Talk:Ahab the Arab

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I removed the stub tag because this article is now quite long. --Jemiller226 01:39, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

However, I also think that the lyrics are copyvio... --Jemiller226 01:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Fatima and her cola

Someone had written that she was sipping on an "RC Coca-Cola". Stevens actually says "an ice cold Coca-Cola". RC Cola is a different brand.76.113.104.88 (talk) 04:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Seems to me the original version had RC, while more recent recordings Stevens has done has Coca-Cola. I don't have access to the original recording, so I can't verify this but my recollection is strongly that the original had RC. My understanding is that RC was a popular brand in the South at the time, and given Ray's southern roots, makes a lot of sense. Wschart (talk) 18:20, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Actual Southern person here (b. Rome, GA, 1984), and I can clear this one up. Stevens says neither "Coca-Cola", "RC Cola", or "RC Coca-cola". The actual line is "RC co-cola". "Co-cola" is a category word for all sodas in my part of the country, so there's no contradiction intended in saying both names. Though since Stevens re-recorded many of his songs multiple times over, I'll acknowledge that more recent versions may have different wording from earlier ones.Caseyroberson (talk) 16:12, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Sheik

The word should really link to the Rudolf Valentino movie, since the song seems to have been more influenced by vague memories of such movies than anything authentically middle-eastern. AnonMoos (talk) 10:54, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

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References/Links

They seem to be outdated. Can we maybe use the youtube version as a reference?--Ramesty (talk) 03:01, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

TV commercial use

A version of the song was used in a mid-70's commercial for Camel cigarettes, which aired in Australia (and may have aired elsewhere). As I can't yet find any reference to this ad, I haven't added it to the article. Chris Keating (talk) 04:18, 29 August 2017 (UTC)