Talk:Spiral Scratch

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Shouldn't this be punk, not post punk? Recorded in Dec 76 and released in Jan 77 puts it right in the '74-'78 window for punk, and post punk has to come later than punk, no? --AndrewHowse (talk) 14:32, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea how that got in... thanks for spotting. Corrected to Punk. Totnesmartin (talk) 17:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm confused, and I don't like that

The opening paragraph ends with "it was the first punk record to be self-released ... , and only the third ever by a British punk band." I'm not sure what this means. The third ever what? The third ever punk record to be self-released? The third ever record by a British punk band? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 15:14, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 7 December 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk)' 13:18, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

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Spiral Scratch (EP) → Spiral Scratch – Clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Only other candidate is a Doctor Who novel. --woodensuperman 10:58, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

• Support, clear primary topic. It received a big spike in views following Shelley's death, but so did the novel for some reason. There was always a large disparity. —Xezbeth (talk) 13:25, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

• Support. The parenthetical letters "EP" after Spiral Scratch should be deleted, and here's why: the "EP" designation is already described in the first line for the record and does not need to be attached to the record's title. Note also how other EPs, such as Madness's 1980 Work, Rest and Play, dispense with the "EP" suffix in the title. (The fact that the Buzzcocks' EP is a 45 rpm disc and Madness's is played at 33 1/3 rpm is immaterial - they are each "extended play" records containing four tracks and coming in over the 10- and 12-minute mark, respectively.) --Franburke2 05:51, 11 December, 2018 (UTC)

• Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, nom, etc, and delete current Spiral Scratch dab page per WP:TWODABS. Add hatnote links as appropriate. --В²C ☎ 19:36, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

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The "Boredom" guitar solo consists of 82 repeated E-B note pairs and the ending single note which is Bb (modulated diminished fifth).

The section on Wikipedia reads: "Boredom", probably the EP's most well-known song, announced punk's rebellion against the status quo while templating a strident musical minimalism (the guitar solo consisting of two notes repeated 66 times, ending with a single modulated seventh).[8]

The truth is the guitar solo consists of 82 repeated E-B note pairs (not 66) and the ending single note is Bb, which is a modulated diminished fifth, (not a seventh). Here is the proof:

The "Boredom" guitar solo consists of 82 note pairs and the ending single note.

The further proof is this sound file, which was used for counting the note pairs in a Digital Audio Workstation by myself: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A2rfMxQQ2XlcfkuxJ1p10yt_CtRW4hC-

As I understand, S. Sharp was not entirely correct in the reference [8] but I hope musicians can: 1. Count 2. Understand that the Bb note is a diminished fifth against the E prime note not a seventh.

Why a doubtful written source takes precedence over common sense (and anybody can prove it?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by StefanMikesMikulski (talk • contribs) 19:04, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

it's worth getting this right because this is the greatest guitar solo of all time.

duncanrmi (talk) 16:59, 18 June 2023 (UTC)