Talk:Suicide Is Painless

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Is this copyrighted? Jwrosenzweig 21:40, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I should certainly think so.Bonalaw 13:25, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Do we know who the original artist/band was? Did it feature before M*A*S*H or was it created for the show? As well as MSP there was a Marilyn Manson cover Kwill 13:39, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)

It was created for the film. As far as I know, it was just a group of session musicians performing it. It's possible that there are music credits for the film somewhere which would list the actual individuals involved. Bonalaw 14:17, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

From what I remember on the DVD (I don't have it, at the moment), it was the director's son who wrote the song. He had been initially only wanted a guitar for the song .. --68.147.3.164 12:16, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Do we have a reference or quoted source for the meaning, or is this just a generally held view of the meaning? Thefuguestate 21:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• It was added by an IP address and is clearly just that guy's opinion, so it's gone. Wahkeenah 23:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  ???

I thought it was written by Nick Drake.
--Reddox 17:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Royal Trux did a cover version as well.

I was told that Nick Drake wrote it aswell. Where did that rumour come from?

[edit] The Spastics Society?

Wasn't this group's name changed to "SCOPE" before the date in question of the Manic Preacher's benefit release? If so, this needs to be changed as "spastic" has come to be seen as a derisive epithet since it is the root of the pejorative "spaz". Rlquall 19:25, 7 August 2006 (UTC)