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From: abe slaney 
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Subject: Re: Why do people pick on "Ebony and Ivory" so much?
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Jeff Mills wrote:
> "Ebony and Ivory" was a big hit when it came out in 1982.  It's a song
> that talks about racial harmony between blacks and whites,
> metaphorically tying it in with the keys on a piano.  Why is it then
> that a song with a positive message is routinely bashed by most
> critics and some fans?


"Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
side By side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

We all know that people are the same wherever we go -
there is good and bad in everyone,
we learn to live, we learn to give
each other what we need to survive together alive."

* * *

Because it's Paul at his sappiest, tritest, wide-eyed "I'm a Beatle so I 
guess I really ought to sing about peace and stuff", unctuous worst?

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