Talk:Exit (U2 song)

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Melicans in topic GA Review
Good articleExit (U2 song) has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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October 15, 2011Good article nomineeListed
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Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 2, 2011.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that U2's song "Exit" was used in the defence of Robert John Bardo at his trial for the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer?
Current status: Good article

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Actress

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I believe the actress that was killed by the stalker was Rebecca Schaeffer but there needs to be some references added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.25.8.1 (talk) 13:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

DYK nomination

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Bono's guitar playing - in the song or not?

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If you'll recall, I previously questioned whether we can credit Bono for guitar on this song here. Were you able to find some new information in the documentary that I missed? Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talkcontributions) 19:05, 28 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Towards the end of the documentary there is a five-minute section on "Exit" (it is the third last song discussed). During the section, Lanois and Bono are experimenting with the different elements of the track. At one point a guitar, quite distinct from The Edge's, can be heard. Lanois says "That's Bono's guitar", to which Bono gives a laugh and says "That's the first time anyone has ever said that". The identical guitar part can be heard in the song from 1:55 to about 2:05. If you're not looking out for it, it is easily missed in the song, but it is there nonetheless. You even note that he had the guitar in that old discussion section. (The comments I struck out were incorrect; I was thinking of another aspect which Lanois notes did not make the cut). Melicans (talk, contributions) 19:21, 28 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lemurbaby (talk · contribs) 14:30, 15 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Comments

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  • Editors working on U2 songs: you really do consistently excellent work. It makes my job as a reviewer a piece of cake. Definitely up to GA standards. You just need to indicate that the link to the Paul McGuiness interview is dead, and after that I will give this one a pass. Lemurbaby (talk) 14:33, 15 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thanks again for the review! As it's a dead link and unlikely for them to upload the interview again I've simply removed the URL. The rest of the information for that ref should suffice I think. Cheers, Melicans (talk, contributions) 15:22, 15 October 2011 (UTC)Reply