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Mighty Wahs[edit]

Didn't the Mighty Wahs also do this song?--Darrelljon 20:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They did, aye. I'll put my editing hat on.87.82.17.43 12:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have a copy of the Might Wah version so def needs adding — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:7AA7:5600:B833:BC59:DE9B:C362 (talk) 12:39, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

Why is the song posted under "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" when the album and single both call it "You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory" ? --Redrkr 10:32, 26 March 2009 (EDT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.142.66.110 (talk) Seconded. 2fs (talk) 20:21, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Subject of the Song[edit]

According to Nina Antonia's biography of Thunders, "Johnny Thunders -- In Cold Blood", this song was written before Thunders was even a member of the New York Dolls, and years before he'd ever tried heroin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.160.220 (talk) 05:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

subject matter of song[edit]

the song is a love song. it was written before he had used heroin and before he met sable. the title was taken from a line in a rom com television show. it is about remorse and regret, the pain of missing someone. EVERY rock and roll song ever made has been interpretated to be about drugs or heroin or getting high. Just because people say climate change is not man-man, or that the election was stolen, etc. doesn't justify sticking it in. the song is clearly not about heroin and its vulgar to say so. it is bad taste, and frankly stupid, because of course a junkie can only write about being a junkie. its sterotype and dehumanizing. it shouldnt be in there until a good reason is expressed for it to be so. i also question the obsession with including it in here. why is it so important for you to say a song that a heroin addict wrote is about heroin? are you a heroin addict? is the myth of drugs and rock important to you? please be objective and use your brain, thank you. 71.95.161.14 (talk) 13:03, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid you can't simply remove a sourced statement that an interpretation exists, because you disagree with that interpretation. Notably, that source also supports that the song pre-dated the Dolls. (FWIW, I don't interpret the song as being about heroin, either.) The one sentence that you seem to object to is not given undue weight. Trying to scour references to drugs as "vulgar" and "bad taste" seems a weird way to show respect for Johnny Thunders. Perhaps find source(s) showing other interpretations (and I'd guess they are out there), and adding them to the article would be a better approach. CAVincent (talk) 15:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]