Talk:Iko Iko

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Contents 1 "Indians" 2 Lyrics 3 lloyd price? 4 Removed Natasha

[edit] "Indians"

Shouldn't the article be a little more clear in the fact that it's referring to "American Indians" (i.e., Native Americans) and not "real" Indians (those from India)?

Looks like the article makes it clear it is referring to neither American nor Punjabi Indians, but Mardi Gras Indians. Trst (talk) 17:32, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lyrics

sorry, not sure which template is the right one - but with all the record companies going after lyrics sites, I thought flagging this for usage of Cindi Lauper lyrics makes sense (clem 10:59, 21 December 2005 (UTC))

You know, you misspelled Lauper's first name, lol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.203.10.156 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I may be anonymous but I'm going to delete the reference to "and Juha recast the song as a story of Palestinian dislocation on his Polari album." This appears to be a piece of self promotion- "Juha" is in no way notable as are the other performers of Iko Iko. My aunt hummed it once, but she's not going get a mention on the Iko Iko entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.243.19 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

You may not be quite as anonymous as you might think, but your judgement on this matter seems sound, thanks.  :) Xtifr _tälk 02:59, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lloyd price?

What's up with Crawford saying Lloyd Price put music to the song? Did Price actually write the melody, or just do some arranging? --Allen 01:39, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Allen, I'm positive you misunderstood the article as did the lady before you. Crawford made a reference to Lloyd Price writting Lawdy Miss Clawdy...which is a saying, down in New Orleans and the South. So Lloyd took the saying and composed the music to that song, as did Crawford to Jock-A-Mo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.200.116.130 (talk • contribs)

Thanks! I should have checked the reference. I've included the whole quote now so it's easier to follow. Out of curiosity, who is "the lady before" me? --Allen 03:57, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Natasha

I took this out of the article. If it were documented, it still might not be worth having. As it is, zero:

A performer named Natasha also covered it on her album which featured other tracks such as "The Boom Boom Room" - I will add the album details when I unpack it.

--Ortolan88 16:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Seems she's back in :) I do remember the Natasha version, it's OK. But the Belle Stars version was released at the same time (UK) and there was some confusion as a result - and they cannibalised each others sales. I thought I recall that the Belle Stars version won out and the Natasha version dropped off the charts pretty quickly. 203.87.74.230 (talk) 05:59, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

The article is correct that Natasha's version outperformed the Belle Stars in the UK charts. However, the Belle Stars version won out in the end when it became a surprise top 20 hit in the US seven years later!--Tuzapicabit (talk) 16:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)