Talk:Land of a Thousand Dances

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Cover versions[edit]

The Walker Brothers did a cover. Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.57.184.105 (talk) 16:44, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

the lead needs a rewrite. IF these are notable covers, they need to be in the body not the lead, and expanded and referenced.--Egghead06 (talk) 23:50, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Walker Brothers' version was featured prominently in a key montage scene in the 2021 film "Last Night In Soho," directed by Edgar Wright.Maccb (talk) 13:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proto-Funk[edit]

Couldn't you also call the Wilson Picket version an early form of proto-Funk? --80.187.106.89 (talk) 16:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly. If you can find a reliable source which discusses the record in those terms, it may be worth mentioning in the article; if you can find multiple reliable sources saying so, then definitely. But it's not our place as editors to draw our own conclusions about it and write those into the article. Brettalan (talk) 16:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Song name?[edit]

The 45rpm records and most references seem to call it "Land of 1000 Dances", not "Land of a Thousand Dances". Why is the Wikipedia article named differently? Gnuish (talk) 08:06, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair point. The original Chris Kenner version as well as the Cannibal and Pickett hit versions all use the numerals. That seems pretty definitive to me. I think I'd be in favor of renaming if no one has a good reason not to. Brettalan (talk) 12:53, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

False advertising[edit]

16 is a far cry from 1000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.55.242 (talk) 16:18, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Boogaloo?[edit]

The article mentions that the original lyrics references the Boogaloo as one of the dances, but the original lyrics (or at least this version, which appears to be the original version by Chris Kenner) doesn't mention it. It does, however, say "I like it like that", which I understand is the name of a famous boogaloo song (although I believe it postdates this song). If this is the reference the article refers to, maybe it would be worth clarifying it. —Cousteau (talk) 11:10, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "boogaloo" in the more famous Wilson Pickett version, either. Good catch; I've removed that. Brettalan (talk) 04:16, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]