Talk:Gloomy Sunday

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[edit] Poppy Z Brite

I seem to recall that there is a mention of this song in one of Poppy Z Brite's books - possibly Lost Souls. I'd add it, only I can't recall what book it was in for certain so I thought I'd mention this here.

The song and its urban legend appear in Brite's book Exquisite Corpse. The character Luke, a.k.a. Lush Rimbaud, plays the song on fictional pirate radio station WHIV.

[edit] Schindler's Ark

I can't find any reference on the page itself to the mention of the song in Schindler's Ark, the book which became Schindler's List. In it, a pair of Jewish musicians play the song on violin to a group of SS men a function at which Oskar Schindler is present, one of whom then commits suicide with a pistol. I hesitate to put this in the main body since I'm not registered and I can't verify any of this right now. I seem to recall that there was a discussion in the book about the song being popular with suicides at that time in Central Europe. Doesn't this at least suggest that the connection with suicide is more than a myth?

If you can verify it, go ahead and add it, you don't need to be registered. Registering has benefits, but it's not necessary. Depending on what country you live in, it may be legal for you to find and download a plain text version of the book if you own a physical copy, and then you can to a basic text search on the song title. - Ugliness Man 16:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure it's mentioned as a song that the Rosner's play until an SS officer commits suicide in Schindler's List. I'll add it if I can find my copy John R S 19:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Similar Song Titles

Gloomy Sunday is also another well known underground rap song by MC Sniper, a Korean artist. I'm sure theres more songs that have the same title..

First of all, I'm not sure how you define "well-known", but apparantly it's a matter of perspective. Second, it would not be noteworthy to mention this in the article, simply because any song title is likely to be the title of multiple unrelated songs. Words like "Iris" and "Violet" are the titles of at least a half-dozen unrelated songs, from jazz to rap and hard rock. Third, please sign your comments in the future, it's not a terrible inconvenience to type four tildes. - Ugliness Man 10:26, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove category

Removed Category:Motif of harmful sensation, explanation left in talk page of Motif of harmful sensation -- BalthCat, 2006-01-06

[edit] Performers

The list of performers is growing quite a bit, I wonder if it might be a good idea to rearrange them alphabetically so that it would be easier for someone scanning the list to see whether or not the performer they're thinking of adding is already there. -Ugliness Man 18:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Not sure I agree there. While an alphabetical order can be convenient, especially as a list, the Chronological order is also nice when taking into account the possible path the covers took. Not all will cover the song because of the original performer, or even the first or second generation of interpreters. I'm ambivalent, but at the same time, maybe lazy people shouldn't be updating Wikipedia? -- BalthCat, 2006-01-22

[edit] meaning?

What is the song about? Gflores Talk 06:54, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronounciation

Can someone add the pronounciation of Szomorú Vasárnap, the original title of Gloomy Sunday? --Acepectif 15:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

It's something like "soe-moe-ROO voah-shaar-NOAP", but I can't really render it in IPA/SAMPA... -- Marcika 07:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Let's try - [sɒmɒɾuː vɐʃaɾnɐp], maybe? -- Marcika 07:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genesis (San Francisco, 1968)

This song was covered by an American band named "Genesis" out of San Francisco. The Amercian "Genesis" is not to be confused with the British band "Genesis" which debuted about three weeks later.

And there we go. It now links to Genesis (American band) and to the not-yet-existing article for the 1960s psychedelic rock band Genesis, instead of Genesis (band). Some sources: [1] [2] - Mr. Cat 01:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portishead

Someone added Portishead to the list of performers, but I can't find any solid evidence that they've performed the song. The only thing that looked promising when I did a Google search was a last.fm link, but no page came up when I clicked on it (temporary server problems, it seems), and one must keep in mind that last.fm "information" is entirely dependant on the tags of the music files that people are listening to, whether or not they're accurate. I'm sure last.fm could tell you that Enya sang the Adiemus title song, and that Weird Al sang "What If God Smoked Cannibus", despite the fact that neither are true. I suggest that something more verifiable be cited before adding Portishead to the list again. - Ugliness Man 12:06, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need English Translation for Rezső Seress

There is a German wiki article for Rezső Seress, but not an English one. Any one care to translate or shall we use something like Babelfish?

[edit] Blocked in Thailand

The specific url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWVWY5QUzg appears on Thailand's blocklist. It's just a performance of Gloomy Sunday. Prior to YouTube being blocked altogether for insulting the king, it was the ONLY YouTube video on the list. Pretty amazing IMO. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dtfinch (talk • contribs) 08:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Szomorú Vasárnap

There is a Hungarian film by the title Szomorú Vasárnap. "Szomorú Vasárnap" redirects to this article, and it is hard to find the link to the article about the film. --212.40.114.3 15:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)