Talk:The Other Side (Pendulum song)

Style

Should something be put down on this page about the heavy use of vocoders and vocal synthesizing in this song? Just a suggestion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.213.26.3 (talk) 19:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Genre

changing genre. Isnt dnb at all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.90.235.43 (talk) 18:04, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for your contribution. Genres can be very controversial in song articles (and more so in album and band articles) so we have to be careful about what we use. In this case, the song isn't strictly drum and bass, but then neither is it alternative rock, electronica, or any other common genre. In my opinion (sadly that's what genre often boils down to) the song is a fusion of all three genres, including drum and bass. Furthermore the band are known (perhaps mistakenly) as a drum and bass act, and as such I think it is important to retain drum and bass in the infobox. However, I will add electonica to the infobox since this is also a prominent influence for the song. Hopefully that will be a good compromise. Note that the listed genres may actually be an approximation to or part of the actual genre – Ikara ^talk → 01:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

fair enough. I have the album and not 1 of the songs is strictly 1 genre. To be honest, i wouldnt consider them drum + bass as far back as slam but others seem to think it is —Preceding unsigned comment added by D1alley (talk • contribs) 20:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

It is true that most of the songs on their latest album are more drum and bass influenced than actual drum and bass, but that doesn't mean that they aren't producing true drum and bass any more. If you listen to any of the VIP mixes on the last four singles, you will see that they are still making something that you could safely call drum and bass. Since one of these mixes are included on this single, that's another reason for keeping drum and bass in the infobox. If you like drum and bass it may be worth checking the VIP remixes out some time – Ikara ^talk → 15:17, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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Start class: Y A reasonably complete infobox Y A lead section giving an overview of the song/single Y A track listing Y Reference to at least primary personnel by name (must specify performers on the current song/single; a band navbox is insufficient) Y Categorisation at least by artist and year C-class: Y All the start class criteria Y A completed infobox, including cover art and most technical details Y At least one section of prose (in addition to the lead section) N A track listing containing track lengths and authors for all songs (I know Rob Swire is in the infobox but he should be in 'Formats and track listings' section with a reliable reference e.g. APRA search engine). Y A full list of personnel, including technical personnel and guest musicians N Reliable independent in-line references supporting claims: some editors regard discogs as not reliable. Y A casual reader should learn something about the song/single.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

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