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:: Saturday, October 25, 2003 ::

If you wanna make me very very happy...



...why not buy me this four-CD collection of punk classics for my birthday (Nov. 1)? This collection from Rhino Records becomes available on Oct. 28. But unfortunately, it contains no Sex Pistols tunes, thanks to that rotton John Lydon. Rhino originally wanted to call the box set "Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated?" As this AP story explains:

For music trivia buffs, those were the words spoken into the microphone by Johnny Rotten as the Sex Pistols left the stage after their final concert before breaking up in 1978.

Then Rotten, born John Lydon, found out about Rhino's plans when he was interviewed this summer by a reporter from The Washington Post.

"It's a (expletive) insult to be using my quote to back up product that I have nothing to do with," he told the Post. "To my mind, that's fraudulent marketing, plain and simple. I don't care how much homage they pay to me in the liner notes. They want to use me from a distance and I find that just unacceptable."

Lydon conveyed the same message to Rhino, said Marc Salata, product manager of the box set.

Rhino was already disappointed because the Sex Pistols wouldn't license any of their songs for the project.

Even if you don't want to shell out the $51+ plus postage to buy it for me, you should buy it for yourself. And you should use this link so I can get a kickback from Amazon. Thank you for your patronage.

:: Andrew 13:28 + ::
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