Talk:Jeff Lynne/Archives/2013

Beatles Template

Recently Jeff Lynnes name was removed from The Beatles template at the foot of the main article for reasons unknown. I have since replaced his name where it rightly deserves to be!It was Lynnes hard work that made The Beatles last recordings possible he deserves a mention as opposed to Phil Spectors controversial handling of Let It Be which the band hated.

Oddly enough, the rationale was given on the talk page for Template:The Beatles which is the right place for discussing changes to that article. John Cardinal 18:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Surely Phil Spector and Jeff Lynne,need to be mentioned and explained so readers understand their impact on the Beatles? {Eloidle 17:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Eloidle}

I changed the word 'albums' to 'recordings' in the first paragraph. Lynne did a great job with 'Free As A Bird', but he was not a producer of a Beatles album. The reference link needs to be cleaned up as well (sorry, I don't know how to do this...) -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

Also, he didn't sing in Free As A Bird. Please rectify that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.70.190.120 (talk) 22:38, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Personal life

What about that ? I note the ELO article mentions that Rosie Vela was his girlfriend when included as part of the Zoom-era lineup. Shouldn't that be mentioned here ? -- Beardo (talk) 17:53, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Jeff's a musician, so the women he's dated are not particularly relevant in an encyclopaedic article about him. She's probably mentioned in the other article because the mention is essential there. 174.0.46.168 (talk) 00:50, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Career with The Move

It's strikes me as amazing that there is no section here devoted to Lynne's contribution to The Move. It's at least as important as his period with ELO. I'm sure someone can put it straight.Barmispain (talk) 07:16, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Practice v practise

Here is the reference for correct usage of "practise" as verb.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/practise?attempted=true

"Practice", as I said, is an Americanism, out of place in this article.

Pronunciation:/ˈpraktɪs/ (US practice) verb [with object]

1 perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it:I need to practise my French [no object] :they were practising for the Olympics —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.53.54.153 (talk) 16:34, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

we just spell it differently in america. There is no reason to put in dictionairy definitions.Millertime246 (talk) 22:45, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

How's his name pronounced?

I came looking for how his last name's pronounced. I'm sure I'll find it elsewhere, but thought some kind person may be able to add that info for others. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.40.105 (talk) 23:57, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

To rhyme with "tin". --Redrose64 (talk) 18:50, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

so it wouls be (li-n), more or less.Millertime246 (talk) 22:44, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Sanitisation

This has got to be the most secretively sanitized article on a rock & roll artist since the publication of Leonid Brezhnev's biography in the late 1970's. The material presented here is all well known from any other source. You can get personal information on Britney Spears's on Wikipedia - whose contribution to music is a joke, yet there is nothing of any interest - personal life, family, etc... beyond "ELO and Beatles collaboration". No stated real reason why ELO broke up, the quality of the albums, the sound, why Bev Bevan's drumming and Kelly Groucutt's bass are basically muted in every recording which made your records sound like they were produced by Phil Spector and his ridiculously dated "Wall of Sound". Likewise, it would have been helpful to put information such as why Lynne would not allow anyone else to produce his albums - who could have probably done a much better sound job on them. As with Brian Wilson's partial deafness that made every album he mixed sound as if it was made for the deaf - all midrange and no real highs or bass (even on "Last Train To London"), ELO's catalog suffers the same badly mixed fate - affecting even "Zoom". This information would have made people who are audio enthusiasts made to feel as if the article was more fulfilling. Instead this reads like a brochure written by Lynne's representatoive to be fed to the ignorant masses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.119.124.251 (talk) 18:01, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

If you can provide reliable sources that support your claims, please do so, in order to satisfy our policy of verifiability and more importantly, that of living persons. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:57, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Others

He sang "With a Little Help from My Friends" for the movie All This and World War II, sang on the Beatles single "Free as a Bird", and performed at the Concert for George.

Is there a reliable source for this? There's no reference to Lynn vocal contribution in page "Free as a Bird". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.237.160.239 (talk) 20:43, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

In a 1995 interview with "Sound on Sound", Lynne confirmed he did perform some harmony vocals on "Free As A Bird". Here's a source quoting that article. A web search reveals similar references. -- Scjessey (talk) 13:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Personal life

I've been forced to remove the "personal life" section because it violates one of Wikipedia's most sacred policies: WP:BLP. This is not a reliable source by any stretch of the imagination. The section must not be in the article unless one or more reliable sources can be found. -- Scjessey (talk) 17:48, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

I've been forced to again revert the addition of this content. NNDB is nothing more than an information aggregator where users make submissions that are later vetted by staff members. Its use as a reliable source has been discussed at the reliable sources noticeboard many times, and each time it has been found to not be acceptable for use in biographies of living persons. -- Scjessey (talk) 18:32, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

82.12.198.90 (talk) 21:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC) maybe the last paragraph of this 1978 People article is admissable? http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070184,00.html