Talk:Hüsker Dü

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    [edit] Power pop

    Shouldn't the term "power pop" be used in the article, in relation to this group? Badagnani (talk) 16:49, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

    (Apologies for archiving previously.) I'm not too sure. I've not found an external source (after a quick search) that says they're power pop. Do you have a source in particular that states this? (I know the band is in the List of power pop musicians, but it's not a common label that's applied to the band.) CloudNine (talk) 18:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

    Thanks--I've always heard this term used in referring to the band by rock critics, going so far as to state that this band is one of the defining bands for the genre. Badagnani (talk) 22:35, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

    I've never heard them referred to as "power pop". "Punk pop" I've seen, but not "power pop". WesleyDodds (talk) 03:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

    Now you have. Same search, without umlauts. Badagnani (talk) 03:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

    Google searches are useless, because you need context, not to mention weeding out the reliable sources from the unreliable ones. WesleyDodds (talk) 03:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

    I beg to differ. I am a discerning editor; are you implying otherwise? Badagnani (talk) 03:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

    No, I'm just saying Google searches aren't enough. Even then, Husker Du isn't widely considered a power pop band, so there is no need to mention the term in the article. WesleyDodds (talk) 04:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

    I don't agree. They have been referred to as a power pop band for many years, as the sources show. Badagnani (talk) 04:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

    Actually, most of the top results on those Google searches return particular songs (i.e. "'I Apologize' is a power pop classic"). The results that do say Husker Du are a power pop band are fairly unreliable. CloudNine (talk) 13:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


    [edit] article/source/interview suggestion

    As an editor at Crawdaddy!, and to comply with COI guidelines, I am not posting any information from this article, or the article itself. However, I would like to recommend it on its merits, and hope that an editor will find the time to examine this piece on Hüsker Dü and the Replacements, which was originally published in Q in 1987 and republished in Crawdaddy! in 2008, and incorporate it if they see fit. I appreciate your time. [1]
    Asst. Editor, Crawdaddy! FenderRhodesScholar | Talk 23:49, 7 May 2008 (UTC)