首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Bands come and go. Some become famous. Others don’t. Some enjoy great wealth. Others make nothing. But why? Sometimes they just
Bands come and go. Some become famous. Others don’t. Some enjoy great wealth. Others make nothing. But why? Sometimes they just
admin
2018-10-19
74
问题
Bands come and go. Some become famous. Others don’t. Some enjoy great wealth. Others make nothing. But why? Sometimes they just aren’t popular enough. But other times it’s because of the contract.
The Beatles had lots of problems with their first contract. In 1963, the band’s manager, Brian Epstein, allowed his lawyer to sign away the band’s merchandising rights in return for just 10% of the profits. And that was a lot of money to give away. In 1964, while The Beatles were conquering America, The Wall Street Journal estimated the group’s merchandising would be worth $ 100 million dollars that year. This meant that the band had given away $ 90 million! To be fair to Epstein, he had no idea how much the merchandising could be worth—no band had ever been so popular. Since then, bands have been careful to keep control of their merchandising rights.
Post-punk bands Joy Division and New Order also signed pretty poor contracts. The bands’ contracts were with DJ Rob Gretton, legendary owner of the Hacienda Club in Manchester. As part of the deal, Gretton could use the money from the bands to financially support the club. In the end, the club survived but Joy Division didn’t(lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide, reportedly because of marital problems). New Order were extremely successful as a group, but there weren’t many profits. In fact, their most successful hit, "Blue Monday" , cost so much to make that the song made a loss. And what money there was, went straight back into the club.
Singer-songwriter Gilber O’Sullivan had a string of hits in the early 1970s. But things turned sour when Gilbert eventually discovered that the recording contract he had with MAM-Records greatly favored the label’s owner, Gordon Mills. Gilbert sued and won 7 million, but his career was put on hold during the court case... and it never recovered. Even Bruce Springsteen has suffered. His first management contract was so bad that he had to get legal help to get out of it. But while this was going on, he couldn’t record any new material. The result? No new Springsteen albums for almost two years between 1976 and 1978.
Sometimes it’s dad who causes the problems. Michael Jackson and The Beach Boys are two examples of this. Murray Wilson, the Beach Boys’ manager(and Brian Wilson’s dad), sold the band’s song catalogue for less than $ 1 million at the height of their fame. Brian later claimed that it was "like losing his children". Paul Weller’s dad was his manager for a while. An ex-boxer who had no respect for record company executives, he once demanded a large advance for Paul’s new contract. The record company couldn’t believe their luck, and were more than happy to pay as it was less than half what they had been expecting to fork out! Dad doesn’t always know best, it seems.
But sometimes it’s the musicians themselves who are their own worst managers. The Beatles made a terrible mess of their business affairs when they took control after the death of Brian Epstein. Even more disastrous was John Fogerty, leader of Creedence Clearwater Survival. He signed a contract with a recording company and then rejected their offer to appear on the album and film of the music festival Woodstock. These days, who remembers that the most famous rock festival of all time was headlined by Creedence Clearwater Survival? No one! Except John Fogerty, presumably.
Question 56 to 60
Fill in the blanks below with information from the passage, using no more than three words for each blank.
选项
答案
dad-managers
解析
(由第五段第二句“Murray Wilson,the Beach Boys’manager(and Brian Wilson’s dad),sold the band’s song catalogue for less than $1 million at the height of their fame”可知,海滩男孩的经纪人同时也是成员布莱恩-威尔森的父亲莫里-威尔森。因此填dad-managers,表示“父亲兼经纪人”。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/U98K777K
本试题收录于:
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
Childrenwhostayawayfromschooldo______fordifferentreasons.
Scientistsknowthattherearetwobasicapproachestoprolongingforlife.Oneapproachisthe【79】ofthediseasethatgenerally
Thereare10blanksinthepassage.Usethewords(phrases)givenintheboxtofillintheblanks,changingtheformwherenece
MitsuakirecentlyarrivedintheUnitedStatestoenteruniversity.WhenMitsuakifirstarrived,hewasreallyamazedathowyou
WomenareaforceforchangeinAustraliansociety.TheprideofplacegiventomenasalmostthesoleshapersofAustralianhis
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic.Successissomethingmostpeopletrytoachieve.Whatdoessuccessmeantodifferentpeople,an
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic.Inmanycountries,increasingnumbersofyoungpeoplearegraduatingfromuniversity,butareu
Thegiantpanda,thecreaturethathasbecomeasymbolofconservation,isfacingextinction.Themajorreasonislossofhabita
Theauthor____realismandfantasyinherworksowellthattheaudienceisneversurewhetherthecharacters’experiencesare___
Don’tdrinkthemilk:itsmells______sour.
随机试题
异种耐热钢(0.5Mo+1Cr一0.5Mo)CO2气体保护焊选用的焊丝是()。
以深邃的史识,警策的语言,撕下了“盛世”面纱的篇目是()
下列DNA中,一般不用作克隆载体的是
腺垂体功能减退症常见()
朱某,女,高热5天,不恶寒,满面红赤,皮肤红斑鲜红,咽干,口渴,喜冷饮,尿赤而少,关节疼痛,舌红绛,苔黄,脉滑数。查抗双链DNA(dsDNA)抗体、抗Sm抗体(+)。证属()
A、色谱法B、酸碱滴定法C、紫外分光光度法D、比色法E、旋光法;药物中杂质的检查采用的方法对氨基水杨酸钠中间氨基酚的检查()
患者神疲乏力,少气懒言,声音低微,头晕,不思饮食,活动后诸症加重。舌质淡伴有齿痕,苔薄白,脉虚无力。该患者长期低热不止,温度不高,属于()。
分户图上房屋的边长应实际丈量,注记取至()。
常见的钢制储罐的安装方法中,高空作业最多的是()方法。
某人以10%的单利借出1200元,借期为2年,然后以8%的复利将上述借出金额的本利和再借出,借期为3年。已知:(F/P,8%,3)=1.260,则此人在第5年末可以获得复本利和为()元。
最新回复
(
0
)