Great ELP Debate

Hey Garion, is impressive how things change in a couple of hours:

From being the good fellows who gave money to a hospital in exchange for nothing:

Garion81 wrote:

They donate all proceeds from this show at the 400 seat club to the local children’s hospital. The only announcement was a radio announcement 12 hours before tickets went on sale. No pre announcement announcement or any nonsense like that, just the one.

To a bunch of guys that didn't even knew the Children Hospital existed:

Garion81 wrote later:

I think the club owner aranged the Childrens Hospital.  Not the band.  they probably didn't even know it existed.

At the end you're making my whole point along this discussion:

Garion81 wrote:

Look these guys are in buisness and bands that big are corporations.  It is much bigger than the artists themselves. Peoples jobs are at stake.  As for Steve Hackett well they let him up on stage didn't they?     Ivan you would feel the same way if you worked for any large money making corporation.

That's exactly what I've been saying most bands are corporations and everything they do has a side interest because it's business, so we agree at last.

By the way, I've been lawyer in Volvo many years and some of my actual clients are Corporations, so that's why I don't believe in big corporations making charity without any side reason. Big companies (and most great bads are big companies) normally don't give 10 bucks if they are not going to receive 20.

And it's Ok, their reason of being is to make money (If they also create great pieces of art it's better), not to donate it, that's why I don't believe in the commitment of The Clash with some social movements, they as most punk bands were posers that gave some leftovers to a couple of charities to keep exploiting the fans who believe they were radical social fighters and not only corporations created to make money.

Iván