Talk:Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)

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On 19 September 2012, it was proposed that this article be moved to Forever Young. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Bob says in his book, and in a song, that in NYC one day someone gave him a book by "an Italian poet from the 13th century" -- Petrarch? -- "and every one of them words rang true" -- so does anyone think, or know, whether Bob ever read Keats? --

More happy love! more happy, happy love!
        For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,
               For ever panting, and for ever young;
    --  Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819)

Kessler (talk) 02:17, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Petrarch was 14th century. Dante was 13th century.Martindo (talk) 23:37, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article seems to have been hijacked by the

We don't, according to

WP:NSONGS, create articles for different versions of the same song.--Egghead06 (talk) 18:25, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply

]

1. Would the BD song, on its own, pass
   WP:NSONGS
   ?
2. Would more description of the LJ version benefit the article?
3. Would DUE WEIGHT questions be better solved by adding more to the BD version?
4. There are many articles with two or more infoboxes (Make You Feel My Love has 4), what makes this song so different?
5. Isn't a hit recording from 2015 with a song written in 1974 something that is relevant to the article?
6. Isn't there a shortage of information on the songs (as opposed marketing/commercial information) and the recordings of the songs?
7. On a practical note, if this was two separate articles should still appear in all the same categories - twice? It's still a 1974 song, still written by BD, Still recorded by The Band (two category entries) etc.

No need to respond to me, unless you take issue with one of the questions, as far as I am concerned they are all rhetorical questions. --Richhoncho (talk) 13:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Until I came to this article I didn't even know who Louisa Johnson is. I don't think that she is that important to have her own section in the article? Shouldn't she just be listen in the cover versions section? Perhaps a Louisa Johnson fan put it there. Qewr4231 (talk) 06:13, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this page has been hijacked by Louisa Johnson. It's shameless and unnecessary self-promotion, piggybacking on Bob Dylan's fame and good name. She should put the details of her achievement, CD cover, etc. on her own page. Take a look at other recordings for Mr. Tambourine Man (another Bob Dylan song). It's a relatively simple list of the other versions, without undue promotion. All of the Louisa Johnson material should be removed, and replaced with a simple statement stating that it was recorded by her in 2015.

Forever Young was used as the theme song to the television show Parenthood. Cmberman2 (talk) 01:18, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]