Talk:Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

Fuckin' in the Bushes was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 24 August 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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This is certainly one of their best[edit]

Because I'm such a great fan of this album and George Harrison solo stuff, I certainly think that this is their best album, definitely (no, "maybe" ;) and certainly one of my favourites. Painbearer 15:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's in their top 6 for sure. This ties with Be Here Now for me as thier most frustrating album, coz you know it could've been amazing. There's little glimmers of brilliance like "Fuckin' in the Bushes" and "Roll it Over". "Gas Panic!" and "Where Did It All Go Wrong" are spot on lyrically, but a bit dull sonically, and "Who Feels Love?" and "Go Let It Out" could have been epic with a bit more work and "I Can See a Liar" and "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is" which Noel admits are crap and needed more work before they would make a decent B-side. Some of the b-sides, by the way, are brilliant (well, one - "Let's All Make Believe"). This is underproduced. Be Here Now was overproduced. If they had spent more time on both, like they have with Don't Believe the Truth, they could have been great. Manc fuckers.--Crestville 17:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edit to Trivia section explained[edit]

Removed the following bullet point: "The album is completely out of print in Australia and no longer available at all, as has been the case for a few years. Whether or not it will be made available again in the future is unknown." Of course the album is available in Australia. Jack Garfield 23:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

robert christgau?[edit]

this is not a review, this is a f*cking emoticon! they should onlye allowed links when it's a full text, not simply a "neither" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.180.161.35 (talk) 04:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Album cover[edit]

I think this statement : "The album's artwork features the photo of New York skyline made from the rooftop of the Rockefeller Center" is wrong. The angle from Rockefeller center is different: I believe it's made from a building located more east, maybe 500 Fifth Avenue... salatino 15:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is certainly one of their best[edit]

I'd like to create an article for the song "Roll It Over" on this album. How do I create it when there is no create page link? The redirect page is preventing me from creating a stub, which I feel is much better than a redirect to the album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Partnerintime12 (talk • contribs) 20:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The song was not notable enough to create a seperate page for it anyway —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.125.159.186 (talk) 19:37, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Censorship[edit]

I remember reading at the time that Wal-Mart in America refused to stock the album due to "Fuckin' In The Bushes", I even spotted import copies of the album that had a couple of red "X" letters put over the "u" and "c" in the title of that song. Andrew07 (talk) 15:42, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

Gallagher got the title wrong. Article says, "When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written: "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants"... meaning (one assumes) he realised he had written the quote incorrectly. If he was in the dark about the true quote, then he obviously realised very little, as the album was released with the title staying incorrect. So for all his apparent admiration for Morrisey for being "literary", Gallagher is obviously an idiot that "realises" very little. Article lets him off lightly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.26.84 (talk) 23:52, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gallagher explains on the album's EPK (starting at around 5:30), that he was aware the quote was incorrect but chose to use it that way anyway because "people will say the giants are The Beatles, The Stones, The Who and the Sex Pistols." So it was clearly an intentional decision, and not a sign of "idiocy." I'd incorporate it into the article, but Youtube videos can't be used as a primary source. Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:42, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fu£&in in the Bushes[edit]

Was Alan Parker of Blue Mink credited for this track? Gidda Wadda Wobble was the Blue Mink track LeviBall63 (talk) 09:57, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]