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Talk:27 Club
Paul the octopus[edit]
Paul the Octopus was born in January 2008 and died in October 2010, two years and nine months later. Should he be put in the 2.7 club? Real first name and last initialTalk, talk, talk skim my contributions 19:25, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
A recent addition: what think the mob???[edit]
User:Kahurangi added the following:
"For an alternative point-of-view see The 27 Club: Why Age 27 Is Important by clinical psychologist Michael Owen."
The Spikey Punk I'm punking my punk! 09:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- Stick it in as an external link, or expand on his thesis in the article. Just sticking a link in like that is a no-no. --PsyGremlinFale! 09:11, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- That edit didn't flag as an unpatrolled edit for me, and the editor doesn't have autopatrolled status. Does anyone else have that issue?
ГенгисOur ignorance is God; what we know is science.
09:14, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. Though it could be because I reverted it, but I don't know. The Spikey Punk I'm punking my punk! 09:16, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- So was it flagged before you reverted?
ГенгисOur ignorance is God; what we know is science.
09:18, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- According to the patrol log, PeterL marked them as patrolled. The Spikey Punk I'm punking my punk! 09:30, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- Please remove my addition. Thanks.Kahurangi (talk) 09:21, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- So was it flagged before you reverted?
- Yes. Though it could be because I reverted it, but I don't know. The Spikey Punk I'm punking my punk! 09:16, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- That edit didn't flag as an unpatrolled edit for me, and the editor doesn't have autopatrolled status. Does anyone else have that issue?
And what about Bon Scott, also alcohol or "death by misadventure" at 34 ? — Unsigned, by: 195.163.176.203 / talk / contribs
Soccer players too[edit]
Christian Benitez. (Ecuadorian international) Scream!! (talk) 17:11, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
- Also, Danny Ortiz, Matt Gadsby, Hervé King, D. Venkatesh and Sékou Camara... SophieWilder
13:32, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Article is misinformed[edit]
There is no "official" and "unofficial" 27 Club. Any professional musician who dies at 27 is considered part of the 27 Club. Cobain, Hendrix, Morrison et cetera are only the most well-known examples; the list captioned "27 but not in the club" is not accurate. - ConCass (talk) 22:39, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
- You seem quite au fait with the membership rules. Are they recorded anywhere? --Annanoon (talk) 09:33, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
Origins[edit]
The article might mention the older idea that "only the good die young"/"those whom the gods love die young", which may go back to Romantics like Thomas Chatterton and John Keats
or possibly much further. Another relevant source is Greil Marcus's "Rock Death in the ’70s: A Sweepstakes"[1] which was written out of annoyance with the idea of the "survivor", and wanted to celebrate those people who died young - this has ironically led to a state of affairs where dying young is considered much better than surviving (give or take a few grizzled oldies). Eventually I assume someone saw the figure 27 and associated that with the more general "good die young" meme. --Annanoon (talk) 09:33, 25 October 2019 (UTC)