Talk:Tony Levin

General

Hi, this is Maggie Levin - Tony's daughter. Just wanted to note that my father's middle name is not Charles - it's Frederick. I have no idea where "Charles," came from, nor can I figure out how to edit that. -Maggie (@maggielevin on Twitter, if further info is required) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.93.17.61 (talk) 06:51, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Maggie. I've changed it. -Freekee (talk) 18:39, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, sir! Maggielevin (talk) 04:11, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

DAB

We need a disambiguation for the English jazz musician Tony Levin. Bondegezou 14:08, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Tony Levin (drummer) created. Bondegezou 16:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, it doesn't sound that much like slap bass. That's an over-generalization. It's unique. Quit bringing "slap bass" into places it's only tangential. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.224.165.206 (talk) 03:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Double Fantasy

There are criteria listed in the opening sentence for the Discography. They are that Tony must have been a full, contributing, songwriting, creative force in the band in question. Thus, projects like King Crimson, the Tony Levin Band and BLUE count, while his guest appearances and session work do not. Thus, I have removed Lennon's Double Fantasy from the discography again. I don't care how thrilled you are that Tony work with the great John Lennon, it is not an appropriate inclusion. -Freekee 02:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I've just about figured out what Freekee is saying there through the crappy 'English'. Working on Double Fantasy is an important career milestone. If that doesn't fit your gay-o criteria, change the gay-o criteria.119.142.152.252 (talk) 08:18, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

That session is worth a mention in the article, but not the discography... Unless someone can find some references where Tony talks about its significance in some aspects other than him feeling honored about it. -Freekee (talk) 00:32, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Similarly, Tony is a member of Peter Gabriel's backing band. He is very talented, and no doubt has a bit of creative input to the parts he plays, he does not contribute greatly to the composition of Gabriel's songs. This could be said about most of the albums Tony plays on. I mean, why else would you hire him? But we can't add all these records to the discography. Not only would it be inordinately long, but you'd lose track of the records where Tony really did write the songs. Thus, I have removed Peter Gabriel's albums from the discography. -Freekee 02:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

If anyone really wants to start adding all the coolest records that Tony played on, they can write a List of albums Tony Levin has played on? -Freekee (talk) 00:32, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Peter Gabriel

Here are a couple reasons why I think Gabriel should be included on the discography. Levin appears as the only bassist on every live album including two full length DVD's... that is 6 hours of audio and 4 hours of video... that is alot of live Levin. The Growing Up DVD even has an extra section devoted to Levin's photos. Now, the fact that he is the only bassist listed for the CD's Security and Us does not assuredly show collaborative credit from Levin, but sadly, the external link "Tony Levin's Discography" does not have either of these albums listed. I conject also that Gabriel contributed to Levin's notoriety and though I do not expect such an idea to be expressed in the article directly, I do think it makes the Gabriel CD's and DVD's themselves more noteworthy for their placement on the discography list. Freekee, I ask that you reconsider this matter. - Steve3849 ^talk 05:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Maybe if the compositional limit to the discography is steadfast the DVD's could atleast be mentioned. Anyone interested in seeing Levin play certainly would not be led astray... and there is always the question, "but is it encyclopedic?" Here, I think it is. - Steve3849 ^talk 05:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

A DVD section sounds fine. I think his work would be showcased on few enough DVDs that we could include quite a few of them. I worry, though, that people would take that as a sign to add every album they can think of to the album discog as well. Check this out, if you haven't seen it: discog at Tony's site. And it doesn't seem to have been updated since 2004! -Freekee 05:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

As for the inclusion of Gabriel's albums... I feel the opposite of you. I think that mention of the boost that Gabriel gave to his career is perfect for mention in the article. Does anyone else besides me and Steve have an opinion about Gabriel's records, or any other possible inclusions? To reiterate and clarify my position, I think that Tony's permanent place in Peter's backing band is borderline for inclusion. Pro: permanent; Con: backing band. -Freekee 05:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Should we split up the discog by bands? Subsections for King Crimson, Gabriel, Tony Levin Band, BLUE, LTE? -Freekee (talk) 00:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

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In reading the Quality Scale, it becomes apparent that there's a pretty big gap between Start and B. I think this article qualifies as a Start. Where it falls short of B, I think, is in topical subheadings and organization. -Tjkiesel 22:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

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Associated Acts Box

I just noticed that Stick Men is not present on this list, I'm just wondering if that could be added since Stick Men is mentioned other places in the article. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanmancan27 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for bringing it up! I also removed Pink Floyd and Yes. That's another example of session work. I think ABWH and John Lennon are pushing it with regard to an association, but I left them, for now. Also Alice Cooper. -Freekee (talk) 02:12, 27 July 2019 (UTC)