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To: SevenofNine

GnR covered Manson’s song “Look at Your Game, Girl” on their album of covers, “The Spaghetti Incident.”

Because of a California court ruling, Manson made no royalties on sales, which could have been around $60K had the album sold one million copies.

Manson also once wrote songs with the late Dennis Wilson, of The Beach Boys. Unsure if The Beach Boys ever recorded or performed any of them.


51 posted on 05/24/2007 7:26:32 AM PDT by DangerDanger ("I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: DangerDanger

I hear some other bands cover one of Charles Manson song but because of Son of Sam laws in Califonria they weren’t released


52 posted on 05/24/2007 11:06:30 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: DangerDanger
Apparently, they did -- or so they say --

    In fact, in his role as Manson's benefactor, Wilson even had the Beach Boys record a Manson tune originally titled 'Cease to Exist.' Wilson altered the song slightly and renamed it 'Never Learn Not to Love,' taking the sole songwriting credit for his trouble. The song found release as a B-side of the single 'Bluebirds Over the Mountain' at the end of the year as well as on the 1969 LP '20/20,' both of which made the lower reaches of their respective Top 100 charts.

Who knows where the truth lies? Dennis was crazy but not as crazy as Manson.

53 posted on 05/24/2007 12:45:28 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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