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How Ryan Adams is making me rethink my rock collection
CNN ^ | 15 Feb 2019 | Sara Stewart

Posted on 02/15/2019 5:35:38 PM PST by Drew68

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The #MeToo movement has claimed their first scalp in the music business with allegations that indie rocker/alt country darling Ryan (not Bryan) Adams has been abusive towards females.

But is Adams' behavior any different from those of rock stars from the 60s, 70s, and 80s that many music fans continue to idolize? And if not, how far do music fans need to go in purging their music collections?

Or do we give a pass to the rock stars of yesteryear?

1 posted on 02/15/2019 5:35:38 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68
Somehow I screwed up the link:

How Ryan Adams is making me rethink my rock collection

2 posted on 02/15/2019 5:37:19 PM PST by Drew68
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John Lennon crooning about wife-beating on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,"

Can someone explain this to me? I plead ignorance.

3 posted on 02/15/2019 5:38:38 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: Drew68

It’s only Rock and Roll.


4 posted on 02/15/2019 5:40:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Drew68

What’s this about John Lennon crooning about wife abuse on
Srgt. Pepper? What song or songs did you see that in?

Most the lyrics on that album were so abstract and purposely vague, they could be referring to many subjects.
Even Day In The Life was obviously a collection of metaphors.
Pauls lyrics were, as usual for him, more cartoony and light;
Lovely Rita, for instance.


5 posted on 02/15/2019 5:41:23 PM PST by lee martell
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6 posted on 02/15/2019 5:42:17 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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It’s only Rock and Roll.

That's pretty much how I see it.

7 posted on 02/15/2019 5:42:40 PM PST by Drew68
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All good reasons to keep these in your music collection.

If feminists hate em, cant be all bad.


8 posted on 02/15/2019 5:43:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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They always let Carol King slide for her lyrical faux pas -

He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me but it didn't hurt me
He couldn't stand to hear me say
That I had been with someone new
And when I told him I had been untrue
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew he loved me
'Cause if he didn't care for me
I could have never made him mad
And he hit me and I was glad
Baby, won't you stay
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew I loved him
'Cause when he took me in his arms
With all the tenderness there is
He hit me and he made me feel
Baby, won't you stay

9 posted on 02/15/2019 5:44:19 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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"I used to be cruel to my woman. I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved..."

10 posted on 02/15/2019 5:45:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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From It's Getting Better by Lennon:

I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
and doing the best that I can...

11 posted on 02/15/2019 5:46:23 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Haha...that’s what I thought the twit was yakking about!


12 posted on 02/15/2019 5:47:29 PM PST by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: Drew68

Or as Peter Gabriel put it, “It’s Only Knock and Know-All”


13 posted on 02/15/2019 5:47:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Yeah wth was that wife-beating thing on Sgt. Pepper's???

no way. That's gotta be someones twisted interpretation.

14 posted on 02/15/2019 5:48:26 PM PST by corkoman
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To: dead

I thought that was Macca who sang that.


15 posted on 02/15/2019 5:48:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SunkenCiv

“I used to”, being the operative phrase.
It’s getting better all the time. Oops, there I go with an Earworm.


16 posted on 02/15/2019 5:48:53 PM PST by lee martell
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To: dead

Ok Hmmmm - easily representing emotional beating not physical.


17 posted on 02/15/2019 5:50:40 PM PST by corkoman
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To: Drew68

Pat Benatar:
“Hit Me With Your Best Shot!!”
Fire away!


18 posted on 02/15/2019 5:50:46 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Drew68

She would have a heart attack if she heard Ted Nugent singing Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.


19 posted on 02/15/2019 5:52:12 PM PST by aomagrat (Brains have been washed. Wheels have been greased. Fear has been mongered.)
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To: lee martell

Song title
Getting better all the time


20 posted on 02/15/2019 5:52:56 PM PST by Smellin Salt
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