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FUR CRYING OUT LOUD...

Paul in duping ad shock horror!

            "Free Fur Video!" announced the harmless-looking advertisement in a special coat supplement within the 14 October issue of the upmarket magazine New Yorker. "Before you buy, let us show you our lively collection of fox, mink and raccoon. You'll be astounded and could save thousands." Those interested could call "Paul's Furs" on 212-734-7433.
            And those who did heard Paul McCartney's voice - unidentified - inviting callers to leave their name and address.
            Each caller was then mailed a video by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing, in graphic detail, how animals are cruelly murdered for the skin on their backs: beavers drowning in water traps, foxes being electrocuted, minks having their necks broken.
            The "thousands" that could be saved, in other words, referred to animals, not dollar bills.
            Eleven prospective fur buyers were sent the video, and - one can guess - were probably not best pleased. Also upset was The New Yorker, which felt it had been suckered. "The ad was placed with the appearance of all propriety and we accepted it," a spokesperson for the magazine told the New York Times (which ran a big news item on the story). "They filled out all the proper forms and it didn't seem unusual. We would not have run an intentionally misleading ad."
            Accused of practising deception, PETA has strongly defended this new and effective method of campaigning. I think it is no more misleading than fur industry advertising portraying fur as a glamorous fabric," suggested Dan Matthews, PETA's campaign director.
            Adding his voice by way of PETA press release, Paul McCartney commented, "Prospective customers will see who pays the ultimate price for fur: the animals."



THOSE MAGICAL MUSICAL MACCA MOMENTS

A reader chooses his ten favourite high spots from Paul's music

                
  1. The scat singing in the last two minutes of 'Monkberry Moon Delight'
  2.             
  3. The acoustic guitar solo on 'Distractions'
  4.             
  5. The melancholic wistfulness of 'One Of These Days'
  6.             
  7. The 'Dear Friend' vocal - one of Paul's very best
  8.             
  9. The bass playing in 'My Brave Face'
  10.             
  11. The bass playing in 'Mrs Vandebilt'
  12.             
  13. The falsetto singing in 'So Bad'
  14.             
  15. The fleeting echo used in the Unplugged 'That Would Be Something'
  16.             
  17. The Wings Over America linking of 'Rock Show' and 'Jet'
  18.             
  19. The line "who knows how to find love" in 'Twice In A Lifetime'

            This list was kindly sent in by CS reader Colin Hurst, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England.
            If you would like to list your ten favourite magical musical Macca moments then please send them to Club Sandwich, PO Box 110, Westcliff, Essex, SSO 8NW, England, marking your postcard or envelope 'Mmmm...' in the top-left corner.

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