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June 5

Sean Faris Dead??

Hi there, the wikipedia page had updated just recently though it had said the above actor had died in a car accident on the 1st of june 2009. Now all reference to this has been removed. Is this correct or not, has he died?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.48.97.6 (talk) 00:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

His IMDB page does not list a date of death, and there doesn't seem to be anything about his recent death in a Google News search on his name, so I would conclude that reports of his death have been vandalism. -- 128.104.112.106 (talk) 01:52, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

If you look at the specific edit that added the reports of his alleged death; clearly vandalism. 87.115.17.103 (talk) 10:15, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

WWE

Are the fights and moves shown in WWE really executed, or are they just stunts and gimmicks? Are the matches fixed? Rkr1991 (talk) 07:23, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Are you serious? No, it's not real, it's just a show. (Which, to be fair, doesn't mean that nobody ever gets hurt for real or that those guys don't work really hard, because obviously they do. But they aren't really punching each other, and when they perform those big leaps on each other and whatnot, they try to make sure they don't do any real damage. It's a big soap opera with lots of steroids and shouting.) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 07:52, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Even bouncing off of the mat or the padding on the concrete floor, some of those moves are still going to hurt. Piledrivers have been banned and DDTs all but phased out. Yes, the matches are "fixed" but they follow a storyline, so its fixed like all the fights in a Tom Clancy book are fixed. Livewireo (talk) 13:17, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok.. thanks guys... Actually I'm from India, and the thing is i haven't watched it much and its not too popular either, so i just wanted to check it out. But i do wonder how the fans turn up every match, when they know everything is fixed... Rkr1991 (talk) 14:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Same reason people watch movies and television shows - they don't know how it will end. It's a fixed storyline, but only the performers know how the story goes. (Also, some people probably still think it's real.) Adam Bishop (talk) 15:00, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

See also Kayfabe. Nanonic (talk) 15:17, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey! Great link...Rkr1991 (talk) 16:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Possible Prison Break spoiler (don't read if you're still watching it!)

What were his last words when General Krantz was sitting on the electric chair? Sandman30s (talk) 08:42, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm not a Prison Break fan but you might want to do something to make your question smaller if you want to prevent people accidently spoiling their enjoyment of the show. I've made it subscript as not sure how to do anything fancier than that. though there is a "hidden comment" feature...For example this sentence ... if you want to find the rest you'll have to go to edit. Would work for what you need. 194.221.133.226 (talk) 14:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

<small> works better than <sub>. I've changed that for you...not that I agree with making it smaller, but if you're going to do something, do it properly. :) Vimescarrot (talk) 17:59, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

His last words were "Semper Paratus", Latin for "Always Ready". --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 09:56, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Which is the motto of the United States Coast Guard, if that has any relevance (I've never seen the show). Deor (talk) 12:59, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I see that the "Prison Break" quote is already in semper paratus. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:29, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Sandman30s (talk) 13:46, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you have Monster Manual II handy?

The article for Catoblepas says:

In the 3.5th edition Dungeons & Dragons game the catoblepas is described in Monster Manual II as:

a bizarre, loathesome creature that inhabits dismal swamps and marshes...

Can anyone confirm if the book has the misspelling loathesome (for loathsome)? -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 13:43, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Not a MM2, but plain old 1977 Monster Manual (4th ed.) spells it "loathsome". If you want to change that to a fully sourced quote, you can say

The original Monster Manual(4th ed.) says of the catoblepas: "This nightmare creature is loathsome beyond discription and has no redeeming features". (ref Gary Gygax, Monster Manual, 4th ed., 1977, TSR Games, ISBN 0935696008)

It goes on to describe the creature's physical nature, but unlike MM2 it doesn't say where it lives. -- 87.115.17.103 (talk) 10:01, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Fire

Do you know the song that is sung by a black woman with curly hair? In video she dances for a man and she is burning. She wears beige top and trousers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.52.162.94 (talk) 14:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

If you remember any of the lyrics at all, googling them in "quotation marks" is usually a good idea. If not - any idea of when it was released? Vimescarrot (talk) 18:02, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Does anyone know the name of this babysitter/nanny movie?

Does anyone know the name of this babysitter/nanny movie? This woman has to babysit these kids. And they cause her a lot of trouble. She sells them to this scientist. And she gives the boy medicine that makes him sick. And the scientist tells the sister if it can make people sick it can also cure them. Then the babysitter feels bad and comes to rescue them, --Gary123 (talk) 19:25, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Was it a comedy? sci-fi? horror? --68.92.139.62 (talk) 13:11, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

June 6

Lassie had a year without human leads?

