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Thu Apr-13-06 12:32 PM
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| Poll question: Why aren't the Beatles at the end of AT&T commercials? |
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As you know, the Oasis song "All Around The World" is at the end of AT&T commercials that are out now. Why do you think the Beatles were not selected?
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| Shell Beau
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Thu Apr-13-06 12:33 PM
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| 1. Hmmm, well the word sell out comes to mind! |
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Edited on Thu Apr-13-06 12:34 PM by Shell Beau
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And the fact that wacko jacko owns the rights to most of the songs!
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| supernova
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Thu Apr-13-06 12:35 PM
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| 2. Yes, the Beatles don't own their songs |
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Michael Jackson does, so perhaps it was he who wanted too much money for that.
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| no name no slogan
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Thu Apr-13-06 12:39 PM
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| 3. but not for much longer |
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I heard he's selling his 50% stake in them to stave of bankruptcy...
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| supernova
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Thu Apr-13-06 12:42 PM
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Don't you know he's in a shitload of trouble if even the Beatles catalogue can't help him? :dilemma:
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Thu Apr-13-06 12:44 PM
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| 5. not so much selling as being repossessed |
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Sony has been loaning him money with the catalogue as collateral for a long time, he's believed to owe them as much as $200 million.
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Thu Apr-13-06 12:47 PM
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| 6. Because they are either dead, senile, or incontinent. |
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Edited on Thu Apr-13-06 12:47 PM by ohiosmith
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