Talk:Rod Stewart

Topics from 2004

User 194

194.78.139.231 has recently added POV material. I hesitate to revert since there may be something valuable here. Andres 22:23, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Topics from 2005

NPOV

..look man,.. Rod is really a great singer but calling him "the greatest on Earth" is I think, and many others will agree, maby little "too much". If you want to use "greatest on Earth" rock&roll male singer for Rod then there might be others to consider too, like Freddie Mercury, Sebastian Bierk,.. -[ 194.249.64.240 at 22:15, 11 February 2005 ]

I'd personally nominate Don Henley. Behold the magic of opinions. -[ 67.142.129.10 at 08:31, 13 February 2005 ]

All fixed. violet/riga (t) 10:28, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Plagiarism by Jorge Ben

Somebody might mention that "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was found to be plagarized from Brazilian musician Jorge Ben. --64.73.195.1 03:04, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

"To his detractors, this was the epitome of Stewart's Egotism". True, people said this, but funny how none of them listened to the words of the song which is about a bloke who takes all night to get the girl home and can't, ahem, perform when he does. Remember if you would that this is the man who charted with a sympathetic song about the death of a "freind of mine" in a queer bashing assault. Charting, that is, in 1976. Britmax 20:02, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. Wasted Time R 14:31, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Early Career

I'm gradually adding more material about his early solo career, and whether or not he "betrayed his talent" later on. As it stood the article was too charts-centric. Wasted Time R 10:47, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Illegitiamte Children

I'm not sure but some media report that as of today he is a father of 7 children :) Those old rock singers like Rod, Mick Jgger, Steven Tyler and others can really afford damn everything - let's bet who's gonna be his next wife or how many children will he have before he dies :))

The story is that the seventh is on the way. [1] I'll work it in at some point. Wasted Time R 19:17, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

In now. Wasted Time R 03:23, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As it were. :-) -[ 201.8.71.227 at 16:41, 20 October 2005 ]

Topics from 2006

Vandalism

I had to remove this link while reverting vandalism which was labeled as spam by the filter which may actually be legit. I am not sure if it is so I am putting it here for consideration. I added a space after the http: so I could put it here without triggering spam filters. Sifaka 20:21, 9 March 2006 (UTC) http: //www.rockphiles.com/rp_artist.php?act_id=46 Rockphiles artist bio

Most of these bio sites are poor-to-useless even if they aren't spam. I'm all for taking them out. Wasted Time R 20:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Mullet?

What's the difference between a rooster haircut and a mullet? -[ Gbleem at 01:19, 19 April 2006 ]

year of birth

Rod stewarts year of birth is 1945, not 1980 as mentioned in the article. But I'm sure the clever folk out there realized this was incorrect. -[ 205.250.116.153 at 04:40, 20 April 2006 ]

American Idol

Rod was on American Idol a few weeks ago. Did his album sales go up from that? 216.239.38.136 17:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Why is there no mention of his soccer/football hooliangism? -[ CoastThinker 04:50, 31 May 2006 ]

When all of the crazy press stories about Rod's obsession with blondes and the 'old rocker' tags are rightly discarded, what are we left with? In my opinion one of the finest rock and roll singers to ever come from Great Britain. I have loved Rod for so many years. His soulful gravelly voice, interpretation of great songs and his pop sensibility have kept me hooked for years. Thank you Rod you are a true star and a gent and your concerts are just fantastic, a real rock n' roll party!!! You have made my life more enjoyable..forget the detractors, Rod is the best!!

    -[ 62.31.78.228 at 21:25, 29 June 2006 ]

Picture?

Why is there no picture of him here? I think we need one. -[ 24.83.248.193 at 17:12, 25 July 2006 ]

I agree fully... except I have no clue how to use wikipedia... so... if someone who knows what there doing could take care of that.

Poo

In the 1982–2001 section, it says he "pooed his pants in December 31, 2006" or something similar. Can someone remove that? (Geekening (talk) 18:35, 26 July 2008 (UTC))

Done. Shinku Hisaki 07:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Balls

Can someone remove the Cartman/Mr. Garrison line? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.232.118.148 (talk • contribs) 03:51, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I've reverted that vandalism. Sorry I didn't catch it before and thanks for reporting it. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 03:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Some Texan keeps vandalizing the page. Could someone report it? The IP is 208.190.24.3. -[ Almost Anonymous 15:51, 13 October 2006 ]

• Yes I agree, 208.190.24.3 is continually vandalising this page LW77 15:54, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Anyone for tennis?

Any reason the article says Stewart had trials at "tennis clubs Celtic and Brentford"? --rsgdodge 01:06, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

To Whom it May Concern

Sorry to be a stick-in-the-mud, but the page contains terrible spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style. And that has nothing to do with my opinion of the singer himself. DardaDos 13:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Citizenship

The article mentioned that Stewart looked into obtaining American citizenship back in the mid-1970s. Did he actually go through with it, or is he still a British subject? Rglovejoy 23:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

You don't lose your British citizenship if you become American. Snowbound 19:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Topics from 2007

Malco?

In the early life section it states, "He is a malco". What is a "malco"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.104.55.243 (talk) 16:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC).

It is a made up word, it has no meaning.(Trampton 00:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)).

Married

Is Rod married to Penny?? I tried to find it but I can't. Is it just rumours or is it real??

--83.89.125.210 17:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Undid vandalism

Undid vandalism Sue Wallace 04:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC

[[ HOW COULD HE SELL OVER 250 MILLION ALBUMS AND SINGLES IF HES ONLY SOLD 36.5 MILLION ALBUMS AND SINGLES IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S. MAKES UP FOR 40% OF HIS TOTAL ALBUM SALES?]]

