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Jagger gets a real job, finally.

Not really. But I'd like to know if he thinks he deserves the remuneration he's enjoyed for the last 50 years. Notoriety, yes, celebrity ?, respect...for what? Okay, so market forces drive the value of what we love the most(other than our wives of course:). But should a monetary value be placed on music? Should money be included in it's intrinsic value? Should I receive accolades just because I came up with a catchy tune ? Do I deserve to be rewarded for loving music? Seriously. Granted, musicians need to be payed. I also have a day job. I get it that the economy must play it's role in delivering the product. But the kinds of profiteering by the industry and the players is obscene. Did Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky etc. miss out? What is a fair reward for what we've been listening to and what's been driving our hobby? IMO, it's notoriety. Honorable recognition is the highest reward one should aspire to as an artist. In the meantime, get a job! That's my position. I'm curious to know what you guys/gals think.
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tomcy6
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Perfect economic justice or perfect justice of any kind will not be found in this world. I prefer the distribution of income that results from capitalism to the results of attempts to impose economic justice in countries like Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, etc.
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Csontos if you want humor post something like this:

What's the difference between a Scotsman and a Rolling Stone?
A Rolling Stone says 'Hey you, get off of my cloud!'
while a Scotsman says 'Hey McLeod, get off of my ewe!'

Mateored, There are so many people questioning inequalities that you can't turn on the tv or radio without getting a steady stream of that sludge. I might be willing to listen to it if the people doing the questioning weren't rich and getting richer.
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Don't forget Brian Jones. We never would have heard of the Rolling Stones if it wasn't for Brian. Unfortunately, he fell to drugs early and Mick and Keef took the band over and Keef even took Brian's girlfriend away. In their defense, it is said that the other Stones were more than patient with Brian, but this was before rehab and they finally had all they could take.

Keef later got a taste of his own medecine when he became addicted and Mick took control of the band and didn't want to give any back when Keef cleaned up.

It is amazing that Mick can still dance around for 90 minutes like that and that Keith is still upright, but those guys are really getting embarrassingly old for stadium rock. They should have given it up years ago and taken up painting.
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