Talk:Third Stone from the Sun

Star Trek?

The article says that the song was inspired by the sounds of Star Trek but Hendrix was living in London at the time and "Third Stone from the Sun" has some resemblance to the Doctor Who theme music composed by Ron Grainer and performed by Delia Derbyshire. IanThal (talk) 17:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

"To you I shall put an end, then you'll never hear surf music again."

So what's the deal with this? It's popularly perceived as a "taunt" to popular music, but is there any basis in this? Surf music was already on the wane and had been for a couple of years, which is a long time in pop music. So would it make any sense for this to be a jibe at surf music? I've read this opinion in many sources, but never from anyone who was there during the recording of the song or who heard it from Hendrix himself. On the other hand, we do have Dick Dale claiming that Hendrix told him he was dedicating the song to him because he was saddened by the news that Dale was possibly dying. This changes the meaning of the phrase completely. Wellesradio (talk) 19:45, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Notable covers

Does Donna Austin deserve mention? Horace Wheatley (talk) 20:30, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

No mention of Santana using the riff from Third Stone From The Sun during the second half of live versions of Black Magic Woman? Rcgldr (talk) 05:56, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Third Stone from the Sun/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 17:18, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I will be reviewing this against the GA criteria as part of a GAN sweep. I'll leave some comments soon. JAGUAR  17:18, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, you're timeline works for me. —Ojorojo (talk) 19:59, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguations: No links found.

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Checking against the GA criteria

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   "which parodies a science fiction scenario" - already linked

   "The guitar melody has been quoted in a number of different recorded songs, such as "Baby, Please Don't Go" (the Amboy Dukes, 1968),[10] "Mountain Jam" (the Allman Brothers, 1971), "Dance with the Devil" (Cozy Powell, 1973), "Rasputin" (Boney M. sampling Powell, 1978), "I'm Too Sexy" (Right Said Fred, 1991), and "Jimmy James" (Beastie Boys, 1992)." - is all of this covered in the source?

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   No original research found.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   NPOV

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

The article is comprehensive, well written, and all of the sources check out. It meets the criteria, so I'll pass it outright JAGUAR  15:36, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Jaguar. I have another GAN that should be easy, if you're interested. —Ojorojo (talk) 16:27, 9 December 2016 (UTC)