Talk:(Don't Fear) The Reaper

needs more cowbell
(preceding unsigned comment by ~~Christopher Walken~~ User:132.241.245.49 20:58, July 20, 2005)

40,000 men and women everywhere?

This is just something I'm curious about...the lyrics say '40,000 men and women everywhere'. What does this mean? I'm guessing that there a statistic that 40k people die per day, but that's just a guess. Does anybody know the answer to this?

Thanks, --Ericcjensen 02:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

not about suicide?

That blew my mind (no pun). I always thought "40,000 men and women everyday" was an implied estimate on suicide rate. So if it's not really about suicide, what does the number refer to? — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 14:07, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it just means 40,000 people die every day. I doubt 40,000 people kill themselves every day. --Richy 09:42, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another cover of that song

I hope it might fall in consideration since it's adding another cover version of that Song by The Mutton Bird featured in the Motion Picture "The Frighteners".

"Don't Fear The Reaper"
Written by Donald Roeser
Performed by The Mutton Birds
Courtesy of Virgin Records Australasia

- found at the internet movie data base - imdb.com if I may mention this source?

Single?

This url from Allmusic seems to indicate that DFTR was not released as a single. That being the case I was thinking about changing it to this. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 23:11, Jan. 10, 2006

Allmusic doesn't know what it is talking about. The BÖC FAQ does. All hail the BÖC FAQ! 203.49.247.77 05:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

13 note count?

What is a 13 note count? I didn't find any reference.

I couldn't either. Let's hope this {{fact}} wil do its job.

Soothing R 06:45, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is indicating that the song is written in 13/4 time signature. If this is what it is referencing, that is an incorrect piece of information. I believe the song is written in 8/4 time or 4/4 time. Listening to it and counting will make it apparent that it is not written in 13/4 time.

Clean up the covers

What's with the hanging Oingo Boingo ref? Did they do a cover? I'm gussing it was something they might have played in concert at some point, not a studio recording? (Although I'm quite familiar with Oingo Boingo, I'm probably not expert enough to fix this.) The same with The Goo Goo Dolls: where is the cover, so readers can find it?

Along those lines, Wilco also covered it. According to Wilcobase.com ([1]), they played it live 14 times overall: 9 times in 2004 (October 31, November 10, November 11, November 14, November 15, November 19, November 20, November 22, December 31) and 5 times in 2005 (February 08, February 15, February 24, March 19, June 30.) If I can find more information on any of other the covers, I'll post it here. - Square pear 05:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a version floating around P2P networks claiming to be "Oingo Boingo". Doesn't sound anything like them, and is not live.--193.195.185.254 00:42, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]