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[edit] First paragraph copyright problem?

The first paragraph of this article is identical to the first paragraph of the All Music Guide biography: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ME|FIRST|AND|THE|GIMME|GIMMERS&samples=1&sql=11:kjfwxqwhldae~T1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.181.3 (talk) 22:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ampersand?

Is there any reason why this article uses an ampersand in the title and not the word "and" ? It seems that in all their albums, the word "and" is used without the &. Dylan 21:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Hm. This also seems to bea good argument that the page should be at Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. However, it seems that User:TUF-KAT made the move, and that editor tends to make good decisions. I'd like to get input from User:TUF-KAT before making the change. Jkelly 22:00, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
For consistency's sake, I habitually move bands with titles like this to this format -- it's just nice to have a standard, and I don't even remember why the ampersand and lower-case "the" became standard to begin with. This band's kind of an unusual case because "Me First" is not a person's name (like as in Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers or Richard Hell & the Voidoids), so move it if it seems more correct. Tuf-Kat 22:17, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm somewhat baffled by this. Shouldn't the articles remain under the name of the band? There's a difference between "&" and "and" in names, and a given band might want to spell their name one way or the other. mkehrt 20:39, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
"Me First and the Gimme Gimmes" gets almost ten times more Google hits than "Me First & the Gimme Gimmes". EdGl 21:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrectly Crediting MFATGG

I have noticed that just about any punk cover of a non-punk song gets credited to MFATGG somewhere on the net, whether it be file sharing networks or even wikipedia - see page for a-ha's "Take on Me" (I can't remember MFATGG doing this song - think it was MXPX). What do you reckon about having a list of song's incorrectly credited to MFATGG on wikipedia? Just a suggestion.

I don't think a list of inaccuracies from other sources is really relevant information for an encyclopaedia - it might be useful to someone who uses file sharing software, but it doesn't seem like the kind of information that should be here. We should concentrate on the songs they did, rather than the songs they didn't perform/record. I suppose you could mention that as a cover band people often wrongly assume that they performed tracks that were in fact performed by other artists, but I wouldn't list them. Rather I would seek out the erroneous information in Wikipedia such as with the A-ha track you specify, and correct it. Gram 10:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
There's a similar section in the weird al wiki page that mentions that on file sharing networks other parody songs are attributed to him, when they are not. It think it's only fair that there's a similar section on this wiki page for the gimmie-gimmies.58.106.146.226 12:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proper Attribution for Take On Me

Incidentally, the Punk version of Take On Me frequently attributed to MFATGG is probably the Reel Big Fish punk cover featured on the "Basketball" soundtrack. HCAndrew 4:46, 5 December 2006

      Both MXPX and Reel Big Fish have done covers of Take On Me. MXPX did it on an album called "On the Cover"

[edit] list of songs sampled isn't trivia

The list of songs whose motifs MFATGGs parodies isn't a trivia section. All the songs listed fall into this specific topic, and it would be pretty analogous to listing guest stars on the Simpsons, or movies spoofed by the Scary movie franchise. While the list might be better formatted in a table, it clearly isn't trivia, and I'm going to remove the tag. Debivort 00:36, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Songs Referenced in MFATGG Songs

Does anybody think the article should include citings of other punk songs referenced in the arrangements of MFATGG? Some examples would be: (1) The MFATGG version of "Elenor" directly references The Clash's "London Calling" (2) The MFATGG version of "Sloop John B" directly references the Ramones' "Teenage Lobotomy" (3) The MFATGG version of "You've Got a Friend" references the "Hey Ho, Let's Go!" open from the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop"

In my opinion, part of the MFATGG sound is not just "punking up" pop songs, but utilizing a lot of "classic" punk riffs in their arrangements. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ROG 19 (talk • contribs) 19:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] revert of my edit

hi, i really think the country of origin should be part of the first sentence. there's a world outside the us after all. cya --Trickstar 12:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proper Attribution for Take On Me

I doubt there is any proof behind Have Another Ball. As there still touring hard. Any verification? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.64.154 (talk) 21:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Riffs borrowed from other bands

This section is getting out of hand. It should be shrunk and prosified. Does anyone know any links or reliable sources that mention these borrowed riffs? de Bivort 00:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response to Bivort

My ears are a really good source. I don't know about you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.166.89.220 (talk) 23:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discography section cleaned up

I took the liberty of cleaning up the Discography section. Nothing was removed, but I put it all into tables and added a notation for what artist was covered for each of the 7" singles, as well as what song was featured on each compilation and the theme for each album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rwiggum (talk • contribs) 16:29, 30 April 2008 (UTC)