- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:12, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
Grim Reaper of Love
- Source: Everett, Walter (2008). The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (1st ed.). US: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-01-997-187-02. Page 308.
Sandoval, Andrew (2002). Solid Zinc: The Turtles Anthology. US: Rhino. R2 78304. Page 14.
Inglot, Bill (2009). Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits. US: FloEdCo. MFO 48002. Page 9.
Improved to Good Article status by
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Number of QPQs required:
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VirreFriberg (talk) 11:27, 14 February 2025 (UTC).
Seems good, valid GA. "first" hook, which needs exceptional sourcing but three reliable sources are provided, which looks good to me. Cannot access but will AGF. However, in the body this claim does not actually seem to be said? ""something in a 5/4 time hadn't really been done in rock'n'roll", and quoted, not sure if it's quoting the musician or a secondary source, not really definitive. Does one of the provided sources say it was "one of the earliest" or equivalent? PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:33, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, @PARAKANYAA. The Sandoval (2002) source states per verbatim "experiment with something in a 5/4 time that hadn't really been done as far as rock 'n' roll". The liner notes were written by musicologist Andrew Sandoval together with interviews from members of the Turtles!
- Sorry for late response, you didn't sign so the ping didn't work. I'm not sure if "hadn't really" is enough for WP:DYKDEFINITE. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:09, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
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- -@Z1720: Apologies for the late response. Alternatives hooks that spring to mind can be some variation of the original; ALT1: ... that Grim Reaper of Love by the Turtles (1966) unusually features a quintuple meter (5
4) beat? VirreFriberg (talk) 17:52, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not the nom or related to this article at all, but I like the "a fine piece of career suicide" quote for a hook, perhaps in contrast to it retrospectively being considered one of their best. "...that the Turtles' single Grim Reaper of Love, which was called "a fine piece of career suicide", is now considered one of their best?"Rusalkii (talk) 20:02, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
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ALT1. Nice work on the article.
Legoktm (
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for ALT1. Nice work on the article. Legoktm (talk) 19:56, 30 March 2025 (UTC)