How did the show work for a whole year without human leads and remain interesting? Was every episode just Lassie running around in the forest for 30 minutes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.52.204 (talk) 09:55, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Sound like The Littlest Hobo, who wandered around by himself...there were humans in each episode, but they were always guest stars, not the leads. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:08, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Guess I'm showing my age here. As I recall, Lassie sometimes interacted with just other animals, but more often with other humans. She mainly wandered around helping people out of jams, sort of like Caine in Kung Fu or Banner in The Incredible Hulk. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

"No human leads" doesn't mean "no human characters". If Lassie interacted with different people every week that would remove human "leads". DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:41, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Who is Sarsippius?

In the Infectious Grooves albums, there is a recurring character names Sarsippius. I know that the guard in the conversations is Mike Muir. Has it been published who played the character of Sarsippius? -- kainaw™ 18:52, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

June 7

Jerry Springer show "I Refuse To Wear Clothes" episode

Does anyone know what happened to the two ladies? What are they doing now? I fear the worst. 89.241.39.10 (talk) 19:23, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Presumably they put their clothes back on as soon as the show stopped taping, and collected their cheques from Jerry Springer. Adam Bishop (talk) 01:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I hope they paid their SAG/AFTRA dues. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 17:03, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

It occurred to me that I could look them up on IMDB. It lists three women: Adara Michaels, Amanda Michaels, and Anna Romero. I assume Anna Romero was the lady with the Latin accent who removed her top in the audience. The names are quite likely to be fake, but Adara Michaels is listed in the IMDB of having a five-year career and according to this forum http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=4039&page=2 dated May 2007: "The only thing I know is she has 2 kids, lives in Ohio and her husband Eddie doesn't let her do much." Amanda Michaels is listed in the IMDB as only appearing in one other thing apart from the JSS. Someone called Jim Keeler says on My Space that he thought up the idea. Jim Keeler says he was a rock band performer turned pornographer. So former porn performers turn into housewives after a few short years - how dull. 84.13.204.25 (talk) 14:44, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Did Little Walter actually kill someone?

I'm watching Cadillac Records and in the movie there's a scene where blues musician Little Walter sees an imposter on the side the road. Little Walter gets out of the car and then shoots the guy claiming to be Little Walter. It's a head shot so presumably the guy is killed. The movie is based on a true story but I don't know how much the film makers embelished the story. Does anyone know if Little Walter actually killed someone? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:13, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw the movie in the theater, and as far as I can tell, that isn't true. There are a lot of things in the movie that are changed from real life. Len Chess didn't die a block away from Chess Records, he died a couple of years later. Little Walter didn't die as a result of the fight, etc. Bubba73 (talk), 16:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I listened to the DVD commentary and watched the extras and according to the movie's director, the scene is based on a "legend". It didn't seem like they did much research (or perhaps they couldn't find much) to determine whether it was true or not. Yes, after doing a little more research, it appears they weren't too concerned about factual accuracy. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:07, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Grammy nominations for 1986/1987?

How could one check an unsourced claim for a Grammy Award nomination? Specifically, the claim that the 1986 New Age album Novus Magnificat by Constance Demby was "Grammy nominated" (presumably in 1987, maybe 1986 or 1988).

What I tried

• Grammy Awards of 1986/1987/1988: only winners.
• Grammy.com: they seem to list only winners.
• IMdb: they have the 5 noms but only for a few categories (1986, 1987, 1988)
• Google News Archive for < "Novus Magnificat" Grammy >: nothing relevant.
• Google Books: nothing.
• Google Web: easy to find pages, but only from small and recent music reviews or interviews that just repeat the author's claim, nothing independent or authoritative.

For instance, could someone with access to special subscription services or magazine archives have a look at a reliable source confirming or denying this claim? I suppose that plenty of old magazine articles have published the complete lists of Grammy noms at the time, but I don't have access to any.

Why

The main article has been heavily rewritten/censored by Constance Demby herself since 2007, with most sources being only her own website (she even released in 2007 an "OTRS"from Constance Demby allowing republication of her site's content so as to copy-paste her own self-praise into the Wikipedia article). The result is that a lot of it is suspect and needs some extra scrutiny and sourcing. — Ekans ^talk @ 23:06, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I can't find either "Demby" or "Novus" listed here from 1985-88. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I can't find anything specific but the New York Times states that 1987 was the first year a New Age grammy was awarded[1].--Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 10:59, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Great links!

