Talk:Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

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Isn't it "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!" with an exclamation point?

Nope. See their website Husky

There is a Lyn Collins song called "We want to party party party", where in the opening she says "hey you blow your whistle. Now clap your hands say yeah. Now let me count it off, 1,2,3,4". She was a soul singer for James Brown and had a solo career

Contents 1 Picture 2 Non-notable band? 3 Why CYHSY is notable 4 link to t-shirt charity

[edit] Picture

Maybe it would be a good idea to list the members from left to right or atleast list them like that when you click on the picture. Could someone do this? (I dont know whos who) PrettyMuchBryce 12:42, 15 tApril 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-notable band?

How could it be proposed that this is an article about a non-notable band? Their music has been released in most first world countries and enjoyed regular rotation on at least one Australian radio station - far beyond Brooklyn. I disagree entirely with the idea they are not worthy of inclusion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shaybear (talk • contribs) 20:47 UTC, September 4, 2006.

It's ridiculous, they clearly meet WP:BAND. Plenty of independent reviews[1], national tour, etc. --Dhartung | Talk 01:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why CYHSY is notable

I've just removed a {{prod}} tag which calls the band "non notable". CYHSY meets the following criteria from Wikipedia:Notability (music):

• "Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works in reliable and reputable media..."

The band has been featured in Time Out New York ([2]), The Guardian ([3]), NME, Rolling Stone ([4]), and Pitchfork Media ([5], [6], [7], [8] [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]).

• "Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country, reported in notable and verifiable sources."

This article on Pitchfork details their international tour dates: in the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Japan, Belgium, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Spain and Texas.

• "Is frequently covered in publications devoted to a notable sub-culture."

The indie world is consumed by them, of course.

They are also notable in that the story of their early success is emblematic of how some recent bands have risen to success via the internet without the aid of a record label. This was the subject of a short story on National Public Radio: [16]. They also played on The David Letterman Show.[17] Omphaloscope talk 01:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] link to t-shirt charity

User:Yellowbirdproject added a note about CYHSY's participation in a charity project. The project sounds very cool to me, but I don't think it's notable enough for inclusion here. This is an encyclopedia, not an index of all worthy endeavours. Omphaloscope talk 01:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)