Apropos of nothing...
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
@ApostateEnglishman I mean... I don't remember any controversy about the Beatles that didn't start with some conservative getting in a huff about perfectly reasonable and normal opinions by the band. mind you, I don't think they were perfect angels, but they always seemed to be pretty righteous dudes.
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@ApostateEnglishman I mean... I don't remember any controversy about the Beatles that didn't start with some conservative getting in a huff about perfectly reasonable and normal opinions by the band. mind you, I don't think they were perfect angels, but they always seemed to be pretty righteous dudes.
@kyonshi Just regular working class lads who happened to have some musical talent, so practiced and practiced and used that to get ahead.
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
@ApostateEnglishman Like, who told them it would be segregated? And why tell them? Were the promoters thinking they'd get a big 'thank you' and a pat on the back from the lads?
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
@ApostateEnglishman Brain Epstein the best Beatles manager by far!
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@ApostateEnglishman Brain Epstein the best Beatles manager by far!
@3dcandy I've only just noticed I mistyped "Brian".
I'm going to leave it and see if anyone else notices. 🤭
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
@ApostateEnglishman lol "Music isn't political, it never was, stop making me care!"
What cowards.
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
IIRC, According to the Ron Howard Documentary, Whoopie Goldberg (ST: TNG, Ghost, Sister Act) attended this concert.
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@3dcandy I've only just noticed I mistyped "Brian".
I'm going to leave it and see if anyone else notices. 🤭
@ApostateEnglishman @3dcandy Careful! It might attract zombies!
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
One wishes Ed Sheeran would have such courage today so that he would stand up to Robert Kraft's demands for censorship.
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
They would have backed down to Sheeran too. If he had balls.
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@ApostateEnglishman lol "Music isn't political, it never was, stop making me care!"
What cowards.
@Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman "[insert band name] were great before they got all political!"
[Band]: You've never actually listened to our lyrics, have you?Occasionally, their politics get worse (im looking at you, Atari Teenage Riot!), but usually, they get more left wing.
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@Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman "[insert band name] were great before they got all political!"
[Band]: You've never actually listened to our lyrics, have you?Occasionally, their politics get worse (im looking at you, Atari Teenage Riot!), but usually, they get more left wing.
@stuartb @ApostateEnglishman oh yeah, I heard about ATR....
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@Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman "[insert band name] were great before they got all political!"
[Band]: You've never actually listened to our lyrics, have you?Occasionally, their politics get worse (im looking at you, Atari Teenage Riot!), but usually, they get more left wing.
@stuartb @Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman Oh no... what did Atari Teenage Riot do now??
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
"Brain"?
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
@ApostateEnglishman that time when bands and even Epsteins knew better lol
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
@ApostateEnglishman That's one damning lesson for Ed Sheeran...
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@stuartb @Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman Oh no... what did Atari Teenage Riot do now??
@lambdacalculus @Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman Alec Empire took a hard right turn - pro-Zionist, anti-palestinian, promoting NFTs and crypto, stealing other people's music, including remixes, then releasing them on his label and keeping the proceeds- he slso denies ever having any Left-leanings.
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@lambdacalculus @Lazarou @ApostateEnglishman Alec Empire took a hard right turn - pro-Zionist, anti-palestinian, promoting NFTs and crypto, stealing other people's music, including remixes, then releasing them on his label and keeping the proceeds- he slso denies ever having any Left-leanings.
@stuartb
They're like in that old German saying: "If you aren't leftist in your 20s, you have no heart. If you're still leftist in your 40s, you have no brain"
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