• From Clarityfiend's tip, I've checked the lists for 1985–1990 with the Find function for "Demby", "Denby", "Constance", "Novus", "Magnificat", "Stargate", to no result.
• From Maltelauridsbrigge's tip, I've read all noms in any section with "New Age" (in case there'd be some horrible series of typos): nothing either. I've also googled inside their whole site for "Demby"[2] or "Novus Magnificat", nothing.
• The 1987 Grammy for New Age nominates two compilations from Germany's Windham Hill Records, "various artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '86"[3] and "various artists - A Winter's Solstice",[4] but neither Demby nor an excerpt from Novus is on them. Same for "various artists" in 1986 and 1988.
• I've checked that the "1987 Grammy" page indeed listed albums that were released in 1986. I've pasted the 1987 Grammy's New Age noms into Google to find other pages listing at least New-Age Grammies (in case this page would somehow be incomplete). I found a similar resource at http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s/Music/1986/Grammys.asp (they call it "Grammy Awards for 1986" because they mean for albums released in 1986, instead of "1987 Grammy Awards" awarded in 1987) it's the same list and no Demby. I've also googled inside their whole site for "Demby"[5] or "Novus" or "Stargate", nothing.
• I have fed again Google with that list of New Age Grammy noms and added "Novus Magnificat" to it,[6] to see if there was a page somehow listing both: four results, none relevant.

At this point, I think it's clear we have sources to assume that this album was not actually "Grammy nominated". (As I understand it, the first stage of the Grammies is the record labels submitting one of their own releases for consideration to the Grammy academy, who parse this immense input and eventually turn it into an official list of 5 "Grammy nominees". What I think is that this album was probably proposed that year by Hearts of Space Records to the Grammy academy, but it didn't made the cut to the list of the 5 noms and is thus not what is understood as "Grammy nominated".) So the article's claim doesn't hold, or at least the burden of proof is now even more in Demby's camp. BTW, that MetroLyrics page is a great resource: I've added it to the Grammy Awards article (hoping it won't be deleted as "spam"), and to the WP:ALBUM resources too, that should come handy to others. Thanks! — Ekans ^talk @ 19:12, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

June 8

What fraction of tournament chess games begin with 1. e4?

And if possible I'd like a complete breakdown of the frequency with which each opening move is used. If the distribution varies depending on the level at which the tournament is played, I'd like to know that too.

Thanks for any advice. —Dominus (talk) 03:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer has some information. —Dominus (talk) 04:29, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

poolside scenes

On every episode of The Love Boat, there were poolside scenes. In them, people wore swim attire or warm weather clothes. Some people were also seen in the pool, lying down beside it, or just soaking their feet. Was the pool real? If yes, how deep was it?69.203.157.50 (talk) 08:06, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, that was probably a set, like most of the series; they did film some stuff on the actual boat, but I believe that mostly for the aerial shots and whatnot. I'm not sure the information for how deep the pool on the set was is available anywhere. It probably wasn't very deep, as viewers couldn't see that anyway, but sure, if there's a pool on a TV set, it's generally a "real" pool in the sense that it's got real walls that hold in real water. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 08:46, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

The aerial shots were stock footage provided by the cruise line. If the pool shots didn't include any of the actors, then they may have been the same. —Dominus (talk) 13:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Jack The Lad And Bloody Mary

After just finishing reading the novel, I was wondering what it meant by Mary giving Jackie the cigarette case. Is this meant to be metaphor that, no matter what, she will always love him and her love will now always be with him or is it her way of agreeing to get back with him? Or does it mean something completely different than what I'm thinking? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sadiekell (talk • contribs) 19:08, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Hund

A boy walking in the woods meets a dog. He reads the dog's tag: "Militär Hund, that means military dog." Belatedly he recognizes to his horror that this must be the notorious "Hund", reputed to be a killer, left behind by the retreating Germans. In the end, of course, Hund only wants friendship.

This is all I remember of a movie that I saw a couple of times in the Seventies. Recognize it? —Tamfang (talk) 20:21, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

You don't say whether it was originally an English-language film. If not, the Yugoslav film Vuk samotnjak looks like a good bet. A synopsis in German can be found here; a briefer one, which indicates that there was an English dubbed version that may have been titled Lone Wolf—the BFI page isn't too clear—is here (expand the credits to see those for the dubbed version). A YouTube copy of the film's trailer, in the original language, is the top hit in a Google search for the Serbo-Croatian title. Deor (talk) 19:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

My aural memory of the line quoted suggests that it is dubbed. The BFI summary is indeed a good match; and the Youtube clip has a closeup of the MILITÄR HUND tag. Thanks. —Tamfang (talk) 03:14, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Where did it go?

