Talk:I'll Be There for You (Rembrandts song)

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1 Similarity
2 Universal Play
3 Cleanup
4 "I'll Be There For You" Should Be Directed to a Disambiguation Page
5 Full Lyrics?

[edit] Similarity

Is it just me or does the Friends theme sound suspiciously similar to "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees??? Lee M 18:41, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hm it could remind on it, yeah. But I don't think they are so similar. Just a little resemblance IMO... [Jetter]

I just scoured the internet for people comparing the song to Black Sabbath's "After Forever" and no one seems to have pointed it out yet. The intros are in the same key, they have the same melody(albeit slightly different rhythms), and have the same bassline. Just my $2x10^(-2).

[edit] Universal Play

Who cares about what foreign radio stations played the song? It's an American song for an American TV show.

what do you mean who cares? someone might care.

- The fact that the song reached a much higher position in the UK is highly significant and, as it points to Friends being a universal phenomenon, disproves your assertion. You also seem to forget that this page resides in the English (language) Wikipedia, not the (nonexistant) American section, and as such it is a point of reference for anyone that can read or write the language. Wikipedia policy is NPOV - which your comments about 'foreign radio stations' and 'an American TV show' are clearly not. Fanx

[edit] Cleanup

I'll be doing cleanup on this page. Add any comments to my desk. Alphabeter 00:35 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "I'll Be There For You" Should Be Directed to a Disambiguation Page

"I'll Be There For You" is likely the name of many songs (and who knows, maybe even other works?), one of the most well known being Bon Jovi's, which was released on their 1988 album New Jersey. Bon Jovi's "I'll Be There For You" was a much bigger hit, reaching #1 in the United States and charting high in several other countries. I was directed here when I tried to click on their song.

I think when one clicks on the phrase in question, one should see a disambiguation page. And this page should be renamed "I'll Be There For You" (Rembrandts) and the other pages with the same phrase will be labeled with its artist in brackets accordingly. 68.73.116.66 01:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Oppose. Silly wordsmithing. Ardenn 20:14, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Agree/ That's too vague of a reason. Please elaborate. Both songs are equally popular and well-known and no one song should have precedent over the other. Also, it elminates the confusion of a page directing to "I'll Be There For You" and being directed to the wrong "I'll Be There For You." 24.13.187.147 00:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Move to Ill Be There for You (Rembrandts) --129.234.4.76 13:16, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Agree to move to "I'll be There For You (Rembrandts)" since both songs were HUGE hits. A disambiguous page is clearly needed. Both songs hit #1 in the U.S. if my memory serves me right. Not a silly move in my opinion. Royalbroil 03:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
It is done. I'll Be There For You is now a disambiguation page with links to the new pages "I'll Be There for You (Rembrandts song)" and "I'll Be There For You (Bon Jovi song)"