I’ve had many problems with user YoMama1999 changing keys/modes incorrectly, and insisting that they’re right, constantly changing it back and forth. They keep citing Wikipedia and Musicnotes as their sources, but those aren’t necessarily credible or reliable sources.
The most recent example is the song “Happy Together” by The Turtles, which has a chorus that is clearly in F# Mixolydian (due to the presence of E notes and lack of E#). Yet this user keeps changing it back without any proper justification, always retreating to their flimsy sources. This user even changed the verse to F# Mixolydian, even though that part is clearly F# Minor. And they even included a passive-aggressive remark in the comments that indicates that they don’t actually care about musical accuracy, they just want to prove they’re right (which they obviously aren’t).
If you click on their page and look through the comments for any song section they’ve edited, you’ll find plenty of other nonsensical changes (like saying “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson is in Lydian mode).
I’ve had problems with this user ever since they first showed up, and I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt at first. But now I can no longer see their erroneous changes as misguided attempts at accuracy, and instead they’ve now devolved into a Jefd-like troll. If it were up to me, this user would be banned, but I’m not sure if what I’ve described is grounds for a ban. I just want them to stop and think about what they’re doing. And I hope other people here are just as frustrated as I am.
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