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...tolerance--are universal; you can identify with the flag that stands for them even if your loyalties are shared. Who did not get a kick out of seeing Bono--Irish to his boots--unveil that Stars and Stripes jacket at the Super Bowl? Who doubted that when Paul McCartney sang of the "fight for the right to live in freedom," he was sincerely thanking those doing the fighting on our behalf...
Levy is expected to announce next month measures designed to trim costs by at least $92 million by either dumping manufacturing and distribution operations or rolling them into joint ventures with other labels. Poor performing artists aren?t secure, either, including such legends as Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney. Last month, EMI gave pop diva Mariah Carey a $28 million payoff to free itself from the $80 million contract it signed her to last year. Carey, whose 1993 album Music Box sold 24 million copies, could only generate sales of 2 million for her first and only EMI release, Glitter...
...many of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's songs would be as memorable without George's catchy guitar hooks? He composed impeccable guitar solos that were as hummable as the vocal melodies themselves. George was very lucky to have joined up with John and Paul--but no luckier than they were to have found him. JIM PIETSCH New York City...
...Such confusion would end with the band's acrimonious breakup, announced in 1970. For Harrison, the split opened the door to artistic liberation. He had been piling up songs for months - years - songs that couldn't be squeezed onto Beatles albums, brimful as they were with Lennon and McCartney's efforts. Now, in a work that is the very definition of magnum opus, Harrison poured forth the three-disc set All Things Must Pass. (A 30th-anniversary reissue earlier this year only confirmed that this was Harrison's masterpiece...
...found a new spiritual mentor, Srila Prabhupada of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and Hindu sentiments and sounds permeate the record, further spurring sitar sales and causing many listeners to investigate Eastern religions. In the early aftermath of the Beatles demise, Harrison, the revelation, rivaled Lennon or McCartney as a pop icon, and Shankar realized his friend might be the perfect front man for a good cause. In August 1971, Harrison and friends Dylan, Starr, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton staged two concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden to raise money for the flood- and famine...