Talk:You're All I've Got Tonight

"Original Research"? In the Details section.

Hello, I wrote most of the Details section, specifically the musical details. Something I wrote has been tagged as possible Original Research, which I do try to avoid. Here is a quote:

To conclude the verses and introduce the chorus, the band sings "Ahh" in triads, descending in half notes, from B Major to A Major, while the music strictly maintains a B power chord. At this point, many songs would go to an E major chord, completing an authentic cadence or a V-IV-I turnaround. Instead, the chorus alternates between G and A major chords, with the vocal harmonies on the G featuring the major seventh, F♯.

I can see why this looks like it could be Original Research. But at the time, I believed that the articles I cited, cadence (music) (for "authentic cadence"), and V-IV-I turnaround, would adequately explain that many (if not most) songs would have, in fact, gone to the E major chord. In other words, I believed I was citing two other Wikipedia articles as sources for this one.

I hope this explanation is understood, and that we can keep the statement in some similar form. I think it's a good example of what made the Cars's compositions fairly unique in their day. For now, I'll alter it to "At this point, the song could have gone to an E major chord . . . ", leaving aside the question of what "many songs" would have done. Would that be an improvement? I'll remove the OR tag, and if anyone believes it still seems like Original Research, please explain what you think the problem is, and what we should do. I'll watch this page.

(For those that don't know, I do cite a professional transcription of the song as a source for the musical details I mention.)

--Ben Culture (talk) 09:20, 28 July 2013 (UTC)