Message from Wendy Welch (re: BW RRHOF induction)

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Dr.Brown

I'm glad you clarified that

It really didn't need clarification. We're talking about a musical commendation, not murder. And I don't know why a statement about one thing would lead you to extrapolate and apply what I said to prejudice.

Originally Posted by Dr.Brown

but I still don't agree with this attitude. "Business immorality", I guess that means "the 5" get a free pass then and it was just peachy of them leaving a former band member out of loop when it came to royalty payments since this did not involve "actual crimes".

I didn't say it was peachy. I expressly said it was wrong. I also said that the rest of them should have tried to talk her out of it, if she actually took that stance. But if they couldn't, then I appreciate the solidarity. It doesn't mean they get "a free pass." It means that if they go down, they go down together. I like the "all for one, one for all attitude."

My grandmother had 3 sons, they were all 15 months apart and she used to tell me how if one was walking home and he saw his brother engaged in a fight with someone else, he just threw down his bookbags and he started fighting the third person too. He didn't ask questions about what the fight was about. That came later. During the fight, if you're hitting one brother, you're hitting them all.

If John, Mick and Christine were still bruised by Bob's lawsuit, I don't care that Stevie and Lindsey followed along, even if their conduct was petty. I like the familial idea that we may fight each other, but we have a bond that makes us band together against anyone else. In fact, I've often lamented that those 5 FM members don't seem more loyal to each other than they are.

I've said this before on this board, but it is always something that I admired about Cher. She did nothing but blast Sonny and I hated her for it, but I never once heard her let anyone else say anything negative about him in her presence. I don't care how minor or valid it was. Katie Couric criticized his singing voice and as nasal and awful as it was, Cher said to her, "What's your point? Bob Dylan has a nasal voice too." Cher knocked Sonny, but she didn't let anyone else do it.

I'd rather Mick side with Christine than Bob, if he had to pick sides. Maybe he shouldn't have had to, but I don't fault his choice.

Clearly, you don't agree, but I don't think it's a cult mentality. I think it's a team mentality.

Michele