a Blue Peter badge, why not fix those issues and resubmit it? We have a new category for Beatles articles needing attention. If you're looking for something to work on, the articles in this category and the subcategories need some TLC. To put an article in this category, tag its talk page with {{WPBeatles|attention=yes}}. Kingboyk has given {{WPBeatles}} another major overhaul, and has assessed all of the Beatles articles. He would be grateful if other editors would leave comments on the state of articles, needed improvements and so on, by clicking the Comments link in the template. Also, feel free to revise the gradings—the assessments were done quickly, and article quality can change. No articles have been adopted this past month. Adopt one now! Two new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 August: Wings Over the World tour, the Wings concert tour around the world (Danthemankhan) You'll Be Mine, an obscure early Lennon/McCartney song (The4sword) Member News New members to the project since the last issue include luckymustard, Liverpool Scouse, and The4sword. Kingboyk has been running his homegrown AWB semi-bot to help the folks out at the biography WikiProject. Liverpool Scouse has offered to take any desired pictures of the Liverpool area, upon request.	Issue of the Month The featured article status of The Beatles was revoked. From the Editors A month of slow progress and some amazing efforts. Still need help getting comments shifted. Don't forget to log your accomplishments! If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 006 – October 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this Issue GPHemsley (Lead Editor) kingboyk (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
Complete To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. To Expand: Apple Records (if you are an Apple Records collector/expert please see Talk:Apple Records and help expand/clean up this article). Also, new Apple related article in need of expert assistance: Radha Krsna Temple. Old requests: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Robert Freeman. Lennon/McCartney songs: I'll Be on My Way, I'll Keep You Satisfied (produced by George Martin, From A Window. George Martin produced Billy J. Kramer song: Magic Carpet (song). Songs covered by The Beatles: Hippy Hippy Shake. McCartney/Frog Chorus: We All Stand Together. Articles for the main albums by Julian Lennon, plus Category:Julian Lennon and Category:Julian Lennon albums Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Project Discussions: The Beatles history, Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

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Top 10 Classic Rock List

I listen to tons of different genres and my collection ranges from music from the 30s to today so it's hard for me to ever select 10 "favorite" rock songs so I'll just try to pick 10 songs I think are great that might not otherwise be mentioned:

1. It's About Time - The Beach Boys
2. Red Hot - Billy Riley and His Little Green Men
3. Broken Promises - Resurrection Band
4. Rattlesnake Shake - Fleetwood Mac
5. From Your Mouth - God Lives Underwater
6. All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
7. Confetti - The Lemonheads
8. Rip It Up - Little Richard
9. Regional Girl - The Monkees
10. Let that Tape Keep Rolling - Larry Norman

EDIT: Removed "Red Hot" since the only Billy Riley page is for a wrestler?!?

Replace it with:

1. Friday on my Mind - The Easybeats