Talk:Wear Sunscreen
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[edit] The Speech
The speech is copyrighted material so I am going to get rid of it. If anyone wants to see it, there's a link anyway. VarunRajendran
[edit] Voice Actor
I don't believe the Lee Perry linked is the same Lee Perry who did the reading of the "speech" Sorry, but I just don't think he could suppress a Jamaican accent that completely.
- I saw the Lee Perry who read it on TV, and he's a white Canadian/Australian. So it's not him. Sum0 17:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Release Date
The dates of release for this track need to be revised. In Australia it was getting widespread airplay from about October 1997, with the original line 'Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of 97'.
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- Yes, the release date information seems contradictory to me. Every version of the song I have found so far refers to the Class of 97 rather than 99. I also don't understand how "In 1997 the song rated 16th most popular song out of 100 on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown.", if it wasn't released for two more years? Tinkstar1985 08:09, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Usage in Romeo + Juliet
How can the song based on the column appear in Romeo + Juliet (the Leonardo DiCaprio version) when the movie came out a year before the column was written?
- The melody, not the lyrics, appear in the film. Clearly Luhrman amalgamated the theme from R+J and the words form the article for the eventual single.Jayunderscorezero 22:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradiction or Coincidence in the source for the song's lyrics
The music single section indicates at one point that "The song lyrics ... were drawn word for word from the Schmich column" ... however, later on, in the same section, "portions of the lyrics of the Rozalla song can be found word by word in the Baz Luhrman song". Is it a coincidence that the Baz Luhrman song contains "word for word" two different sources (Schmich column and Rozalla song)? Perhaps it's all due to the common ancestor, the Desiderata poem. HectorH 10:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I can't find any phrases from the Rozalla lyrics in the Luhrman song, aside from "everybody's free", which features only in the title of the Luhrman lyrics, so I've removed the sentence "What is more, portions of the lyrics of the Rozalla song can be found word by word in the Baz Luhrman song." Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone.
[edit] Removing memetics category
I am removing the memetics category from this article since you learn no more about the article's contents from the category and v.v. Since so many things may be memes we should try to keep the category closely defined in order to remain useful. Hope you're okay with that. The link to meme would be enough I suggest. Facius 10:49, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Link goes to wrong place
Reference to link http://www.freetowearsunscreen.com/ goes to GeM, a computer company's website. Marottawriter 2:55, 13 December 2007 (EST)
[edit] German version "Sonnencreme"
I remember seeing the video to "Sunscreen" aired in late '90s German music TV channel "VIVA ZWEI", with German voiceover artist on the original beat and German lyrics. The video remained the same and the artist was billed as "Baz Luhrmann" as well. Does anyone know more about that release? The story behind it? Seems not to be mentioned at all in this article. I'm trying to find anything on the Internet, trying to get through the Google results for "Baz Luhrmann" Sonnencreme but it comes up with a lot of rubbish semi-mp3 web-sites :( My.life.is.muzik... (talk) 03:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Recorded
Why do a lot of these CDs and songs have 'Recorded: ???'. That doesn't help at all, why even include it in the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.28.67 (talk) 03:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Link
The column is now archived and the full text is available only for a fee. However, it is all over the Internet, for example here. Should this link be included (direct relevance, informational value) or deleted (copyright violation?)?--Illythr (talk) 18:09, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
