Talk:The Life of Riley (song)

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Subjective comments

The article contained two subjective statements:

A claim that the song influenced Bruce Springsteen track "We Take Care of Our Own". There are definitely grounds for accusation of plagiarism over the core tune (as noted by NME^[1]) but no evidence given to confirm actual influence.
A comment linking the track with Zipper's "Life of Riley" (1979). This is highly spurious, given that the tracks sound totally different. I'm guessing that the editor had presumed a connection (despite the phrase "Living The Life of Riley" being in common English language usage since the 19th Century).

Therefore I've removed both statements from the article. Mrstonky (talk) 08:43, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/bruce-springsteens-new-single-sounds-familiar. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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