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Marketing, marketing, marketing. How much fucking money does Paul need?

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Originally Posted by simulated stereo

Just to add to this, I was reading an old issue of Mojo, the 101 Best Beatles Songs issue and came across this blurb by John Cale:

They were a driving force in the Velvets, and made us work harder and got us on our bikes. Rubber Soul was where you you were forced to deal with them as something other than a flash in the pan. It was rich in ideas and I loved the way George managed to find a way to include all those Indian instruments.

Yeah, I tend to think Lou Reed's dismissal was quite disingenuous. I can appreciate the velvets not being into Sgt Peppers (which I think is really what he was referring to) but find it unlikely that they weren't at least slightly inspired by their earlier albums. Not necessarily in terms of the music they made but, as Cale says in that quote, making them think a lot more about what they were doing.

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

middle class people are well-off working class anyway.

I think that's true to a degree, or at least it used to be. you have a situation now though where a person who drives a black cab often earns far more than a person in middle management. In that sense class distinctions seem far more cultural than financial.

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Originally Posted by gmku

Marketing, marketing, marketing. How much fucking money does Paul need?

his one-legged women keep stealing half!@

They stuff it down their hollow leg. I get it now. Poor Paul!