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The result of the move request was: not moved. Clearly there is a consensus against the proposed title, "Life on Mars? (song)". Whether it should instead be moved to simply "Life on Mars?" is an interesting question, but there is not a consensus for that move in this discussion. It should possibly be followed up on in a new RM if anyone feels strongly enough. Jenks24 ( talk) 16:05, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
--After eight days from the death of David Bowie, the Italian perfumer Angelo Orazio Pregoni creates: LIFE ON MARS ?. A fragrance in just eight pieces. Mourning, dedicated to David Bowie. On the label a little alien man, outside a flying disc, is urining on the clouds. Among aliens hints so arduous, the perfume develops in a elegant unisex, moving for his revolutionary vanilla note.--
Life on Mars (song) →
Life on Mars? (song) – Shall we add back "?" without removing "(song)"? I see it used in the
album packaging of Hunky Dory. In previous RM two years ago, consensus favoured parenthetical disambiguation. Someone else tried to remove "(song)" without being aware of that discussion, but I fortunately reverted it back to the current title. I think we can take "
Gangsta? (Tinchy Stryder song)" as a precedent to this.
George Ho (
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Why was this released as a single two years later ? Had they run out of suitable singles from Aladdin Sane ? -- Beardo ( talk) 05:53, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
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The BBC Radio 2 documentary Exploring 'Life on Mars?', presented by Martin Kemp and first broadcast on 9 January 2017, examines the background to the song and includes interviews with Bowie and many of those associated with the record. It could certainly be added as a source. The programme revealed that, after the quiet reprise of the piano at the end of the song, the master tape captures the ringing of the public telephone adjacent to the studio and the voice of Mick Ronson swearing in frustration. They first take of the recording had had to be abandoned when someone rang the phone by mistake: [1]. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:15, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Hey zmbro, do you have anything regarding the titling of this song? Looking at Discogs, I see that the liner notes to Hunky Dory title the song with the question mark, but on the vinyl's label, it instead titles it without. The single release does it the other way around, with the picture sleeve (as seen in the infobox) not including a question mark, but the label instead including it. I think it's worth including as a note or a parenthetical in the first sentence of the lead, since it helps justify why this page is listed as "Life on Mars (song)" and not something else. Tkbrett (✉) 21:17, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
I can't find any references that would even mention it, but it sounds like direct interpretation of Rachmaninoff's piano concerto. Is it a coincidence or plagiarism? 87.241.185.81 ( talk) 15:27, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
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Frank Sinatra's "
My Way"? |
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The result of the move request was: not moved. Clearly there is a consensus against the proposed title, "Life on Mars? (song)". Whether it should instead be moved to simply "Life on Mars?" is an interesting question, but there is not a consensus for that move in this discussion. It should possibly be followed up on in a new RM if anyone feels strongly enough. Jenks24 ( talk) 16:05, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
--After eight days from the death of David Bowie, the Italian perfumer Angelo Orazio Pregoni creates: LIFE ON MARS ?. A fragrance in just eight pieces. Mourning, dedicated to David Bowie. On the label a little alien man, outside a flying disc, is urining on the clouds. Among aliens hints so arduous, the perfume develops in a elegant unisex, moving for his revolutionary vanilla note.--
Life on Mars (song) →
Life on Mars? (song) – Shall we add back "?" without removing "(song)"? I see it used in the
album packaging of Hunky Dory. In previous RM two years ago, consensus favoured parenthetical disambiguation. Someone else tried to remove "(song)" without being aware of that discussion, but I fortunately reverted it back to the current title. I think we can take "
Gangsta? (Tinchy Stryder song)" as a precedent to this.
George Ho (
talk) 07:33, 9 September 2015 (UTC) Relisted.
Jenks24 (
talk) 10:13, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Why was this released as a single two years later ? Had they run out of suitable singles from Aladdin Sane ? -- Beardo ( talk) 05:53, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
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The BBC Radio 2 documentary Exploring 'Life on Mars?', presented by Martin Kemp and first broadcast on 9 January 2017, examines the background to the song and includes interviews with Bowie and many of those associated with the record. It could certainly be added as a source. The programme revealed that, after the quiet reprise of the piano at the end of the song, the master tape captures the ringing of the public telephone adjacent to the studio and the voice of Mick Ronson swearing in frustration. They first take of the recording had had to be abandoned when someone rang the phone by mistake: [1]. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:15, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Hey zmbro, do you have anything regarding the titling of this song? Looking at Discogs, I see that the liner notes to Hunky Dory title the song with the question mark, but on the vinyl's label, it instead titles it without. The single release does it the other way around, with the picture sleeve (as seen in the infobox) not including a question mark, but the label instead including it. I think it's worth including as a note or a parenthetical in the first sentence of the lead, since it helps justify why this page is listed as "Life on Mars (song)" and not something else. Tkbrett (✉) 21:17, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
I can't find any references that would even mention it, but it sounds like direct interpretation of Rachmaninoff's piano concerto. Is it a coincidence or plagiarism? 87.241.185.81 ( talk) 15:27, 14 January 2023 (UTC)