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| From | Andrew Hickey <stealthmunchkin@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mike Love Suing Brian Wilson |
| Date | Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:25:48 +0000 |
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On 09/11/05, Christopher <plattc@optonline.net> wrote:
>Okay, so it's pretty much a consensus that Mike Love is not the most kind
> and swell person. But doesn't anyone believe that he's a reasonable case
> here? I mean, the substance of the suit is that Brian had a Beach Boys comp
> sent to millions of Sunday Daily Mail readers. Not a sampler from SMiLE,
> but a Beach Boys comp. If Ringo sued Macca for bundling a Beatles comp in
> an issue of The Guardian to promote Chaos and Creation without considering
> his bandmates' contributions, would people be calling to lynch Ringo too?
Except that it wasn't actually a Beach Boys comp - that's just how
Love's PR people are spinning it. It was a compilation of *Brian
Wilson solo recordings*, mostly versions of hits taken from his live
albums, called something like "GOOD VIBRATIONS: Brian Wilson sings his
BEACH BOYS hits". The cover had one large modern-day photo of Brian
with three small BBs photos on it...
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