Talk:Razorlight

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Contents 1 'Controversy' mk II 2 'Controversy' 3 Indie Genre? 4 Underground? 5 WHAT THE HELL? 6 Pop genre 7 terrible page

[edit] 'Controversy' mk II

I've removed the following from the 'controversy' section:

'Although the band is predominantly associated with its lead singer Johnny Borrell, its most successful release so far has been the single 'America' which was written by the drummer Andy Burrows.'

The song was co-written with Burrows (as the article itself confirms), the success of the single is not colossal in comparison to previous releases ('Somewhere Else' reached number two in the UK charts) and none of this is controversial.

[edit] 'Controversy'

I removed references to Razorlight 'stealing' ideas from British Sea Power and The Libertines. There were no citations and the case against Razorlight amounted to:

1) British Sea Power sometimes put plastic trees on stage; so do Razorlight.

2) The lead singers of these two bands dress in a similar fashion.

3) The Libertines first album had a title that began with the word 'Up'; the same is true of Razorlight's first album.

4) The titles of both bands second albums were eponymous.

Even if all this is true it hardly amounts to grand larceny and is not noteworthy enough for inclusion in an encyclopedia. - 23/10.06

[edit] Indie Genre?

Razorlight are clearly on a major label, the Indie genre classification is very highly questionable. In the interests of NPOV, and presenting all views (instead of trying a rational one, like say: the BBC has to), I propose a compromise: clarifying that they are in the style of Indie Rock (as an artist connection at least), while clearing up any confusion that might lead readers to believe they are on an independent label by specifying which labels are major labels that they are signed to. I will go ahead with this change now. Any thoughts? -VirianFlux

I personaly think that defining a music genre by whether a band are or are not signed to a major label is absurd, same with defining it by being "alternative", without saying what exactly they are alternative to, and that they are in fact part of the mainstream. Music should not be about who owns who, it should be about what or how you are playing. Pixies played folk and surf influenced punk rock... i think that's a pretty precise definition of what the did/do... if you say they were/are an "indie" band my answer would be "yes, but i asked about their music not their contractual situation with a major label", same with Razorlight. Only British and Americans can came up with this stupid market oriented genre definitions. Maybe this is a discussion that would be more appropriate for another articule... but i just want to say that the only genre definitions that i consider correct for this band are Post-punk revival and/or Garage rock/Garage rock revival. To hell with poverty! September 20, 20:29

You haven't made it clear what your position is on clarifying the indie genre confusion by adding a major label clarification. Wikipedia entries are best left to decribing factual infomation such as if a label is major or not, or the date something happend. This is easy to fact check and cite sources. Either way, someone has changed the article without discussing it in here, the article will have to be locked if this continues.

Found out the change was probably part of an innocent infobox update!

-VirianFlux 17 October, 10:16 BST

[edit] Underground?

I don't see how they're underground - They've had 3 Top 20 hits in the UK.

[edit] WHAT THE HELL?

Why is this page filled with content about Keane? Does anybody know how to change this back to Razorlight content? I don't know how to do it. Somebody was messing with this page, methinks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.101.6.212 (talk) 16:10, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Never mind, it was just done.

[edit] Pop genre

I would not consider Razorlight to be classified as a pop act. Although they sound poppy, there not a pop band. Their genre should be reverted back to indie rock and post-punk revival. Eastpaw 19 Dec 2006 (UTC)

Surely its a bit of a discrepancy that both Razorlight's albums are classified 'Indie rock', yet the band is classified as 'indie pop' and 'twee pop'?

[edit] terrible page

page is a mess needs redone, i removed a section about razorlight being a teeny bopper band, compared to s-club and take that, with fans aged 8-16..... ridiculous —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.156.38.248 (talk) 16:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

That was vandalism, and I thank you for removing it. However whilst improvements are needed, I don't think this article is terrible. If there are any improvements you want to make, feel free to be bold and make them yourself. --Mark ^(Talk) 19:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC).