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"Rock Lobster" Sightings

The way I see it is that the article is a stub, and any related information that could be added to a stub is helpful. Perhaps after the article has grown a lot would "less-related" information be omitted.

However, referencing a "Rock Lobster" appearance in the Family Guy episode (and other places) doesn't imply that the song is trivial or depthless. Perhaps one may think the Family Guy show itself is somewhat without depth, but it doesn't change the fact that the song was referenced on a popular medium that most people would recognize.

To DJH47: You have defended this article twice now from my and Pennyforth's attempt to just add some additional information to an otherwise stub article. I don't think either of us were intending to change the meaning of the song. In fact, since you hold the song so highly, I'm looking forward to reading about the underlying meanings of the song. If you're going to accuse these references as ignorance, then I hope that you're researching your own eventual contribution to this article that would inform everyone of the scope of the song.

Both Pennyforth and I tried to edit this article in the most professional-sounding manner. We didn't merely say, "rock lobster also appeared in family guy when peter sang it." We gave our best Wiki-editing effort, and I would at least rather you add an annotation that perhaps Peter's singing of the song on the show does not reflect the true meaning of the song, rather than omitting the reference entirely.

--Crisu 14:43, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Just add it. He probably won't pay any attention to this otherwise. --Crazy SunShine 06:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I have returned the references. If there are other instances in which this song has been used, feel free to add them. --Crazysunshine 00:41, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Probably worth mentioning, on this talk page at least, that the makers of the show actually had two other songs in mind for that scene in Family Guy, but couldn't get the rights to them, so they had to "settle" for their third choice, which is Rock Lobster. It was a very funny scene for it, in any case JayKeaton 02:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I added Knocked Up as an instance of the song in pop culture Soltake (talk) 23:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Amiga 500 motherboard

I'm pretty sure the Amiga 500 motherboard only says "Rock Lobster", not "The B-52's Rock Lobster". And because it's printed directly onto the circuit board, not in a label of some sorts, because of technical restrictions it's all in upper case. JIP | Talk 18:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

It says "B52/ROCK LOBSTER". Reference can be found here (below the square IC): or here (on the far right): .

Rick Anderson quote

The quote: "despite the song's self-consciously weird texture and silly lyrics about earlobes falling off and communal towel coordination, there's a thread of darkness weaving through it. Make no mistake: this is not a song with hidden meaning lurking below the surface. But its surface is a little more complicated than it seems to be at first." by Rick Anderson does not have any citation. If one is not found within a week, I am deleting it. Daedalus969 21:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

It has been more then one week, and still, there remains no citation for the quote. Therefore, as previously stated, I am deleting this quote from the article. Daedalus969 19:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Your edits to "Rock Lobster", Vanboto(talk)

In reguards to your edits of the addition of the family guy song, it is stated quite clearly that orignal research is not allowed for wikipedia articles, meaning, that in order for there to be any addition of such, there must be a citation from the creators of Family Guy that such material was actually present in the episode.

I know for a fact that such material was, as do thousands of other viewers, however, that is called orignal research, and if you read the wikipedia guidelines, you would know that such is not allowed.

So, before you go adding it again, find a citation of the creators speaking of such, and cite it, or it will be removed.Daedalus969 (talk) 01:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Deleting this won't make the problem go away. If you don't stop the vandelism, we're going to lock you out of making edits by reporting you. Daedalus969 (talk) 07:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

This isn't about jealousy(in fact, that is an incorrect use of the word), nor does it have anything to do with POV. This has to do with how Misplaced Pages is run. It is not run on Orignal Research, but actually sources. We shall both continue to edit Rock Lobster as what you are adding is called Orignal Research, which is not allowed. You must find a verifable source, Youtube does not count as a verifable source, the only thing that could is a direct quote from an article of the creators. Daedalus969 (talk) 19:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I didn't read it carefully enough the first time. Again, this is not about point of view, second of all, trivia sections have no relevantence in any article. Third, POV of a user is not allowed in Misplaced Pages articles. This is Original research. Unless you find a verifible source, as in a quote by the creators, or information reguarding the credits of that particular episode, or even a court document stating the allowance of the song to be used in the episode, any other source is not verifible, and the information will therefore be removed. If you do not stop with your blantant Original research, we will be forced to contact an admin and remove your ability to edit this article. This is your first warning. Daedalus969 (talk) 23:47, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

If the information reguarding said quote from the Family Guy TV show has relevance, please state it. Family Guy makes many, many, many popular culture references, just because this song was heard in it does not make it relevant to be listed. Daedalus969 (talk) 00:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

If you can find a verifible citation for the reference, we shall not delete it. As stated before, a verifible citation would be a quote from the creators themselves. If you want it in the article so badly, why don't you email the creators and ask them to list it on their website. Daedalus969 (talk) 00:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Take note that if you delete anything on this discussion page, it is vandalism, and you will be reported and removed. Daedalus969 (talk) 23:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I have taken the liberty of adding a cite for him (it is sufficient to cite the episode itself) and also deleting the link to the copyrighted video (which is likely to end up deleted from youtube anyway). Hopefully this clears up any issues. ---- Toksyuryel 01:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Here is the page. Daedalus969 (talk) 01:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Although the citation is not an issue anymore, the relevance of the information is. As stated by DH, trivia has no place here. In fact, trivia sections are discouraged under wikipedia guidelines. Daedalus969 (talk) 08:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

We already stated our arguements on the matter, now state yours. Daedalus969 (talk) 06:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Family Guy reference

Looking at the talk page, I still don't understand why Daedalus969 is so dead-set opposed to having any reference of this song in pop culture placed on the page. Proper references of the song's mention show how widely recognized the song actually is. Snowfire51 (talk) 18:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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