Talk:From a Distance

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For the moment I've removed this bit: However, some Christians believe that, by emphasizing God's transcendent nature at the expense of his immanence, the song is grounded in heresy. I don't have a problem with this being in there, but I'm having trouble finding a source to support it.

I'd also like to see some info on how Bette Midler's recording became something of a theme song for the Gulf War.

Some mainstream chart info would be good as well. --MrFizyx 16:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

"Ironic" twist?

A while back I inserted some bit of text here about the songs popularity duing the Persian Gulf War referring to this as somewhat "ironic". It recently occured to me that I should find better support for the use of this word. I found this statement in an article on Warren Zevon:

Similarly, on a recent tour, he performed a cover of the song "From A Distance" -- best known as a hit for Bette Midler -- which he considered to be a "fabulously ironic" song, but which was greeted with disdain when he sang it. [1]

I also found a blog entry, "Bette Midler's "From a Distance"-- What does it mean?" quoting my own words back to me. Weird. -MrFizyx 21:02, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

In any case there is a real need to find sources for the interpretation section. Currently it presents only a variety of viewpoints, all of which constitute original research. -MrFizyx 21:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Possible sources

Sources to use at some point:

• Scott McCormick, "Up Close with Julie Gold: Networking and persistance, keys to success", Disc Makers' Fast Forward e-Newsletter, Winter 1999
• Angela Page, "Interview with Julie Gold", Folk Plus, WJFF, June 24, 2000
  

-MrFizyx 13:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

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P. F. Sloan

Apart from the fact that also Sloan composed and sang a song "From the distance" (which is entirely different) around 1965 - is he really related to the productions mentioned? --Kuhni74 (talk) 20:14, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

The song by Midler did not win a Grammy

In the Bette Midler section of "From a Distance" it says "The song went on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991". That is incorrect & needs to be corrected. At the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1991 the song was nominated for two Grammy's. One for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female & another for Record of the Year. It did not win either of them. Here is the source from the Grammy's Webpage: https://www.grammy.com/artists/bette-midler/17096 CLOaker2 (talk) 06:25, 26 February 2024 (UTC)