Talk:Richard Thompson

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This page is starting to bother me. Firstly because it's becoming poorly organised, secondly because it seems to place too much emphasis on Thompson's faith - trying, or so it seems to me, to paint him as a fundamentalist Muslim.

I'd like to give a total re-write a bash, however there doesn't seem to be a section in Wikipedia where I can put up a draft for comment.

Sorry, I thought two tildes would amount to signing my name. So I'm Bob Dubery - that's my name and mh wiki user name.

One thing that needs to be straightened out is providing a link to Linda Thompson. The "Linda Thompson" who is linked to through the Linda Peters link down in side projects is clearly not the same person, unless Linda had a secret early life where she was hanging out with Elvis. -- BoMaGoSh

[edit] Popular music ?

"Thompson is regarded as one of the most imaginative and individualistic stylists in popular music, as well as one of the most technically proficient."

I've got no problem with the "technically proficient" comment, however, I think it's a stretch to refer to this as "popular music". A more descriptive/precise musical category (British Folk?) would add to the introduction. Hu Gadarn 14:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

No, he's a popular musician, as opposed to (pure) folk or classical or whatever. He's just hasn't had much commercial success. You could say he was unpopular popular musician. Stylistically, he's not all that far from, say, Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan or any number of other better known popular musicians.--Chris 18:29, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

Some images would be nice on the page, perhaps from a concert or even an album cover. Hu Gadarn 14:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] British or English?

Several references to "Britain" or "British" have been changed to "England" or "English".

Which should be used when discussing Thompson? He was born in England, that's certain, but he comes from a Scottish family, and has often expressed an affinity with Scotland, going so far as to say that if he had the choice he'd have played soccer for Scotland rather than for England.

Is it even an issue really?

My vote's for "British" A lot of the folk songs that he's done originate in Scotland (Patrick Spens, Willy O Winsbury), his father's Scottish. Anyway, "British" is really the correct term for everyone from the British Isles i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Megamanic 02:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)