Talk:The Get Up Kids

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Who added the Mormon thing ? I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have up personal things regarding the members. People are gonna find the Get Up Kids via the LDS Wiki, and they don't exactly represent what the LDS church stands for. It's probably best for both parties to just leave that out, in my opinion. What do you think?

I don't know what you mean by the LDS Wiki, but I think it's interesting enough to include. That they don't represent what the LDS church stands for is pretty irrelevant -- the article doesn't claim they do, and explicitly says that they are non-practicing. If we had articles on the two individuals in question, I'd say move it there, but since we don't, leaving it here is fine. It's not like this article is overly long or anything. Tuf-Kat 01:48, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

I agree with the initial comment. The Mormom line is irrelevant, especially since they're not practicing. It's not interesting; it's irrelevant. How interesting would it be if we labelled other artists as "non-practicing Catholics" or "non-practicing Jews"? Not very. The length of the article should not be a factor; the information is just not useful. --Sinosplice 12:07, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

The following wording strikes me as somewhat biased: "Their May 2002 release, On a Wire (see 2002 in music), marked an evolution in their music, a maturity that was continued in March 2004's Guilt Show." It carries the obvious implication that these releases are better than others, which is purely opinion based, even if widely agreed upon. I don't happen to be a fan of theirs or have much knowledge of them myself, so I won't change it, but I think something like this would be more neutral and more informative: "Their May 2002 release, On a Wire, marked a change in their music. (Slightly more in depth discussion of some of the sylistic changes here). Much of this progression carried on into March 2004's Guilt Show."

I agree, there is a slight pov in the above quoted section. Personally, as a Get Up Kids fan, I believe that the album marked a decline in their music. A npov revision like the one above would be best... -- BMIComp (talk) 5 July 2005 07:45 (UTC)

The Discography section is missing the Woodson Ep and the collected Woodson and Red Letter Day Eps which were released on one cd. If I had more time I'd add it myself, as it stands I'm just pointing it out.

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Just curious, what does the section below even mean? I'd try to rewrite it but I have no idea what the original author was going for. Grammar is wonky and meaning is vague. Eargang 04:39, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

"One of the most common credits to The Get Up Kids is Dashboard Confessional, to the point where when Dashboard Confessional began to gain national prominence, there comments made between The Get Up Kids and Superchunk about Dashboard Confessional "Stealing Their Bread" when the three bands toured together. (AP Magazine, Issue #204}"