Say say say what you want, but don't make fun of any negroes!

Bad Beatle, no Yoko!

"Ivory and ivory..."

Because black people get all butt hurt if you notice they are black?

Michael Jackson is black?

That's ignorant...he's ignorant

CrankMyBlueSax: Because black people get all butt hurt if you notice they are black?

you've never been in a Jena 6 thread?

CrankMyBlueSax: Because black people get all butt hurt if you notice they are black?

I have no idea who that person is.

Who is this "Paul McCartney" person? Is he one of the hang-ons from the last century?

GreenAdder: I have no idea who that person is.

Just a cute redhead rolling her eyes.

FTFA:"Sir Paul later said: 'You know what doesn't feel very good, is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing Hey Jude, I've got to pay someone.'"

Anyone know if Sir Paul is known for playing music business hardball with rights and royalties?

Somebody's still bitter over that whole ownership of the Beatles catalogue thing.

The BBC has pulled an interview with Sir Paul McCartney in which the former Beatle did a "trans-racial impression" of Michael Jackson which could possibly offend former negro children that have become full grown white women

To be fair, Sir Paul has become a full grown white woman, as well.

The BBC has pulled an interview with Sir Paul McCartney in which the former Beatle did a "trans-racial impression" of Michael Jackson which could possibly offend former negro children that have become full grown white women

Well, that totally lets Jacko out, seeing that he's a transgendered space alien.

What nonsense. He's mocking Jacko's high-pitch squeal, and not his color. I heard him do it in his Howard Stern interview, and it was hilarious.

What now?

If Michael Jackson does some of his songs from his "Jackson 5" years, would that also be considered a "trans-racial impression?"

Isn't Michael Jackson's entire adult life a trans-racial impression?

Gyrfalcon: Well, that totally lets Jacko out, seeing that he's a transgendered space alien.

He's not transgendered, he's molting

Quimby: "I declare a State of Emergency. Code Black!"

Lenny: "Black!? That's the worst color there is!... no offense, Carl."

Carl: "I get it all the time."

I didn't understand the headline and the article didn't help

As a black man, I'm too confused to be offended

Who the fark says "trans-racial" anyway?

So, doing an impersonation of another race is racist? Has anyone told Eddie Murphy?

How the fark is this racist?

Oh, it's a WHITE guy. Nevermind. Carry-on. White guys are the root of all evil, blahtity blah blah blah.

WTF did I put that nice tall glass of STFU?

xuanzhiyouxuan: FTFA:"Sir Paul later said: 'You know what doesn't feel very good, is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing Hey Jude, I've got to pay someone.'"

Anyone know if Sir Paul is known for playing music business hardball with rights and royalties?

Yes, he owns the rights to a boatload of tunes, including the entire Buddy Holly catalogue. So when someone plays 'That'll Be the Day', they have to pay someone, too. Namely McCartney.

He's been whining about this for years. It's business. You were to cheap to pony up the cash, you and Yoko couldn't put your egos aside and work together, and you got outbid by Jackson. Tough shiat.

He and Lennon messed up in the first place when they sold their share of Northern Songs (and thus their own copyrights) in the late 60's.

Below, from the Straight Dope:
The last reason not to feel sorry for Paul is that if he got skunked it's his own fault. In the 60s, to avoid confiscatory British taxes, he and Lennon turned their publishing rights over to newly-organized Northern Songs, a publicly-held company in which they owned sizable but apparently not controlling blocks of stock. In 1969 music mogul Lew Grade launched a takeover bid for Northern Songs in which he offered seven times the stock's original offering price. Lennon and McCartney, feuding as usual, were unable to organize an effective defense and the company was sold out from under them. This made them even more fabulously wealthy than they already were, since their stock was now worth seven times as much. But a the cost of ownership.

Kenwhat: You can't even mock characteristics of a black person, even if said characteristics are completely unrelated to race, without oversensitive PC pansies thinking it's racism these days.

BunkyBrewman: Oh, it's a WHITE guy. Nevermind. Carry-on. White guys are the root of all evil, blahtity blah blah blah.

White is new black

Kenwhat: Maybe you shouldn't have sold the rights, then?

Absolutely. Because we all make such good decisions in our twenties at the height of our popularity, fame, wealth and immortality that we never, ever come to regret four decades later. No way should we be sympathetic to Paul for coming to realize that there are parts of his legacy that are more valuable to him now than any amount of money.

I'm sure that, in those days, Paul did not think his catalog would be worth so much over time. The acid and coke probably didn't help with the long-range planning, anyway.

The transexual negro community frowns on Paul's "tranny-racial impression".

xuanzhiyouxuan: FTFA:"Sir Paul later said: 'You know what doesn't feel very good, is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing Hey Jude, I've got to pay someone.'"

Anyone know if Sir Paul is known for playing music business hardball with rights and royalties?

Paul McCartney, in the 90s anyhow, was said to make a dollar a second. Even if he didn't do anything. He might not own the rights to the Beatles songs, but he owns a lot more. He's a dick that gets by on the love of the Beatles.

Glenechocreek: I'm sure that, in those days, Paul did not think his catalog would be worth so much over time. The acid and coke probably didn't help with the long-range planning, anyway.

Are you on crack? THEY WERE THE BEATLES. Even before all that shiat, they were the biggest farking band in the world. He couldn't take a shiat without some teenage girl screaming outside the bathroom. That and the fact that McCartney was the businessman of the band make your point unrealistic.

trans... racial... impression.

Doesn't even compare to THIS (new window)

Mangoose: He's a dick that gets by on the love of the Beatles with a little help from his friends.

Holy Mack'l.

SplitGuy: xuanzhiyouxuan: FTFA:"Sir Paul later said: 'You know what doesn't feel very good, is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing Hey Jude, I've got to pay someone.'"

Anyone know if Sir Paul is known for playing music business hardball with rights and royalties?

Yes, he owns the rights to a boatload of tunes, including the entire Buddy Holly catalogue. So when someone plays 'That'll Be the Day', they have to pay someone, too. Namely McCartney.

He's been whining about this for years. It's business. You were to cheap to pony up the cash, you and Yoko couldn't put your egos aside and work together, and you got outbid by Jackson. Tough shiat.

He and Lennon messed up in the first place when they sold their share of Northern Songs (and thus their own copyrights) in the late 60's.

Below, from the Straight Dope:
The last reason not to feel sorry for Paul is that if he got skunked it's his own fault. In the 60s, to avoid confiscatory British taxes, he and Lennon turned their publishing rights over to newly-organized Northern Songs, a publicly-held company in which they owned sizable but apparently not controlling blocks of stock. In 1969 music mogul Lew Grade launched a takeover bid for Northern Songs in which he offered seven times the stock's original offering price. Lennon and McCartney, feuding as usual, were unable to organize an effective defense and the company was sold out from under them. This made them even more fabulously wealthy than they already were, since their stock was now worth seven times as much. But a the cost of ownership.

I think McCartney's miffed because he was the one who told Jackson what a good investment song publishing was. When you give someone advice and they turn around and use it to outbid you on your own songs that's a little bit of a stab in the back.

What's funny is that Michael said, "I'm gonna buy your songs," when Paul told him how lucrative it was. And Paul was just amused by the conversation. At that time. Seems like Michael was complimenting Paul, then. But Paul always does the falsetto voice when he relates this story, the BBC is sensitive this week, that's all. We'll hear it again. Paul, apparently, loves mimicking Michael.

masterskip: ...which could possibly offend former negro children that have become full grown white women

To be fair, Sir Paul has become a full grown white woman, as well.

My soul cries out, but I must golf clap for masterskip.
I lol'd and wept.

KWPLunchbox: Doesn't even compare to THIS (new window)

Why do the titles of all the videos by those people start with "The Beatles - "?

Do they think they are The Beatles?

My guess is that this is less to do with avoiding racial offence, more the BBC not wanting to give the asshats at the Daily Mail a chance to scream "OMG!!! BBC IN RACE-HATE STORM!!!". That dismal rag will slam the BBC for anything, whilst letting other broadcasters off for far worse crimes.

By way of an example, today's Mail includes a story expressing outrage that a BBC sitcom's two main characters share surnames with well-known serial killers. Oddly, this has never been a problem for the Mail in the two years the show has been on cable, only offending them last week when the show appeared on terrestrial TV for the first time. They even managed to contain their fury for a whole week after broadcast, only reporting on it today.

Awful rag...

SplitGuy: ...He's been whining about this for years. It's business. You were to cheap to pony up the cash, you and Yoko couldn't put your egos aside and work together, and you got outbid by Jackson. Tough shiat...

The reason he let Jackson get away with the rights was because they were friends. He never anticipated it.

Kenwhat: Let's conveniently ignore the BBC pulls PC stunts like this all the time and that it has been run by oversensitive PC pansies for virtually all of existence.

'PC'? Jayzus...

Kenwhat: costas: 'PC'? Jayzus...

Translation: I spoke out of my ass and have no rebuttal but I must have the last word, so here is some gibberish to sooth my bruised ego.

Nope - Thought about posting a response about how this year has seen the Mail launch numerous ludicrous attacks on the BBC for the most tenuous of reasons, and how it's not beyond the realms of imagination that some producers might now be a little sensitive to providing them with material, even if it's something which may not have caused anyone to bat an eyelid five years ago. But then realised that expanding much further on this with someone who still bemoans 'PC' and is a little too quick to hurl insults on internet messageboards was not the best use of time.

Look into Associated Newspapers a little more.

"Why should I pay for a song I wrote for nothing" - Paul

The day Michael Jackson even get close to becoming music legend that Sir Paul is I might consider pretending to care what he thinks. And yes it is SIR Paul McCartney, last time I checked the only title in front of Michael name was Molester. Michael Jackson can BITE IT!!

mud_shark: Why do the titles of all the videos by those people start with "The Beatles - "?

Do they think they are The Beatles?

I highly doubt Ed Turner and Number 9 think they are the Beatles, after all they don't even bother to dress up like so many lousy tribute bands do. I would imagine the videos are titled the way they are to generate the maximum amount of search hits. Most cover song videos you see are listed that way.

Mugato:

That got me to laugh after a long day.

/I'm still chuckling
//Just... fit...