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Initial text[edit]

i thought it was about suicide — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.11.229.194 (talk) 21:38, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to remove the "interpretation" of the songs lyrics if nobody objects. It's pure original research 161.225.129.111 18:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed and removed. --84.186.245.226 05:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sad, didnt got to read that, the article is all about releases and other stuff that makes me forget that the article is about a song to begin with.

Nirvana[edit]

Why is a 1970 Bowie album being shown with so amny refernces to Niravana, it was one cover 16 years ago, the cover itself is porly regraded and is so litte relevence to the album 88.111.35.38 (talk) 15:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is a relevant to those who were introduced to the song through the Nirvana cover. Plus the whole discussion is worth it for the "fuck you, you little tosser" quote from David Bowie. I rarely laugh when I read a wiki article, but I did here...jackbrown (talk) 10:09, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Late live debut[edit]

"Bowie performed the song live for the first time in 1979 with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias on Saturday Night Live."

This seems an awfully late live debut for a song recorded in 1970. Not impossible, obviously - Bewlay Brothers took 32 years to make it - but I think a citation would be in order. BTLizard (talk) 12:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TMWSTW was basically "forgotten" until Nirvana covered it. Remember, it was never a single! It's difficult to cite something that doesn't exist, but if you look through the early setlists from teenagewildlife.com you will find that the song never appears. 69.92.150.204 (talk) 05:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, in the UK, at least, the song was well remembered because of the Lulu hit. -- Beardo (talk) 20:23, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirection[edit]

There's a long-standing discussion regarding the redirect for this page, over on the talk page for the album of the same name, if anyone wants to comment - under the heading "Redirection". It'd be nice to wrap it up. Nortonius (talk) 21:13, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done Nortonius (talk) 23:09, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It probably means[edit]

It most probably meant he became a selfish man eventually just like any human above a certain age. --5.54.108.220 (talk) 17:24, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What?[edit]

Lulu's "The Man Who Sold the World" was released as a single on 11 January 1974 having been introduced by Lulu on the TOTP broadcast of 10 January 1974: the track only made its Top 50 debut (at #27) on the chart dated 16 January 1974 following a reprise performance by Lulu on 24 January 1974 TOTP broadcast with a third TOTP performance by Lulu on 7 February 1974 broadcast facilitating a boost from No. 13 to No. 5 on the chart dated 9 February 1974.

So, it "only" made its top 50 debut five days after it was released? Is that a long time? But more remarkably, it entered the chart on 16 January after she performed it on 24 January. Was time running backwards that year? Can anybody translate this into English, or should I just zap it? Scolaire (talk) 19:24, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it was a typo. According to source it first charted 26/1, which makes more sense. Doctorhawkes (talk) 01:56, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Man Who Sold the World/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Ojorojo (talk · contribs) 14:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Improper nomination: Beatleswillneverdie's edits are limited to swapping around images and unsourced chrono-type info. For the last five weeks, Zmbro has been making numerous edits to bring the article into compliance with various guidelines and policies. However, Beatleswill did not discuss with them, as per the WP:GAN/I#GAN instructions "Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article on the article talk page prior to a nomination". Beatleswill's editing on the article does not show familiarity with reliable sources, MOS, or other WP fundamentals. They should do the right thing and withdraw this nom. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[useful for GA history, copied from User talk:Ojorojo]:

Ga review I will request to remove the review to the GA review on The Man Who Sold the World just so you don’t have to cause me and other editors all these problems. And from now on, can you leave me alone. Beatleswillneverdie (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

—Ojorojo (talk) 15:41, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Beatleswillneverdie Not cool of you to nom in the first place. Thanks Ojorojo. – zmbro _(talk) 22:09, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. It's nowhere near GA to begin with. – zmbro _(talk) 22:11, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 14 November 2020[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 19:59, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Man Who Sold the World → The Man Who Sold the World (song) – Statistics of the last 90 days and of this year prove that neither song nor the album is the primary topic. If stats aren't enough, as I must say furthermore, both the song and the album have equal historical significance. Like ...Baby One More Time, Fly Like an Eagle, Like a Virgin, etc., the base title should be of the dabpage. George Ho (talk) 19:28, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support It is better to distinguish between the two.QuintusPetillius (talk) 21:32, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A dab page should also include The Man Who Sold the World (Life on Mars) and The Man Who Sold the World (Holby City). --Gonnym (talk) 00:20, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – I agree with the above. Not exactly sure why it was changed in the first place. – zmbro _(talk) 17:53, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:TWODABS In ictu oculi (talk) 18:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.