Talk:Baltimora

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This page is used at baltimora.ytmnd.com/

• At least they did not vandalize it! --68.34.144.80 01:38, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Gay, Drug User... 2 Yet Another Italian Phony 3 About YTMND references 4 Bio section 5 Content 6 HIV status

[edit] Gay, Drug User...

Was Baltimora a homosexual or drug user. Just how did he contact HIV?

Did you see his picture on the main page? I think it's safe to say he was playing for the pink team.-66.254.235.11 01:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

You never can tell with musicians. :O

[edit] Yet Another Italian Phony

McShane was yet another guy who the Italian industry made into a character for their productions. Maurizio Bassi actually composed and sang "Tarzan Boy", and McShane lip-synched the lyrics. Italian record labels had many such "projects", including Den Harrow, who was also very popular. In Den's case, most of the vocals were produced by Tom Hooker, although other Italo Disco singers, such as Silver Pozzoli, also recorded songs as "Den Harrow".

Got any proof of this?--193.195.185.254 05:20, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Of course he has no proof, he's just a person that accepts everything he hears, calling artists fakers was popular in the 80's and early 90's, James McShane was a legit singer, oh, and I've discussed this with exactly 35 other indivduals and they all agreed that the voice that sang the song was British/Irish. Vandalists pieced together that the accent was European, and the writer was Italian, then they let their brains run wild, and out came this load of garbage. No disrespect to anyone, but if you're going to call someone a fake, prove it. - Victis_Omega

[edit] About YTMND references

Regarding the whole "YTMND isn't notable" stuff: As with Dschinghis Khan, I'd actually say that a reference here doesn't work, but reference on the main Tarzan Boy article does.

Any other opinions? --Crazy SunShine 07:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Referencing YTMND in articles is a very helpful thing to do for the common people, and also gives an example of the article's fame, but unfortunately, many of our power-wielding wiki-admins do not agree. If you reference something related to YTMND, prepare to get into a cat fight with one. Just look at me. Bubby the Tour G 05:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

No, it's not helpful, because the common people don't actually care. Just zis Guy you know? 12:31, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I already know that you don't care. However, most other people would definetly care. Name another part where Baltimora or Tarzan Boy is popular beyond YTMND, that is not already listed in the article. I challenge you. Bubby the Tour G 18:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

For values of most which excludes most people, I would suggest. YTMND is not the world, difficult though it may be for the obsessive YTMNDers to accept. Just zis Guy you know? 19:51, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

YTMND > j00.

what an idiot, if you think the voice singing this song is an irish singer then you must be deaf , it is so clearly italian !!!!

[edit] Bio section

This is a pretty unencylopedic article--more critical essay than article. Someone added a bigraphical section which has some good material, but is unsourced and also unencyclopedic in tone. I've moved it here in the hope that it might get some attention:

He was born May 23, 1957, in Londonderry Northern Ireland. He grew up on Ivy Terace off Bishop on city side. He was known in a gay community as “Ruby”. Apparently he was gay or bi sexual and was given his nickname by an ex boyfrend. He enjoyed being with men, going to parties and buying the very best most expensive things. He was very kind and loving to both friends and family. He loved life and lived it to the fullest and that’s what made his death all the more tragic. He died on March 28, 1995 at Gransha specialist care unit alone and pennyless at the age of 37. And evidently his family didn’t help and so left him alone.

· rodii · 22:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content

This article is more on the Tarzan Boy single than it is about Baltimora.

[edit] HIV status

It has been suggested that the subject of this article is eligible for inclusion in the list of HIV-positive people. If you know of any reliable source that helps to clarify this person's HIV status then please mention it on the list's talk page. Trezatium 19:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)