Talk:Thomas Dolby/Archive 1

Archive 1

Hyperactive

Surely Hyperactive was a much bigger hit than She Blinded Me With Science? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.231.234 (talk) 21:47, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Surely? I think not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.188.140.155 (talk) 11:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Glad I'm not the only one who found it strange that the song is not even mentioned once. I'll soon fix that. N^O^el 06:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

"Sampling Controversy"

What happened to this section and why? 87.114.128.39 16:10, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Pic?

CC2.0 one! -129.217.129.133 17:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Fixed broken link to etc. story

• I updated the link to "From Hyperactive to Interactive" on http://theguardsman.com. The URL has been changed to reflect updates to the San Francisco City College and The Guardsman websites. - Alex Luthi, Editor-in-Chief of The Guardsman (Fall 2008) Theguardsmanonline (talk) 18:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Absence of cites in this article is very bad

The cites in this article need to be greatly improved. Per Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons:

We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high quality references. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons — whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable — should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion, from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space.

We really should just delete this entire article, unless good cites can be provided for everything in it. -- 201.53.7.16 (talk) 01:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Also the middle of this sentence seems to be missing; as it is, it makes no sense: "In 1985 Dolby is shown in this news clip about synthesized music also featuring now world famous industrial musician, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame with Trent's early band The Exotic Birds." 84.198.246.199 (talk) 20:15, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The Lost Toy People

This is trivia , so , I figured posting it here ,and then letting the powers that be decide of what value it is , can add it or not to the main article. During the "Aliens Ate My Buick" era , Dolby's band were called "The Lost Toy People". When asked it's origin , in a Rolling Stone interview , he blamed his poor eyesight for misreading a poster on a lamp post in Los Angeles , what it really said was: "Lost : Toy Poodle ". But Dolby , and his band mates were so amused by it , they decided to use it. Harvey J Satan (talk) 00:30, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Meaning of "New Wave"

"Dolby is associated with New Wave, a form of pop music incorporating electronic instruments." I don't know where the person who wrote that came from, but to most people, certainly in England, "new wave" in rock is synonymous with late '70s punk rock and its immediate offshoots. Saying the style or wave is defined by the use of electronic gadgets and synths (mixed with traditional guitar/ powerchording, I guess) sounds very odd. To many bands at the time - both ounk, reggae and heavy metal - it was a statement to avoid electronics altogether. /Strausszek (talk) 06:17, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Erm...as someone living on the " other side of the pond " , where we really didn't have proper "punk" , any music with heavy synthesizer use was dubbed "new wave". ( The Cars , Thomas Dolby , Devo , The Buggles , etc. ).Harvey J Satan (talk) 00:34, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Do you guys look for any answers on your own before posting these questions? It seems to me that such "questions" are really just statements disguised as confusion. Wikipedia itself answers this by stating, "New Wave is a genre of music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, and disco and 1960s pop music, as well as much of the original punk rock sound and ethos, such as an emphasis on short and punchy songs."

Moreover, the term "new wave" applies to film as well as to music, in each case having been applied in numerous ways all over the world. No one owns the term, and the fact that you are a fan of one style of music that used the term doesn't make that the "real" definition. I can remember quite clearly that the term "New Wave Music" was regularly used in the 80s to describe Dolby's music, along with many others who, like him, used synthesizers and electronic sounds in their recordings, so the statement is quite correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.226.142 (talk) 21:45, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Liquid Television

Why is there no mention that Thomas Dolby wrote the theme song for the MTV show Liquid Television?! Kwyjibear (talk) 06:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Seems to suggest that it wasn't mentioned because nobody cares. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.226.142 (talk) 21:48, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

"2011 Happenings" section and MotFC game

The "2011 Happenings" section is a mess and not at all appropriate for this article. I'm planning on re-writing. Hopefully there will be some legitimate references already available. If not, I'm sure there will be once Dolby performs his planned US lectures on the subject.synthfiend (talk) 14:34, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Made some revisions. Yes, needs references. Dolby will be lecturing on the game soon, I trust that will produce some good references and some more pertinent information to include in the MotFC game section. synthfiend (talk) 03:28, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Interview with Chris Hawkins on BBC 6music may be of interest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0156htp/Chris_Hawkins_The_Hawk_meets_Thomas_Dolby/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.218.211.54 (talk) 09:52, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Location of birth contradiction

The infobox says Thomas Dolby was born in "October 14, 1958, Cairo, Egypt" and the body text says "Thomas was born in London, England". Which is correct?

SJMurdoch 13:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

It looks like that has been corrected, but the way it's presented is quite amateurish. The defensive tone suggests that it was written by a "fan" who wants to "set the record straight," rather than simply to inform readers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.226.142 (talk) 21:47, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

TMDR was born at the Whittington Hospital, N. London 14/10/58 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.86.7 (talk) 14:57, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Nov 2010 Re-write

I just finished posting a major re-write to the entire article. Reorganized the information, added several albums that had been completely left out, added bunches of notable collaborations with WikiLinks to those pages, added list of instruments & equipment (with WikiLinks). Added a LOT of references. Left most existing content, some of it is still lacking references. I'm still planning on doing a bit more digging to find better references for the more recent developments too.

NOTE: There are likely some formatting errors or something that I missed - I appreciate any and all help in fixing this up. Synthfiend (talk) 04:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

could you please change "notable instruments" to just "instruments"? Unless there's a Wiki requirement to only mention an artist's "notable" tools this is just jack-offery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by69.171.176.251 (talk) 08:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I used the word "notable" because it won't ever be a complete list of instruments used. There are primary instruments that he used far more prominently and for which he was known as a prominent user. synthfiend (talk) 03:41, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Virgin birth reversed?

His mother, if he had one, is conspicuous by her complete absence from the article. Or did he have only one parent, a father?

This, coupled with the birth place controversy, suggests there might well be significant missing information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.118.241 (talk) 21:16, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Stage name

The Thomas Dolby stage name originated from a nickname that Thomas picked up around the age of 13. Thomas was always messing around with keyboards and tapes and the like, so his friends nicknamed him Dolby, which came from the name Dolby Laboratories.

"Messing around" with keyboards and tapes "and the like"? Who writes crap like that? — Quicksilver^{T @} 21:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Per the reference, Keyboard Magazine does. synthfiend (talk) 03:45, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

"Early publicity implied that "Dolby" was a middle name, and that the artist's full name was Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson; this is legally correct, but he does sometimes informally go by the initials TMDR."

Surely, that should be: "this is legally *in*correct? Sejtam (talk) 11:06, 27 March 2014 (UTC)