Talk:Traveling Wilburys

Requested move

Unlike The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, the Traveling Wilburys did not use the definite article "the" before their name on any of their published works. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name).

It appears this page was initially moved on the basis of the title of the 2007 release The Traveling Wilburys Collection and the incorrect notion that "The Traveling Wilburys" was a possessive pronoun (it would have read The Traveling Wilburys' Collection if that was the case) rather than an adjective. Piriczki (talk) 11:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Your analysis seems to be accurate. The article was recently moved, and the editor didn't discuss it. I support a move back to Traveling Wilburys. -FrankTobia (talk) 03:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, looking at the CD next to me (the 2007 collection fwiw) it's just Travelling Wilburys. Skimming this Talk page also turns up a quote on bobdylan.com which doesn't use The either. The move back seem correct to me. Caomhin (talk) 08:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Agree, all the other wikipedias call them simply "Traveling Wilburys". ☺ Spiby ☻ 09:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Moved. Seems pretty uncontroversial... Fram (talk) 11:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

It is a small point, but on their official website they are almost exclusively called the Traveling Wilburys, or The Traveling Wilburys, but never just Traveling Wilburys. Whenever "Traveling Wilburys" is used alone it is always used to name a derivative work, albums, photo albums, etc. Also, the Traveling Wilburys' logo does have a fairly obvious "the" in it, which seems a rather large fact to have been overlooked. I, for one, would say, despite the album names, that the logo, complete with the word the, should be enough to send this page back to The Traveling Wilburys.mpbx (talk) 12:56, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

The Traveling Wilburys are Traveling Wilburys who are close friends, They are a group of friends who did not form a band but collaborated on two albums end of story! They made music incredible music for the sake of having fun. They played around with making up names etc. Thats what makes it all great and people need to take it for what it is and not make more that what is it, it's ridiculous to see how many people in this world want to correct the name, how it spelled blah blah blah , GET YOUR OWN LIFE ALREADY and leave the musicians alone as you can see they don't want or need your help to clarify thier own information to make you feel better, they owe YOU NOTHING, the music is REWARD ENOUGH .... like or lump it for crying out Loud! This is the greatest Albums ever produced, that is my strong opinion and this is one you will sing for ages and through generations I am proud to have been able to hear it. Truly a happy accident! Debra Stella Eastie Pride! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.209.213 (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia. All the information has to be as correct as possible. We can't just say, "It doesn't matter how to spell their name because they were a great band." McLerristarr (talk) 02:36, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

In response to Mclay1 What doesn't matter is the corrections every one wants to input, all you have to do is talk to them they will tell you we are / were Traveling Wilburys not The Traveling Wilburys so no it does not matter because The group of friends who made the music itself is not be accounted for it's people's opinions trying to be forced here! So people running this site should get the name correct. Go straight to the top the people who are responsible for the Incredible Music produced. Tom Petty said Jeff came up with we are Traveling Wilburys and furthermore ... The only Links connected to this page should be of the Artist and the Videos of the Artists Albulm(s)/CDS. Debra

George Photo

I don't see what the White Album photo of George Harrison adds to the article; the timeframe is wrong and the famousness of the image in another context distracts. The group photo is better and should be the featured one. I've removed the George photo for now, if others disagree we can discuss here. Jgm 23:49, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The "End of the Line" chord

User:Wahkeenah seems upset to the point of Godwinizing the process about the removal of a bit of trivia. Sorry you took offense to this; even in a "trivia" section a statement about one chord on one song on one Wilburys album seems too trivial. Mentioning it on an article about the particular song, as you've now done, seems much more appropriate. So, good show all around. Jgm 17:53, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

I was irritated at the tone of arrogance taken by whoever deleted it initially without discussion. As long as everyone's happy with the current setup, I'm happy too. :) And don't get carried away with the "Godwin's law" stuff. I'm using "Nazi" in the same way that Jerry Seinfeld called that one guy the "Soup Nazi". Wahkeenah 21:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about the general tone I was using to you before, wikina. I will let the statement stand in the End Of The Line article. Graham/pianoman87 talk 05:31, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

No worries, mate. :) Wahkeenah 06:39, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Another few random bits about Tweeter and the Monkey Man

Tweeter and the Monkey Man was covered by a small Canadian band, The Headstones. There's also a rock tribute band of that name, with a website at the title + .com.

