Talk:The Vapors

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This article should be titled "The Vapours" as that is how the band spelt their name.

Bzzt. —Casey J. Morris

agreed!

No update on Fenton available? Just curious what happened with him, since he was the prominent singer/composer of the band. ZincOrbie 21:47, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Unlike the majority of those inspired by punk to strap on an electric guitar, Dave Fenton was not only gainfully employed at the time, but also held down a position of unusual respectability. 'I was a solicitor', he reveals, 'which is what I'm doing now. These days I specialise in music law, but back in the 70s, I did everything. I spent about a year in practice, but I couldn't work during the day and play in a band - it was just too time-consuming. I felt that if I was going to have a good crack at music, I couldn't keep up the full-time job. It was a bit of a risk. Once you leave, you can't easily get back into law. If you're out for more than three years, you have to re-train'." —[[1]] (N.B. In British English a solicitor is a type of lawyer).

Good info. You should allude to it in the WP article. ZincOrbie 18:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, my friends, go for it. Be Bold.

Derek R Bullamore 23:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would be moving the article, but there seems to be no general agreement on the spelling, even on fansites mentioning the band as well as diverse lyrics websites. Is there maybe a link to a cover scan available, so we can double-check the actual spelling? --TheOtherStephan 22:54, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No the real spelling is "The Vapors", I don't believe this has anything to do with american english but rather that they were merely following a trend where bands would deliberately mispell words in the band name (The Monkees, "Jimi" Hendrix etc). Here's a link to a British release CD with the Band's name: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009V3OW.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115819469_.jpg Angryafghan 15:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pamela Jones-Sparrow?

Any truth in what one of my ex-girlfriends from school in York told me?

I went to Manchester Uni in 1978, and at the beginning of the next academic year in October 1979, I was surprised to see Pam in the bar at Owen's Park, an enourmous hall of residence complex in Fallowfield. "Wot are you doin' here?", says I. "Combined Studies", came the reply.

"Done anything interesting in the last year?", I asked. "I've spent this Summer living with the lead singer of the Vapours" came the reply. I was impressed I can tell you.

Genghis Khan?

That Genghis Khan reference - was the BBC documentary about the warrior or the silly Eurovision band?

Hakujin

Hakujin more precisely means "white person" in Japanese, maybe the gloss should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.50.250 (talk • contribs)

"Turning Japanese"

Is there now a case for splitting this article between the band The Vapors and their song, which seems to have a life of its own in the present article's wording ?

Derek R Bullamore 21:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know Derek, to be fair, we'd need to establish reasonable notability and although some songs do have individual wikipedia pages, many don't.

82.3.228.112 20:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Turning Japanese" should not redirect to this band, given how many people have covered the song and how the term seems to have taken on a meaning of its own. Nicolasdz 22:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree. I was not advocating the redirect route per se, merely that the two entities (song and band) seem to be worthy of a piece of their own - for all the reasons you correctly allude to. Although, I am not too sure how one establishes 'reasonable notability', or otherwise.

Derek R Bullamore 23:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Turning Japanese deserves its own page, no question about it. KConWiki 01:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

masturbation statement

that really needs a source, sounds like vandalism to me

Source now added - definitely not vandalism; although the precise basis of the song is open to interpretation, and songwriter Dave Fenton's ever changing explanations.

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 10:44, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]