Okay, I was too busy to check back on here for a week or so, and now there's no trace of my question or any answer there may have been. Isn't there any way to check back on that? Elfred (talk) 20:34, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Check your own contribs to find the date, then search the archives for that date on that desk. Vimescarrot (talk) 21:28, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Here it is; it seems to be unanswered. Vimescarrot (talk) 21:30, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Well, thank you very much for the reply here, regardless. Elfred (talk) 22:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

What sci-fi mythos had a race of powerful neutral observer aliens?

In today's daily comic, there was a parody of a concept from sci-fi that I'm sure I've heard before. There's a race of powerful aliens, who are neutral observers, simply chronicling events as historians, and are not allowed to get involved in the affairs of humans. Or something like that. Maybe the example I'm thinking of, a member of this race goes renegade and becomes a super-villain? Or super-hero? Or maybe not. I can't remember. Help me out! It's kind of like Destiny from Sandman, but not that. Alien race, I think. Star Trek? Star Wars? HHGTTG? Superman? I can't find it!

Thanks 76.28.254.124 (talk) 22:32, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

• Stargate SG-1 had Ascended beings, who were supposed never to interfere, but somehow always did.
• Dr Who's Time Lords were "bound by the moral complexity of interfering in the natural flow of history", but somehow always did.
• Star Trek's Federation people were forbidden by their Prime Directive from interfering with less developed cultures, but somehow always did.

-- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:42, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

All of which are cack-handed Prometheus retreads. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Uatu the Watcher is the referent here, I think. Algebraist 22:59, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. —24.7.22.144 (talk) 23:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

TO respond to Finlay McWalter's list, the whole point of creating "unbreakable rules" in Sci Fi is, of course, to break them. Consider Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics; as a plot device the entire POINT of it, once it is created, is to test its limits by creating stories that break the Three Laws. The same with the Prime Directive and all of its varients in different universes; the advanced race is supposedly prevent by moral obligation from interfering; but then are faced with a moral dilema which forces them to choose a lesser evil. Its one of the most common sources of dramatic tension in science fiction; most of these stories would be quite boring if everyone followed the rules all the time! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:06, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

This is a common concept that expands beyond books/movies and into music, such as Klaatu's "So Said the Lighthouse Keeper" - a song about an interstellar lighthouse keeper that watches all existence. -- kainaw™ 12:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

The wormhole aliens in ST:DS9 are close to this discription, except in one episode, they destroy an entire fleet of Dominion ships. In the original BSG, the "angels" aren't supposed to interfere but I think that they end up saving Starbuck's or Apollo's life. Also in the original BGS, Count Iblis isn't supposed to interfere without the conscent of mortals (free will issues here). A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 12:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I want to say that this convention is more common in books and short stories, but now that I think of it, I can't actually think of one.

I think that Doctor Who matches what you said pretty well, even if it's presented differently than in that comic strip. In Doctor Who the timelords are supposed to be a race of neutral observers that (rarely) interfere with us lesser mortals. All except for The Doctor who is essentially a renegade. Every once and a while they make a half-hearted attempt to reign him in because he's violating all sorts of timelord laws buy constantly saving the Earth from destruction. APL (talk) 13:16, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

That other Time Lord, The Master, is also something of a meddler! 217.19.134.11 (talk) 13:06, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Additionally, the Vorlon from Babylon 5 are observers... yet they interfere like every other observer race.206.131.39.6 (talk) 15:08, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, guys! I guess it was the Watchers from Fantastic Four that I was trying to remember. Thanks again! 76.28.254.124 (talk) 16:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

June 9

harry potter page edits

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/5/30/deathly-hallows-casting-updates-teen-dumbldedore-cast-chris-rankin-returns-and-more it confirms that chris rankin will be reprising his role in the last harry potter and other cast announce ments but i am having trouble adding this on the harry potter and the deathly hallows page and the fact that jamie campbell bower has been confirmed in the movie aswell —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cruzcooper2006 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

The article in question is "semi-protected" - when looking at the article, note the silver-colored lock icon in the upper right. This means that to edit the article, you need a Wikipedia account that is at least four days old and has 10 edits to articles. Not very many articles on Wikipedia are semi-protected; articles get semi-protected when they are the subject of persistent vandalism and semi-protection would cut it down. Since you appear to be new to Wikipedia, how about trying some small edits on other pages of interest, until the 4-day period is done and you can try your hand at the Deathly Hallows article? Tempshill (talk) 16:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Children's cartoon movie

