Talk:The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (song)

Which book might that be?

"an inscription written by actor Michael J. Pollard in Jim Capaldi's book" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.169.184 (talk) 09:53, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

I think that was simply some sloppy writing by the contributor, blindly parroting Jim Capaldi's quote verbatim - Capaldi surely meant his notebook of creative ideas, not a published work; I have edited that line accordingly. Birdman euston (talk) 19:07, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

That note at the end

...which sounds like played by a saxophone, what's it made with? It can't be a sax, since it's not just one note, but a (dissonant) chord. At http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3226 , a helpful fellow ventures: "I'm pretty sure the solo instrument is an electric guitar played through a rotating Leslie speaker. Leslies were the standard speaker for the classic Hammond B3 Organ sound, but many guitar player used them too, for just such a special effect." But listening closely, that sound, and the longer solo of the same which precedes it, really sound like played on an organ keyboard. Searching the web, i found mentions of organ sound modified by a fuzzbox. We need to find out and put it in here, because ...enquiring minds wanna know!
--Jerome Potts (talk) 07:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC) They want to know so much no one has actually posted an answer or suggested an interesting in knowing for 2 and a half years.... Yes, it's on the lips of everyone and everyone....... :-S —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.94.159 (talk) 22:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

It's heavily distorted so really not possible to identify. With that much distortion it could be anything, but for my money, given that a/ Up to this point the track is virtually live, there are no overdubs, and b/ All the way through the horn is being heavily modulated, I'd say it's the horn. It's been given a massive almost endless echo/sustain (Or maybe the player was using circular breathing), then the musical spectrum has become so distorted that it splits into its component harmonics, or the player simply played a second and third note and they were all given the echo/sustain treatment.

If no one tells us, then we'll never know, but, well... that's how I'd do it. :) Deke42 (talk) 10:18, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Added Citations

When is an appropriate time to remove the RefCite tag? I just looked for and added a couple citations, since they were being called for, and with some straightforward edits I managed to consolidate the original research stuff into one, lone statement. I also added a note that there is still much history not digitized, so that little of the real public excitement about bands in the past has survived into the digital age (as my search for citations revealed). With these edits completed, there appears to no longer be a paucity of citations in the very short article, but I hesitate to remove a tag. I will of course read more about the practices and standards, but even thus educated I surmise it would still be well to discuss this before taking such a step on my own. (For reference, this spontaneous editing exercise on this article has made me decide to become a registered user, and that is why the mentioned edits are made by 173.78.141.57 rather than this name.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loquacient (talk • contribs) 19:22, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

The RefCite tag is very roughly defined, and can be removed by anyone at any time that they think the article has acquired sufficient citations. Unless the removal of a tag is controversial, trying to start up a discussion on whether or not it should be removed is just a waste of time. Remember WP: BOLD! My general rule of thumb is to remove a tag if the article is considerably more well-cited than it was at the time the tag was placed. In this case, however, I think the article is still noticeably under-cited, and it would probably be best to leave the tag. As for digital sources, I'm surprised you didn't know this, but the claim that all non-digital publications were burned in a mass bonfire upon the advent of the digital age is a complete myth; in fact, all those non-digital sources are still out there, and there are even new ones being produced. There is still a whole wealth of magazines, newsprint articles, and books that you can find with information on "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys", or any other notable song from that era, for that matter. For instance, I'm sure the issue of Sounds magazine in which the album The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys is reviewed has something to say about the title track.--Martin IIIa (talk) 14:54, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

"The verses are in D minor while the choruses modulate to D major with a repeated piano riff in D Minor.." ~ Why is this tagged questioning original research? It's either on point and true or it isn't.

Re the above: Agreed. Being in D minor is not something that needs to be verified. It's simply a musical fact. It requires no "research." It just IS. 2fs (talk) 23:23, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

So why didn’t either of you just delete the tag? It isn’t that hard. It is a fact that needs no citation. It’s either true, or it’s not. And in this case it is true.73.69.251.97 (talk) 22:52, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

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Diminutive

I don't think diminutive is doing the work you think it is (i.e. helping people understand the song title) because when I first read the article and saw the "diminutive" qualifier in front of Michael Pollard's name, I thought it meant he was a little person, like Peter Dinklage. Which is why I removed it.

In addition, the term high-heeled doesn't appear in Capaldi's quote, but he does refer to Pollard as a "heavy little dude" which could do the same work as "diminutive."

I love the song, but I'm still confused by the words and title, which is fine, the words match the music. So, a) I don't think one word is going to help people understand the song/title, and b)that's ok.

Of course, in the big picture this doesn't really mean much but I wanted to explain my reasoning for removing diminutive in the first place.

Jbakum (talk) 19:11, 27 November 2023 (UTC)