I agree, that doesn't sound correct, and the source of the info is not a reliable source, its a ticket agents. Sue Wallace 23:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I have a strong suspicion that "Good morning little schoolgirl" and "roddy rod and the dynamic duo" is vandalism leftovers? Sue Wallace 05:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Me too, especially about the second one. Google finds only an Internet quiz, which uses a sentence from this article for one of its questions... Hołek ҉ 13:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Good Morning Little Schoolgirl is true: [2]. Hołek ҉ 16:38, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the last two entries as vandalism which it wasn't - however it still needed to be deleted in any case, firstly, they are not married YET, secondly, the last amendement was a link to an advertisement. Sue Wallace 15:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

250 million sales, or not?

Although this article says that his sales easily earn him a place on the list of best-selling music artists, it seems he was removed entirely from that page, probably after this discussion. I don't know who is right (although surely he should be somewhere on the list of best-sellers, even if not in the 250 million category) but could the two articles be made consistent with each other? I guess this article could give the various estimates and references if we can't be certain which is correct.--Angelastic 20:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree, he must be a best selling mustic artist, trouble is finding a reliable source that can confirm the total sales, does anyone know of any sites that can tell us? Sue Wallace 03:44, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I think it's quite clear we're not going to find a reliable site that will place his record sales that high. I suggest it is removed.

• Seems like the only solution for this disagreement would be to leave it, but get more references for it, so I marked it. If there is no consensus for this, feel free to remove my template. I was cited recently on an article I was working on and furnished 3 references- seems excessive but when something is questioned -perhaps that satisfies everyone. Agadant 16:25, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Who?

"In 2007 Rod's son, Sean, starred in the A&E television show called Sons of Hollywood, in which Rod's role as a parent is a major theme. He also performed "Sailing", Baby Jane", and "Maggie May" at the memorial concert for Princess Diana in the same year."

Rod's son did, or Rod? It sounds like it was the son, given how this is written. GeneCallahan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.83.90 (talk) 03:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Nationality

I've reworded the first paragraph to resolve the edit war over whether Rod Stewart is Scottish or British. A few points;

• It's a fact that he was born in London and has lived most his life either there or America.
• Whether he considers himself Scottish or not is irrelevant as far as Wikipedia is concerned until someone provides a cite for it. It is not enough to change the article and tell others to do some research. That's what you're supposed to do before contributing.
• What he "considers" himself isn't the last word. If he "considered" himself to be an Eskimo would it be reported as a fact?

Anyway, I hope that how I've worded it clears it up for the moment. But a cite is still needed and as it is an uncited statement policy says it can (and probably should) be removed. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 20:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

What a daft comparison. His entire family, with the exception of one parent is Scottish. He was born into a Scottish family. Regardless of whether there is a citation, it is widely known that Rod Stewart identifies with being Scottish. I suspect you are aware of that fact. It is not in any way, shape or form similar to considering himself an Eskimo. 77.102.8.117 20:07, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

It was not a comparison. It was taking an example to an extreme to make the point clear. Just because you "consider" something does not make it a fact. Wikipedia doesn't care what is "widely known" it wants facts with citations. The article currently says exactly what you say, all I'm asking for is a cite. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 21:17, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Please note that the question of nationality is not if he is Scottish or British, but Scottish or English. It seems he is Scottish despite having been born in London, but of course he is still British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.238.149.8 (talk) 04:56, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Pretty clear he is a Scotsman, why is this so hard to accept?

Stewart and Faces

It seems to me that Stewarts discography should include the fact that most of his early 70's releases were with the band Faces. I'm sure this was one of the problems that disgruntled the rest of the band, the albums were titled Rod Stewart, Never a Dull Moment", "Smiler", "Every Picture Tells a Story" etc. But the players were basically the same throughout until Atlantic Crossings I believe.

Pretzel logic60 (talk) 01:36, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Topics from 2008

PICTURE

The current picture is very old and should be changed to a more recent one of him. The Rod Steward I know- not the one from the '70s. Many Thanks xxox —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.154.182.16 (talk) 08:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree— where's the best place to find a free one??HaereMai (talk) 18:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Citations & References

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 09:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Stepping on Toes and... football?

Hi, I hope I didn't step on any toes, but am an editor outside Wikipedia as well.. and I saw some redundancies and lengthy wording, so I hope before anyone thinks about reverting my changes, please keep what you do like, and delete the rest, if necessary. I barely got started, actually, lol.. however it would be a good way to trim down the size of the page.

My other comment is the use of the word "football" here. Many Americans are unaware that it's the name for soccer. Perhaps there's a way to clarify that here? --leahtwosaints (talk) 11:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I changed the first mention of 'football' to a link to the association football page, so people can find out what it is. Maybe the link itself should say soccer or association football, but then people used to calling it football might be confused. --Angelastic (talk) 18:45, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Retrofit topic-year headers & dated entries

12-April-2008: I have grouped older topics above using headers "Topics from 2004" (etc.) to emphasize age of topics. Older topics might still apply, but using the tactic of yearly headers to note the age helps avoid rehashing old news, without archiving any ongoing issues. Also, new topics are more likely to be added to the bottom, not top. In sorting, I retro-dated/signed 12 entries and moved the top entry from 1-July-2007 into date order. -Wikid77 (talk) 13:32, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Banjo? Mandolin

He plays the banjo? I think he plays the mandolin, but not the banjo. (BluesUrbano) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.255.248.93 (talk) 01:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)