>> (162 mio for the tour alone last year)? <<
162 million is the gross, not what the Stones made.
it's curious that some of us love the fact that the Stones have made themselves so hugely rich,
and others seem to regard it as some kind of hostile act on their part.
not looking for a fight, just curious: these cats started off with nothing but their love for the music and their talent,
navigated miles and miles unimaginable oh-lordy and became so big that they changed the meaning of the word forever.
i personally get an enormous kick out of that - and also feel real aware that if they weren't rich we wouldn't have them anymore
(and no i don't mean they're doing it just for the money).
so i'm glad to pay them for their music. i'm delighted when their records sell well -
it adds to their glory *and* to the hope that their next record contracts will be too good to turn down.
plus there's that sick-making vision of state-sponsored musicians being all we have left when enough people stop paying for music.
"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-01-03 13:24 by with sssoul.