Apparently Monkey Man is a known term in the blues world, at least according to this page at bobdylan.com: "In the Travelin' Wilburys' late-80s Dylan song 'Tweeter And the Monkey Man', 'Tweeter' might be new but "the monkey man" is straight from the blues world. One strategy for surviving the semi-itinerant life was for the male blues singer to attach himself to a sexy woman who could also cook and make money; in effect he would then rent her out to a "monkey man" - a dupe who would give her money and gifts in the mistaken belief that he alone was her love-object: money that would end up in the bluesman's pocket." Just thought I'd mention these bits here, in case anyone else ever wants to know. ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:14, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Picture

Isn't that a picture of a pirated compilation? If so it's hardly appropriate. It's also creased. If an album scan is acceptable under Fair Use couldn't someone scan the cover of, say, Volume 1? --kingboyk 22:09, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that would make a lot of sense. Please, go ahead and do it... JesseW, the juggling janitor 18:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Volume 2

The article states "Volume 3 as a nod of recognition to bootleggers who had issued 'Volume 2' containing early studio mixes/alternate takes" but I've read on several sites that it was because Tom Petty's album, Full Moon Fever was unofficially subtitled volume 2, as George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne also colaborated together with Petty on that. I've also read, though less frequently, that the skipping of volume 2 was to pay tribute to Roy Orbison's passing. I've searched around and can't find anything definitive to prove or disprove any of the three suggestions. Does anyone have something that authenticates one of the stories? If not, I'd like to add a section that briefly discusses all three possibilities.

Nothing really to add except that I'm sure I remember reading an interview with TP shortly after Orbison's death in which he said something like 'There can't/won't be a Volume 2 without Roy Orbison'

Something definitely needs to be said about this, because it's rather confusing to read the article with text only regarding Vol. 1 & 3. --Belg4mit 21:23, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I always just assumed it was a joke, nothing deeper in meaning than that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.156.213 (talk) 22:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

On Tom Petty's 'Running down a dream' doco, either Tom or Jeff Lynne(I believe it was Jeff) explain this. As someone already commented, there were bootlegs already out called 'Traveling Wilburys: Vol 2", therefore they called the real album volume 3. I can find that part again and quote it exactly if anyone needs it.. The Muss (talk) 13:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

In the booklet for ther Traveling Wilbuyrs Collection it says it was a joke that thought up by George Harrison. The Wilburys did say that "There will not be a Vol. 2 without Roy Orbison." though.--132.3.9.68 (talk) 12:19, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

United World Chart

I removed the assertion that being number one in this chart was even more important, apart from the incorrect grammar, would it really be any more important than top ten in the billboard chart or #1 in the UK chart. I will bow to a higher authority but i personally dont agree.Eisner 09:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

The Misspelling of the Name

Does anyone feel it is worth commenting on how or why the band has misspelled their name? LogicalOctopus (talk)

They haven't. Using a single "l" in the first word is ok in the US although not traditionally in the UK; ending the second word "ys" rather than "ies" is ok on both sides of the pond when the word is a name (eg: if the family name was Petty then you would refer to them as the Pettys, not the Petties). Sitush (talk) 02:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the single l is more common in the U.S. Obviously they had to compromise. 207.210.134.83 (talk) 15:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Videos

Someone (not me) added a link on 17 Jan to the Wilburys videos on Rhino's site, but the link was later removed by MER-C. It seems to me that since the videos were on a legitimate site (not YouTube or a blog), run by the band's current label, that this link was a valid addition. Unless someone knows of a Wikipedia policy against all video links, I think this one should be reinstated. EJSawyer (talk) 21:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

 ---addendum ---

I came upon this article, while watching PBS's documentary on this band. According to Jeff Lynne, he suggested Tom Petty to George, because he was working with him at the time. George, said something like "Of course, Tom, too."

Now, I'm no expert on this topic, but it was Jeff Lynne talking on the video on PBS, so maybe it wasn't George leaving his guitar behind at Tom's house, that brought the thought of Tom being included, too. Up to you, of course. Maybe this video can be found on YouTube or PBS to verify?

Atwhatcost (talk) 04:56, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Del Shannon?

I have a vague memory that when Roy Orbison died, there were plans for Del Shannon to take his place in the band. Does anyone know anything about this, or am I just imagining it? AuntFlo (talk) 08:23, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Requested protection

{{editsemiprotected}} This page needs to be semi-protected due to excessive spamming by unregistered users, mainly people adding random celebrities to the line-up. McLerristarr (Mclay1) (talk) 12:56, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Not done: Go to WP:RFPP to request page protection, if you feel it is needed. Celestra (talk) 14:36, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Parody group.

The parody group The Traveling Pillsburys based their name on The Traveling Wilburys. Bizzybody (talk) 05:06, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that's important to the article. McLerristarr / Mclay1 15:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)