I'm trying to remember the name of an animated children's movie I half-remember. It would predate CGI animation - I would have watched it in the early 90s but I think it dated from much earlier. I remember at one point a character encountering a spinning, talking regular dodecahedron (possibly by a river and a stone cliff, perhaps guarding something and needing some sort of mathematical trick to be performed?). I think the cartoon also involved the character passing through an area called the doldrums (not set in the real world, however). Sorry there's not much to go on, but does anyone have any idea what I might be thinking of? Angus Lepper^{(T, C)} 16:11, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

The Phantom Tollbooth featured an area called the Doldrums; did you see a movie based on the book? Tempshill (talk) 16:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

There was indeed a rather nice animated movie of the book, which stayed pretty close to the original plot and featured the Doldrums and also a talking Dodecahedron. I'm pretty sure this is what you saw. Karenjc 18:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

That's it, thank you! :-) Angus Lepper^{(T, C)} 21:58, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Resolved

June 10

Ticket refunds

Why does almost every venue for concerts, sports events, theatre, etc. not issue refunds on tickets prior to the event?

Because they want to keep your money? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:51, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

The usual excuse is that it would more than double the work of the ticket sales staff, I imagine; as showtime approaches, they'd have to run about and try to sell the tickets that were turned in for refunds. A counterexample from another industry would be the airlines. Tempshill (talk) 04:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

It's not exactly a counterexample, the airlines also don't want to give your money back --203.22.236.14 (talk) 09:34, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Although if you pay extra for that feature when you buy the airline ticket, they will refund or transfer the ticket if you need it. 65.121.141.34 (talk) 16:15, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Basically, they can do almost anything they like, as long as it's not illegal, and as long as the customer agrees to the condition beforehand. If the customer does not like the condition, they are not forced to buy the ticket in the first place. -- JackofOz (talk) 08:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Movie Trailer

Looking for a movie trailer / movie. The premise is this lady gets teamed up with a guy. The guy is gross and nasty and has a crush on her. He cleans up and gets her. It was a trailer during Star Trek or Angels and Demons. And its not that All About Steve movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.2.144 (talk) 00:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps I Love You, Beth Cooper? If not, IMDB lists all of the movies coming out from now until at least the fall here. Taggart.BBS (talk) 03:23, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

It could be this movie. I seem to remember seeing the trailer for it before Star Trek. 208.65.223.146 (talk) 03:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Animated Film

I'm trying to find the name of an animated film I saw a few years ago. I'm pretty sure it was a film, although it could have just been longer than a regular cartoon. I saw it probably in the mid to late 80s on English TV around Christmas time, and to my mind it seemed fairly old then, so I reckon it could have been made in the 70s.

The cartoon was set in a kind of alien jungle, and revolved around two people and two different stories. One was a small child wandering through the jungle looking for something, the other was an old man. I was pretty young when I saw it, so I apologise for the lack of detail. The only other thing I really remember about it was that at the end it was revealed that the old man was actually the young child who had grown up and that his storyline was set in the future. I kind of get the idea that the story seemed to have the viewer assume that the child was looking for the old man, and that they both existed within the same timeframe, but at the end we learn that they're actually the same person.

The only other thing I remember about the film is that when it finished my Mum said, "Well...that was weird..."

I know this is pretty vague, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd be very grateful! Phileas (talk) 13:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Probably not the film you're seeking, but the description brings to mind The Mouse and His Child (1977). Adapted by Fred Wolf and Charles Swenson from the Russell Hoban novel, it has more than a few metaphysical twists. Pepso2 (talk) 15:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Les Maîtres du temps, perhaps? — Tobias Bergemann (talk) 10:06, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Nope, the story looked a little similar but after seeing the screenshots on a fansite it's definitely not it. Ah well, thanks for having a go! Phileas (talk) 11:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

What is the name of this Coldplay song?

I've heard it 2 or 3 times, but I don't know the name! I've searched for it, but just can't find it! All I can say is that the song has a violin playing in the background all through (a catchy melody; very vivid/energetic/happy), and that the singer at some point says something like "from New Orleans..." (this is all of the lyrics I can remember). ♠TomasBat 20:04, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

This is their most recent album. Search the tracks on Youtube until you find the one that fits, perhaps. Vimescarrot (talk) 20:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Specifically, this sounds most like the titular track, Viva la Vida. The article I've linked includes a sample of the song, where you should hopefully be able to identify it. Angus Lepper^{(T, C)} 23:14, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

It's not that one... The song is great though :) ♠TomasBat 01:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)