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It's gone now (and was probably not very encyclopedic), but I just wanted to memorialize this phrasing, as it made me very happy at the time:

Mercury Rev are often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact have close ties: Donahue was himself a Flaming Lip for two records before forming Mercury Rev.

(I didn't write this, but thank you to who did.) --Galaxiaad 20:48, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mercury Rev-Deserter's Songs (album cover).jpg

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[edit] Mary Gavazzi Fridmann

I had edited this article to state that Mary Gavazzi Fridmann was the vocalist for most of the songs on All is Dream. I based that on her name being the only female name listed on the album cover as a vocalist, along with the fact that most of the songs on the album have a female lead vocalist.

By the next day someone had changed my edit to say that she did most of the BACKUP vocals [my emphasis]. Maybe this person knows something I don't. My only source of info is the album cover.

If it is true that she did only the backup vocals, then it's imperative that the vocalist be credited here, especially since she is not credited on the album cover.

Who is this mystery woman?????

What I do know is that most of the vocals are done by a female. If it's not Ms. Fridman, then who? Why was she not mentioned on the album cover? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesiz (talkcontribs) 04:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Why do you think that most of the vocals are done by a woman? It sounds like Jonathan to me, same as on Deserters' Songs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.206.93.190 (talk) 13:44, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


This is ridiculous - the vocals are clearly a male falsetto, which would be Jonathan Donahue. 219.89.2.59 05:23, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mercuryrevband.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)