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Old 09-24-2005, 10:11 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Robert Wyatt

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Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Didn't you two say exactly the same thing? The song is than and mislabelled as then, wasn't it?
The way I read the posting was that it was supposed to be THEN. I may have misread, it wouldn't be the first time.

Part of the problem is with making sure things are grammatically correct vs. what the song title actually is. Just because a song title doesn't follow precise rules of grammar doesn't mean it's not the title. Music is littered with such examples (since, by and large, most musicians aren't as fluent in the language as others). Just because something is grammatically incorrect doesn't by definition it's an error with the song. Maybe that's what the artist intended. There have been a couple of times that I've gone digging for the precise title of a song on Google only to find it BOTH ways. If I can get a track listing from an authoritative source, that's the one I go with.

Hope that clears things up. And yes, I double check just about every requested change that I implement, no matter who puts the correction in. About the only person I haven't caught with an error is 'Spaz, largely because he does the same research before he submits a correction (often sending me a link for verification). Oh, and you too, Rick, too, for largely the same reason (though I don't think you've ever sent me the link. That's OK, though, since you're usually proven right after a quick search anyway).

In short, I guess I'm saying that before you submit a correction, make sure that it's incorrect and not designed that way.

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