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[edit] Article content

I added a blurb about the Tegan and Sara in Doctor Who.. coincidence? -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kether83 (talk • contribs) 10:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC).

[edit] LGBT

Just curious, if they're categorized as LGBT, shouldn't there be a mention in the article about that? -- nae'blis (talk) 15:31, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what else to say besides "they're lesbian", though. It's not explicitly mentioned in their music, nor are they active with any political groups, afaik. It seems strange to say "Tegan and Sara are both lesbians" and leave it at that when we wouldn't say "Foo is heterosexual" about a heterosexual musician. Maybe by that reasoning, the category shouldn't exist, but as long as it exists, it should be populated. Catamorphism 19:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
It's perfectly relevant to mention that they're lesbian somewhere in the article. There's absolutely no reason to censor it, and the category is helpful. Ambi 05:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

They Played a song on VH1, "Speak slow" (which is an obvious lesbian Love song by the lyrics) in which the one sister says to the other "I dedicate it to you."

So My query is not that they're lesbians, but what is the extent of their interpersonal relationship, cause it seems (*How can I write this objectively when I was being kinda grossed out by her comment) I'm sorry to say this that they may have an incestious relationship between the twinsTherubicon (talk) 01:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Are you taking the piss? they're both gay, but not together. anyone who actually knows anything about the band knows this. get a hobby. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.222.122 (talk) 09:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


They're open about their sexuality, so obviously no harm could come of including it in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.189.129.197 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 13 April 2006 (UTC).
I think it's better not to mention it, because I've found that if I mention they're lesbian, people tend to focus on that instead of the music. Like have you noticed, when looking at Youtube videos, the huge number of comments asking about their sexuality with no content about the music? And as Catamorphism said, it's not explicitly mentioned in the music anyway - anyone can relate to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.158.203.206 (talk) 04:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
The first time I heard about this band was on NPR and the guy talking about them, a record reviewer, said part of their act was pretending to be lesibans with each other. Is that true? The Secretary of Funk 10:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

No, that's not true. They have debunked this rumor in radio interviews and on live bootlegs of their shows. Trimp 01:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

So are they Bisexual or Lesbian or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.156.190 (talk) 03:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I think including their orientation is no more detrimental to the appreciation of their music than mentioning they are Canadian, or showing a photo which shows they are obviously female and caucasian. I think the argument that someone's non-heterosexuality should be conveniently omitted is just a fashionable homophobia. It's a leftover of the victorian age, when one "dare not speak its name." Nowadays, this omission is dressed up with the rhetoric of sensibility, i.e., not wanting to be "lurid" or "focusing on the life of the art rather than the artist." But the presumption that homosexuality is lurid or dirty IS homophobic, and one can't focus on the art without knowing something about the artist. Should we omit that Basquiat was Haitian and Puerto Rican? Should we omit that Warhol was part Jewish? How about Jimi Hendrix? There's no need to point out he was left-handed, or took drugs, or was not white. There are people who find all those things to be unrespectable and even vile. They're called bigots. Wiki shouldn't cater to them. There is nothing POV about simply providing people with facts, to make their own decisions as they please.72.78.154.193 (talk) 02:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

nicely said.Wikidsoup [talk] 00:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)44

The song "when you were mine" from "songs for christoff" is about a finished lesbian relationship though. ("when you were mine I let you wear my dresses" etc) so it's not true they don't mention it, it's just no big deal. besides the LGBT-community loves them, so they should be in the category. --85.179.90.226 (talk) 18:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Films, TV, and books

Sara wrote a foreward to the book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and I feel like it would be nice to mention but I'm not sure where it fits, especially since it's only about Sara (she doesn't have her own page.) See http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1569242739/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-7309068-6407050#reader-link to verify. 67.168.191.3 04:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Sara also wrote the foreward to the book "Hello, Cruel World" by Kate Bornstein.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.198.141.113 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 18 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Songs For Christoff

Can see absolutely no evidence anywhere that this is anything other than a bootleg. Certainly not an official T&S release or promotional release anywhere in the world, including Canada or Japan!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.179.115.21 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

It's not an official T&S release, so has no place within their discography. If you extended this kind of logic, to, say Pink Floyd, their discography would be in the thousands of records. It also doesn't deserve it's own Wikipedia page any more than any other bootleg.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.195.244 (talk • contribs)
Agreed. By that logic anyone can throw together some live MP3s into a torrent with some fake cover art, and be deserving of an article. Hotdoglives 20:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Nominated that article for deletion and fixed the chronology. If it keeps getting reinstated that would almost amount to vandalism, surely? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.109.231.226 (talk • contribs)


It is a promo release for Japan and Canada released in 2006 by Universal Records. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.226.142.248 (talk) 04:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Proof? Hotdoglives 00:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Rentals

I question the correctness of the phrasing "Matt Sharp and Maya Rudolph of The Rentals." Maya has only performed some backup work on a few tracks of their 2nd album, and apparently some accompanying touring, I'm not sure that constitutes being in the band; although the band entry page does list her, and for such an intermittent group things are admittedly less cut and dry. Indeed, the only consistent members to date have been Matt Sharp himself and Petra Haden. Maya's own page seems to give a more reasonable description of her affiliation. --Belg4mit 15:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


Maya Rudolph was officially a Rentals member. She is in the video for "waiting" as well as being mentioned as a previous member on The Rentals official website. And since "Waiting" is from the first album you are completely wrong for saying she only did back-ups on their second album. Do your research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.192.7 (talk) 13:49, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Removed vandalism from accomplishments, DVDs, band members (spurious keytar player), trivia.

[edit] Pronounciation

Is it "Teegan" or "Taygan" (like Megan/Meghan)? Should this be noted in the article? 71.234.105.190 03:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

It's pronounced "Teegan". Could probably be noted in the article, although I'm not sure of the correct way to add info on pronunciations. Hotdoglives 05:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Duo"

I have reservations about Tegan and Sara being called a "Duo". They have said themselves that they hate the label "duo" - seeing as they have always played with a 5 piece band etc. "Tegan and Sara" is the name of their band - as obvious as this is, some people seem to forget this fact.

In the CBC Radio 3 Podcast # 109 "Twin Power Summer" released on 22/6/2007, Tegan herself said: "...We're not a duo. Yes, there's two of us...but we're a band, we play with a five piece band."

So, in light of this, I think the article should stick to calling them a band or singer-songwriters. Emerald.Atoms (talk) 06:42, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Personal Life

Hello! I just went in and cleaned up the section about Sara's relationship with Emy (it ended?! I'm so sad!) so that there's actual citation for the claims listed. I hope it turned out well :)

Here's the original text:

"Sara was in a long relationship with Emy Storey, who sold their merch at shows and did many of the designes. She is a Graphic Designer and has her own site. Their relationship became legal in 2007. Sara's song "I Was Married" referred to the common law marriage to Storey.

They have now since broken up."JamisonK (talk) 03:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)