Talk:Anthony Newley

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[edit] Copyright Violations

Most of the content of this article violates copyright. Much of it is blatantly plagiarized word for word from Anthony Newley's All Music Guide biography ^[1] - (DanAbnrml9, 5 June 2007)

--Dannyvocal (talk) 03:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)I read this article but removed a line claiming Newley's Cockney accent and lyrics could even be said to have influenced punk rock some twenty years later. That seems somewhat of an exaggeration, and I think that statement should be omitted until there is some evidence for it. The rest seems okay, in my opinion.

I gotta say, some of this sounds blatantly ridiculous. "He is vastly underrated, his short career as a pop crooner for which many people remember him, doesn't even begin to tell the story of his genius". Come on... Even if that tripe was true, it's just someone's opinion anyway and shouldn't be in an encyclopedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.140.98 (talk) 15:31, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] General style & quality

This page is generally written using a subjective, informal style that's inappropriate. It comes off as biased and amateurish.

For example: He is vastly underrated, his short career as a pop crooner for which many people remember him, doesn't even begin to tell the story of his genius. Apart from the fact that the punctuation's bad, the style is heavily subjective.

And: He also wrote and sang a hilarious novelty Christmas song called "Santa Claus is Elvis". And there is a notorious album of spoken poetry which has Newley appearing in the nude on the sleeve with a similarly-attired young model. Like much of the section on Newley's discography, this is a random collection of trivia designed to amuse rather than inform.

Event better: Several sources, including friends of Newley, attest to his being of Jewish ancestry, but the Bardsley biography makes no mention of this. He was, however, undisputedly left-handed. I guess this is either an in-joke or just plain chaotic.

Not a fan of Newley myself so I'm not really well-placed to make corrections. However given the overall quality of the article it's probably best to edit it right down to the facts and then start to re-build it from there.

Sleepinc (talk) 10:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)