And in entertainment news:
The Black Eyed Peas have irreparably destroyed yet another priceless cultural artefact – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life, originally recorded by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes and made famous in Dirty Dancing. Adult Contemporary will never be the same.
“Sampling”, the guise under which songs (usually older, usually classics) are serially ripped off and undermined by the rap music industry, allows for legal freedom to use the intellectual property of other artists. It seems now that Swayze has gone the way of Jackson, Fawcett, and (hopefully) Derulo, any moral hesitance has gone as well. I mean, he won’t know, right?
Forget music piracy – this is arguably the most criminal attack on the entertainment industry: using the work, talent and reputation of others for one’s own “creative” ends after they’re dead and unable to defend their body of work – or at least give their approval.
And on top of that, if he saw this nonsense Swayze’d be spinning in his grave.
Kidding, he was cremated.
