Talk:The Vapors
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This article should be titled "The Vapours" as that is how the band spelt their name.
- Bzzt. —Casey J. Morris
agreed!
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- No update on Fenton available? Just curious what happened with him, since he was the prominent singer/composer of the band. ZincOrbie 21:47, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- "Unlike the majority of those inspired by punk to strap on an electric guitar, Dave Fenton was not only gainfully employed at the time, but also held down a position of unusual respectability. 'I was a solicitor', he reveals, 'which is what I'm doing now. These days I specialise in music law, but back in the 70s, I did everything. I spent about a year in practice, but I couldn't work during the day and play in a band - it was just too time-consuming. I felt that if I was going to have a good crack at music, I couldn't keep up the full-time job. It was a bit of a risk. Once you leave, you can't easily get back into law. If you're out for more than three years, you have to re-train'." —[[1]] (N.B. In British English a solicitor is a type of lawyer).
- Good info. You should allude to it in the WP article. ZincOrbie 18:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
- "Unlike the majority of those inspired by punk to strap on an electric guitar, Dave Fenton was not only gainfully employed at the time, but also held down a position of unusual respectability. 'I was a solicitor', he reveals, 'which is what I'm doing now. These days I specialise in music law, but back in the 70s, I did everything. I spent about a year in practice, but I couldn't work during the day and play in a band - it was just too time-consuming. I felt that if I was going to have a good crack at music, I couldn't keep up the full-time job. It was a bit of a risk. Once you leave, you can't easily get back into law. If you're out for more than three years, you have to re-train'." —[[1]] (N.B. In British English a solicitor is a type of lawyer).
- No update on Fenton available? Just curious what happened with him, since he was the prominent singer/composer of the band. ZincOrbie 21:47, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Agreed, my friends, go for it. Be Bold.
- Derek R Bullamore 23:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
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- I would be moving the article, but there seems to be no general agreement on the spelling, even on fansites mentioning the band as well as diverse lyrics websites. Is there maybe a link to a cover scan available, so we can double-check the actual spelling? --TheOtherStephan 22:54, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
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- No the real spelling is "The Vapors", I don't believe this has anything to do with american english but rather that they were merely following a trend where bands would deliberately mispell words in the band name (The Monkees, "Jimi" Hendrix etc). Here's a link to a British release CD with the Band's name: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009V3OW.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115819469_.jpg Angryafghan 15:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Pamela Jones-Sparrow?
Any truth in what one of my ex-girlfriends from school in York told me?
I went to Manchester Uni in 1978, and at the beginning of the next academic year in October 1979, I was surprised to see Pam in the bar at Owen's Park, an enourmous hall of residence complex in Fallowfield. "Wot are you doin' here?", says I. "Combined Studies", came the reply.
"Done anything interesting in the last year?", I asked. "I've spent this Summer living with the lead singer of the Vapours" came the reply. I was impressed I can tell you.
[edit] Genghis Khan?
That Genghis Khan reference - was the BBC documentary about the warrior or the silly Eurovision band?
