Talk:Nik Kershaw

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Samples

Is the .ogg file of Nik's song "The Riddle" a copyright infringement, and if so, shouldn't it be removed? -dvs- 21:29, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that user Delirium answered this question by deleting the files. -dvs- 18:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Guitar playing ability

Some years ago I read that Nik was a monster guitarist - there even were comparisons with Holdsworth, that sort of thing - but he went down the pop music path instead. Is this true, and are there any particular tracks that really highlight his guitar playing?

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Kershaw is / was a massive Holdsworth fan (along with the late Alan Murphy). There are many tracks that highlight his playing, but from his recent release, "You've Got To Laugh" "Promises, Promises" highlights his typical soloing style. BenedictPoole 14:56, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

external link

Hi,

Any chance you could link to my Nik Kershaw Discography site, NIKOGRAPHY,at.... http://www.Nikography.piczo.com

If you have any questions etc please let me know at GARYNIKOGRAPHY@aol.com

Cheers.

GaryW

Could you add a link to a comprehensive Nik Kershaw site?

Folks,

I'd appreciate it if you could add a link to:

http://www.nkfansite.com/

It has all the latest news etc on there. Thanks in advance.

Daragh (Site Editor / Creator)

Solo on "The one and only"

Does anyone know if Nik actually produced "The One and Only" and played the solo on it? The style sounds very much like his playing technique.

Thanks

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The guitar playing is Kershaw, yes (including the solo). He also performs backing vocals. I don't know about the production credit BenedictPoole 14:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Status

Nik and Sheri don't live together any more. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Seegoon (talk • contribs) 20:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

ok, but dont remove other information that has been put in you dont own this article.

Wasn't me. Chillax.

Tad102, if you're referring to my removing the reference to Dunmow it was in the context of the whole sentence being inaccurate - it was something along the lines of "Nik lives in Dunmow with his wife and children". As Nik refers to moving house at the the time of the separation, it was certainly not clear to me that he (and Sarah) live in Dunmow. Can you confirm that? By the way, please fix the grammar - it should be "Kershaw lives in" not "Kershaw live in". It's polite to sign your comments, too; use 4 tildes (~) to add name and timestamp automatically. NickS 22:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yes he does live in dunlow essex alone. Tad102 23:54, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the latest planning application says "Felsted, Great Dunmow", not "dunlow". Hmm, it also says "Mr. & Mrs."...puzzling NickS 22:33, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yes dunmow sorry last one was a typo 62.231.152.230 15:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"This article does not cite any references or sources. (December 2007)"

This is inaccurate. It does contain some, though maybe not enough. - NickS (talk) 22:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That tag doesn't literally mean there are exactly zero references; it just means that there aren't enough. Xihr (talk) 01:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The refimprove tag is better, though now the number of references is tending towards zero. Some citations seem to have been lost in the last year or so, possibly in the removal of text that has been considered irrelevant, "fancruft", or POV. Q: is citing autobiographical information considered POV? i.e. citing interviews or the artist's own website? NickS (talk) 11:47, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's acceptable if the information cited is uncontroversial and isn't inherently point-of-view; e.g., citing the subject himself about his birthdate should not present a problem; citing him about how important his contributions to music are (say) would surely be problematic. Xihr (talk) 03:07, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This year(?) also saw the digital re-release of his 1980s back catalogue...

Near the bottom of "Career" section.

What year was that? A date would be more useful info as time passes. 213.173.165.130 (talk) 12:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~It's likely that careless editing removed the context for the comment.~~ Actually, it reads fine. The year (2006) is mentioned two sentences earlier. In context, it reads coherently. Xihr (talk) 00:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Strange new calendar?

This sentence in the opening paragraph made me go "huh??" -- "His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists.[2]" Now granted I've been accused of being a few cows short of a rodeo before, but how can it be 62 weeks in 1984 when there are only 52 weeks in a calendar year? Sector001 (talk) 00:22, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing they mean his singles made 62 appearances in the weekly charts (say, one single charted for 20 weeks and another for 42 weeks). Could certainly bee expressed better.Doctorhawkes (talk) 03:43, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Expansion tag on personal life section

A tag saying "this section requires expansion" was added to the Personal life section in Aug 2014. Is this still needed? what else would people expect to be in this section?— Rod ^talk 17:16, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi

Please could you add my site to the external links?

http://www.nikkershaw.me.uk/ An Unofficial Fan Website

Thanks

Kriss :-) Krissnikkers

Last edited at 14:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 01:17, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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Associated acts

The current list has Genesis but not Tony Banks. Recommend removing Genesis and adding Tony Banks. NK composed and recorded three songs on a Tony Banks solo album so the latter is an associated act. But NK has never worked with Genesis. He worked with ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett (already listed) on a Hackett album called Genesis Revisited II, which had nothing to do with Genesis as a band - he just sang an old Genesis song. Surely covering a song doesn't make that song's original artist an associated act, others covers singers like Rod Stewart, Westlife etc. would have a pile of them. Hackett left Genesis in 1977 and has done 25 solo albums since, so he's far more a solo artist than an ex-Genesis man, despite what some might prefer to see him as.ToaneeM (talk) 22:02, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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