Talk:Blowin' in the Wind

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An infobox was requested for the 1963 Peter, Paul & Mary recording of "Blowin' in the Wind" at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InnocuousPseudonym (talk • contribs) 18:36, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

Please, what is the scale of the guitar and what harmonica tonality accompanies? Thanks.

Contents 1 Discussion 2 Lyric copyright infringement 3 what? 4 Another singer 5 Original research 6 Origins 7 Dodgy word choice 8 "Urban Legend" to "False Allegation" 9 Isn't This About...

[edit] Discussion

The young man in Millburn, New Jersey was Lorre Wyatt, not Wyman. Whatever the legend, at least get his name right. * And you might try being polite!Lion King 17:48, 8 November 2005 (UTC) :::PS; I heard the little swine(Wyatt) had only intended to pinch the title and call his song; "Freedom Is Blowing In The Wind", but ended up swiping the lot! Lion King 23:01, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lyric copyright infringement

Thanks,

Pepperstool 12:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what?

does anyone have sources to prove the author thing? and if its true then why call it urban legend? absolutly ridiculous

[edit] Another singer

At the moment I don't have time to learn how to edit an article but wanted to note that Odetta released her version of "Blowing in the Wind" in the early-mid 1960's - I have it. 64.230.116.131 16:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Original research

"The fact that its popularity has not greatly diminished over time can perhaps be attributed to the fact that while the song asks these questions, it does not refer specifically to any particular political event." is original research.

Research? What research do you imagine would go into reaching such an obvious conclusion as that? 91.105.21.47 22:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origins

The Origins section has been practically entirely erased and I see no reason for that. I have reinstated it. Adrian Paunescu is not the author, but a translator for the song verses, as far as I know (the version sung by "Pasarea Colibri" had both English and Romanian verses). I hope that any such massive modification of the article will be motivated here. Ferred 11:16, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dodgy word choice

In 2007, however, the current pope Benedict XVI, who was also in attendance, expressed that he was and still is skeptical of Dylan performing the song in a church environment.

Skeptical? That seems a very odd word to use.

I'm not sure what the best phrasing is, but for now I'm going to replace skeptical of with uncomfortable with. At least that's proper English. If you can improve it, please do.

TRiG (talk) 10:48, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Urban Legend" to "False Allegation"

I've changed the section heading about Dylan's plagiarising 'Blowin' The Wind' from 'Urban Legend' to 'False Allegation of Plagiarism'. It wasn't an urban legend. It was a lie that was published in Newsweek in November 1963, and which dogged Dyan's career for many years. Thee's a footnote to snopes.com which has a good account of how this lie achieved widespread currency. Mick gold (talk) 08:02, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Isn't This About...

Newspapers?

I heard that somewhere...

DarkestMoonlight (talk) 23:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)