Talk:Here Comes the Moon

Harrison's handwritten lyrics for "Here Comes the Moon" are dated 25 February, the day after his 35th birthday

There appears to be a mistake here as according to his Wikipedia page, Harrison's birthday is February 25. Zin92 (talk) 05:59, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks – I've just corrected it. The source (Olivia Harrison's foreword in I Me Mine) does in fact say it was 25 February and that it was his birthday. Over the years, I've seen editors try to change the birth date at George Harrison to 24 February, based on an interview he gave in the '80s (I think). If it was me who worded it as "day after" here, perhaps I was swayed by a change at the GH article – I'm not sure. JG66 (talk) 06:51, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Oh hang on. I did write this song article, but someone else made the "day after" change. JG66 (talk) 06:54, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

E J Thribb

I'm suspicious of the reference to E J Thribb writing in the Melody Maker, I wonder if someone is having a laugh. In any case, this E J Thribb can't be "the fictitious poet-in-residence at the satirical magazine Private Eye" that is blue-linked to. Zin92 (talk) 06:41, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

It can't? Well, it is. JG66 (talk) 07:23, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Is there any evidence that the E J Thribb who wrote in Melody Maker is the same as the fictional person who wrote in Private Eye? There's no mention of this on the E. J. Thribb page. Zin92 (talk) 06:32, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

God, you're annoying. In the spirit of WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, what may or not be in the E.J. Thribb article, or at Barry Fantoni for that matter, has little relevance. What the Fantoni article should say is he also "was the diary cartoonist for the Times between 1983 and 1991, and drew cartoons for the Listener and Radio Times. He also had stints as the Times' art critic and reviewed records for Punch magazine in the 1970s." That doesn't mention him occasionally reviewing records for Melody Maker, but he did, and under the name E.J. Thribb, it seems.

The Barry Fantoni article should also delve into his association with the Kinks, the Who and other London musicians – but it doesn't. He was well-known for his partisan views about the Kinks vs the Beatles, for instance. He was good friends with Eric Clapton, and in fact in this album review he mentions first listening to one of the songs at Clapton's house: "Eric Clapton first played me this a while back, and chuckled gently over the curious wobble speeds employed in the final chorus … If you're not ready for it, you could fear your turntable has developed Parkinson's Disease." JG66 (talk) 07:06, 11 December 2020 (UTC)