Talk:Chris de Burgh
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[edit] Edit conflict
There was an edit conflict while I was performing some pretty major wikifying surgery to this article, but the diffs seemed to indicate that whoever the other party was, all they were doing was wikifying themselves! I blanked their version and replaced it with my version since I had done some grammar fixing, and then I added {{bio-stub}} (which was the only extra thing that their version had.) I hope the other party finds my changes to be in the spirit of their edits. --Ardonik.talk() 01:09, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Lady In Red
I removed Lady in Red from the discography because it is not an album. Although it is his most successful single, it is not an album, as everything else in the discography is. LIR is on Into The Light. There were a variety of compilations by CdeB, but not one called LIR as far as I know. See http://www.cdeb.com/maindexnew.html for official album discography. Ringbark 18:54, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Classic or classical?
82.143.162.72 12:42, 28 February 2006 (UTC)Would you really call 'Beautiful Dreams' a classic album? It's certainly classical (the style is classical) but I'm not sure even if you defined classic in terms of the proportion of positive reviews compared with other albums that it would be safe to use the term without introducing POV.
[edit] Ancestry
Now he was born in Ireland, he trace his ancestry back to Richard the Lion Hearted, well thats what i'm aslo trying to do with his earlier ancestors the Lords of Connacht and Earls of Ulster. now i'm sorry i don't know how to put my thing down that tells my user name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.158.76.102 (talk • contribs)
I always thought he was adopted - I could have sworn I saw him years ago on a TV show where he said that.
He was born in Argentina to British parents and is a British national. At least, that's what he says on his website: FAQs - The Official Chris de Burgh Website. Chris de Burgh (2001). Retrieved on 16 December 2007. “...born in Argentina but he holds British Nationality”
[edit] Healer
Why is there no information about de Burgh's claims that he can heal people? They were pretty remarkable, and earned him a bit of revulsion in the public eye, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.7.26 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Affair
Why is there no mention of de Burgh's extra-marital affair with the babysitter/nanny? This young girl was the subject of Blonde Hair Blue Jeans and it was a big scandal, at least in Ireland, in the early 1990s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gogs126 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Top 100 List
Chris has regularly been voted number 1 in the Top Tossers list of the last 100 years but is now in competition with that astounding tosser Ricky Gervais. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.11.71.122 (talk) 11:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Rocker" claim
I'm sure that de Burgh described himself as a rocker in a Record Collector interview, saying something along the lines of: "Most people think I just stand there and croon away in a tuxedo". I've got the issue somewhere so I'll try and dig it out to get the exact quote. 217.155.20.163 (talk) 01:38, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nationality
I've never heard something so ridiculous in my life, Wikipedia stating that Chris de Burgh is British! He may hold a British passport, but is Irish, and there is no dispute over that. Therefore, de Burgh should be classed as Irish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paddy More (talk • contribs) 20:01, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
How is he automatically Irish mate? He's born in Argentina to a British father and Irish mother. I'd say he's as British as he is Irish! And the British are welcome to him! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.149.97.85 (talk) 16:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Chris de Burgh or anything like it, and I'd never say he was 100% Irish, because he isn't. But, the thing is if you were to ask anyone (even in Britain) what nationality he was, they'd definetly say Irish and so would he. More than likely, he'd recognise his English and Argentinian roots, but Ireland is his home.--MaxPride (talk) 16:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC) What a foolish quarrel.Who cares if Chris is British or Irish or both? He is agood musician,and his music and his works makes his famous,not nationality.
Regardless of a feeling for what nationality he is, the *facts* are that he was born in Argentina and has a British passport. Admins, unless there is a better citation than HIS OWN OFFICIAL WEBSITE, showing that he is indeed "Irish", please lock the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.254.35.75 (talk) 19:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Where, officially, unambiguously, does it say he's Irish? To hell with it, let's just say Jim Kerr, Patsy Kensit, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Lisa Stansfield, Joe Elliott and Rick Savage are Irish too. Sure, I'm half Swiss, half Kazakh.
[edit] Tags
What's with the merge and philosophy tags? Is that vandalism or a mistake? I'm taking them out. 70.226.89.96 (talk) 18:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Edel Records reference correct?
I didn't see any reference to Chris de Burgh on the main Edel Records site although they did mention Chris Rea. Is the reference to them accurate? RichardJFoster (talk) 20:43, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
