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Thread #169033 Message #4084524
Posted By: GUEST,Rossey
21-Dec-20 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Jimmy Savile...
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Jimmy Savile...
The tune doesn't have many titles. It has an original and one slight variant (registered), both in tribute with J.S's name It's an average medley tune. Many of these bespoke tribute/vanity titles have little substance, and were written for the novelty of the moment. Sadly, the later debacle over J.S's horrible other side, gets in the way of this work being written in 1975, at a time and for a purpose of paying tribute to J.S' massive charity and Scottish tourist/ cultural boosting efforts. Still revisionism and cancel culture should not apply to a title written in a specific period and for a particular purpose. Also when you call a tune by a different title it wreaks havoc with copyright databases, unless its all set up with permission. This one is forgettable and if it wasn't for re-issuing by digital companies on a minor scale - it would still be lying in the vaults.