Talk:Debbie Gibson

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Please see Talk:Gibson for a discussion of how to best disambiguate "Gibson". Thanks. --rbrwr ^± 10:59, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Overall

This entry has definitely gone downhill and now reads like a trashy magazine article. Severe editing is in order.

The article reads like a fan site entry, I have tagged it for NPOV.

Grease

The following phrasing is suspect: she played Sandy in a West End production of Grease. To go with her stage performance, she also helped record the soundtrack for the play, titled "Grease: The Original London Cast Recording". From that CD, came a hit single with Craig McLachlan: "You're the One That I Want", which reached #13 on the UK charts in 1993.

It sounds like a fanboy trying to make the feat sound more impressive than it is. Cast Recordsings of musicals, especially successful ones, are nothing new. It's not a "soundtrack for the play." I'm going to reword this. Pacian 09:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're reading to much into the original wording. You can call it soundtrack for the play, because that's literally what it is. You're wording says the literally same thing, so I'm not changing it. It's really no big deal. --Rob 09:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mojo Nixon

Somebody put this college performer (Mojo Nixon) back in the article. It's now shown Mojo is notable enough to have his own article (barely), but the song is not notable. It wasn't on the charts, and the artist is an extremely obscure college performer. Now something by "Weird Al" Yankovic would be notable, and worth mentioning. --rob 06:47, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

...Released in 1989, Root Hog or Die continued his success on college radio with the tabloid-themed "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child." However, MTV banned the video, which starred Winona Ryder... [1] [2] I would think having something banned by MTV would give a certain notability.

BTW, I'm not a fan of his. I don't own any of his CD's. However, I wouldn't call him "extremely obscure" either. I've heard this song (and other of his) played on non-college radio stations (in Colorado Springs, back in the day). --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 07:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Banned? Yah, that's what somebody who's so obscure they can't get played says. There are truly famous people who have had videos banned by MTV, but he's not one of the famous ones. --rob 07:06, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

From the same article In 1987, Nixon released the even more successful Bo-Day-Shus!!!, which became his first album to make the national charts thanks to what became his best-known song, "Elvis Is Everywhere." MTV not only embraced the video, but invited Nixon to film a series of short rants that ran during commercial breaks. He wound up as a periodic host for the channel during 1988. --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 07:13, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion, make a Trivia section (it doesn't belong in bio, since it's not about her life), then say something like "Occasional MTV host known for Elvis is Everywhere, sang .........". Use the MTV url (which has cred), and not the music store url (which is worthless). Then, we can take a look, and see. --rob 07:32, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
IMDB trivia section - Some other points that could be worth mentioning (completely reworded of course), without interuppting her bio. --rob 07:44, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A Trivia section seems more suitable. --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 07:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Seems good the way it is now. Thanks. --rob 08:57, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Deborah Gibson & Tiffany

Mention of Tiffany may compensate for inadequacies in teen idol, but the place to address them is in that article, not here. Moved here:

, along with Tiffany in the late 1980s,

--Jerzy•t 16:14, 2005 August 21 (UTC)

Triva Section

The entries in this section should have a reference like any other fact added to a Wikipedia article. I've been working on another article Enola Gay where the "Enola Gay in Pop Culture" section has been flooded with entries by unregistered users who don't adequately explain what the relation is between the entry and the article.

If anyone has a take on this, please let me know. Davidpdx 13:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Playboy?

I don't remember hearing about this, but I have a friend who insists he can pull out the issue that he has...somewhere. Anybody know about this? I am skeptical.

Have you tried doing a google search? Yes, it is true, she posed nude in Playboy http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=deborah+gibson+playboy