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- Subject: Re: Al, Commercial manipulation, and attitude
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- References: <Bxs6tw.3Es@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Nov16.180250.21027@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:42:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.180250.21027@netcom.com> scottb@netcom.com (L'etat des mortes) writes:
- >In article <Bxs6tw.3Es@ccu.umanitoba.ca> rmartin@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Martin) writes:
- >>
- >>Is it such a shock that Al did 'With Sympathy' He even toured with
- >>Culture Club to promote it. Ever since the beginning he has admitted to
- >>trying to manipulate the record industry and the general public for money
- >>to do 'his own thang'.
- >
- >I think around that time Al had more pressure from his label than anything
- >else. I remember reading articles (interviews) with Al about the whole
- >affair. He did start out techno, but had to keep writing in that vein
- >even though he wanted out due to contractual agreements. And don't think
- >he saw much money out of those "hits" of his, because he didn't.
- >His label (don't recall which) had him in a pretty exclusive and tight
- >contract. Why do you think he did RevCo after (old) Ministry?
- >
- >>When techno was in vogue, he was techno. Make some cash off the masses
- >>that would follow him.
-
- Around that time, a friend of mine was doing some keyboard/techno stuff
- w/Al, and I hung out with them a couple of times. It was the whole
- teen-techno-disco-coke scene. Al was 'into it' - heavily. So, I must
- laugh and laugh hard when I hear someone say 'blah blah pressure from
- label blah... '. Face it kid(s): Al was into that early-mid 80's new wave
- techno white thing.
- Hell, I couldn't stand that shit... then again, I didn't have a harem of
- underage girls yearning to jump on my dick-kit.
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