Talk:List of songs about killers

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Please see prior discussions before considering re-nomination:

[edit] Gary Gilmore?

"Bring on the Night" is about Gary Gilmore? Can anyone find a citation? Bunnygod888 05:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I looked around the net a bit and found most were some copies of wikipedia. Discussion in a forum indicates that Sting spoke about this in an interview. Folks in the forum have quotes and mention a source. Anybody have access to these? If not, I'd say remove it. -MrFizyx 15:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second AfD

Also closed as no consensus. A strong point was made that this should be referenced more properly. Note, however, that the songs themselves act as primary sources so it's unfair to simply view the whole list as entirely unreferenced but the concerns about original synthesis need to be addressed further. Pascal.Tesson 19:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

I think according the the second AFD songs in this article should be sourced or face removal from the article if not an obvious entry CitiCat ♫ 19:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

One comment in the second debate was that Eminem's "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", wasn't "about Bonnie and Clyde"--and that its inclusion was an obvious error and a demonstration of just how bad the list was.... The person complaining also didn't bother to remove that item. My view is that although the lyrics are probably not about Bonnie and Clyde, the title, however, makes it an obvious musical reference to them. I'd leave it in, but I also won't object to its removal. If someone wishes to follow a different standard.
My suggestion for anyone wanting to clean-up would be to (a) start looking for references for titles that don't include the name of the "killer", and (b) to expand to include any titles that can be referenced with the souces now listed as "further reading". List of car crash songs and List of songs about school are now examples of "songs about..." articles that are relatively well sourced. Lack of of sources and original research seem to be the most common complaint about these sorts of lists. -MrFizyx 22:10, 8 August 2007 (UTC)