Talk:Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song)

Cecilia is also the patron saint of music, so that opens up a new interpretation of the song

Im pretty certain I've heard Paul Simon confirm this in an interview - I'll try and find a reference. — sjorford ++ 10:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The requested reference is presumably for the line "I got up to wash my face, when I come back to bed someone's taken my place." Should this be spelled out explicitly, or how should this be handled? 83.250.197.97 21:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone needs to make some knowledgeable comments about how the percussion was done. It is an unusual background sound.

Also all performers on the S & G recording should be credited here.

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Ultrasound[edit]

When being transferred to CD in 1996, producers removed the ultrasonic sounds in order to lower the file size,

I've changed the "supersonic" to "ultrasonic". I was also going to challenge this fact on the grounds that removing high frequencies would not alter the size of a Red Book audio file. Then I realised that perhaps the previous editor meant that sections of the song were removed, making the track shorter. Regardless, this statement needs to be clarified and cited.—Dah31 (talk) 06:28, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CDs, being a digital medium, have a maximum frequency they can encode. Vinyl records are, in theory, capable of recording ultrasound and playing it back, but audio CDs generally aren't. [[1]] This might be what that person was referring to. CronoDAS (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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UK chart position[edit]

I'm listening to Richard Todd's The Retro Countdown Show right now, playing the UK Top 40, some bubbling under songs as well, from this week in November, 1970. It was stated a few minutes ago that Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel was on #54 in the bubbling under positions. So the record did chart in the UK, but a minor kind of minor. 83.85.143.141 (talk) 20:48, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Music video[edit]

Moscow Connection, how does it make sense to have a "music video" in the infobox that doesn't link to a music video? Surely the music video parameter is for video, not audio? 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:4CC8:D9E9:EA85:D09A (talk) 09:15, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's still a YouTube video.
If you really, really want, you can add a parameter called "header" (see Template:External music video) to change the header from "Music video" to "Audio" or something like that, but I advise you against that. Cause it's a YouTube video, the header is more intuitive as it is now. --Moscow Connection (talk) 09:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the "header" parameter. Having a header of "Music video" for something that is not a music video is just wrong. 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:948D:20E9:D3BB:7F4E (talk) 12:06, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A header saying "YouTube" looks a bit strange (and certainly unusual), but okay, I'll think about it later. --Moscow Connection (talk) 14:02, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, how do we know that the linked YouTube page complies with WP:YOUTUBE? It looks like an ordinary user page. Doesn't that make it copyvio? 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:948D:20E9:D3BB:7F4E (talk) 14:11, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

??! It is a VEVO channel, and it is verified.
Sorry, I've had enough if this. Excuse me if I don't reply anymore.
The next time you make an edit, please think: "Does my edit make the article better?". You wanted to remove a link to the place where the reader can actually hear the song, It was not an improvement. Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy and a slightly confusing header (confusing to you, not to me) is not a valid reason to remove an important link. --Moscow Connection (talk) 16:11, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I asked a simple question. I didn't know what Vevo was. Now I know (because I looked it up, not because you were helpful). I never make an edit without thinking, does it make the article better? I deleted the link originally because I foolishly thought that "Music video" was meant to link to a music video. Now that you have explained that it is there so the reader can actually hear the song, I will change the header to "Listen", which will not confuse anybody. I will excuse you if you don't reply any more. 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:948D:20E9:D3BB:7F4E (talk) 18:25, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Release date[edit]

20 April 1970 cannot possibly be the release date, since "Cecilia" had debuted at #68 on the Hot 100 on 11 April 1970. A more likely release date: sometime in March 1970.98.149.97.245 (talk) 06:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]