Re: [mb-users] ARs for references in works?

2013/10/1 Per Starbäck <[email protected]>

> Has ARs for references in lyrics been considered? I mean things like a
> work-to-work AR from The Wombats' "Let's Dance to Joy Division" to Joy
> Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart". (Lyrics "So let the love tear us
> apart, / I've found the cure for a broken heart, / Let it tear us
> apart, / Let the love tear us apart".)
>
> Or from Camera Obscura's "Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken" to Lloyd
> Cole's "Are you ready to be heartbroken?".
>
> Or work-to-artist from Leonard Cohens's "Tower of Song" to artist Hank
> Williams (because of lyrics "I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does
> it get? / Hank Williams hasn't answered yet"?
>
> There would probably be problems with unclear references that people
> wouldn't agree on, but I think it would be fun and interesting to have
> such information. What do you think?
>

Yes, absolutely.

I'd like to see work-to-URL as well, where URL could be an IMDB or
Wikipedia link or such, for cases like this:
https://www.facebook.com/visionsofatlantisofficial/posts/548414425200919?comment_id=5820628(I'm
sure there are more, esp. for books).

2013/10/1 Frederic Da Vitoria <[email protected]>

> Definitely. But to be useful, we should be able to add comments in order
> to explain the AR. Unfortunately, the AR structure currently does not
> support comments AFAIK.
>
> Maybe it is time to request for a comment field on ARs. Of course, this
> field should not be always present, I guess most of the ARs wouldn't have
> one. On second thought, the AR comment could simply be initialized with a
> copy of the edit comment. I often miss the edit comment.
>

Wouldn't some pre-defined attributes like "references", "is inspired by",
etc. suffice?

Regards,
mihhkel

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