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* Music/JohnLydon's first (and so far only) solo album ''Psycho's Path'' had five remixes added as "bonus tracks" at the record label's insistence - four of these were remixes of songs that actually appeared on the album, with the remaining remix being of "Open Up", a song by Leftfield that Lydon had appeared on four years earlier. The album ran a bit short at ten songs in 40 minutes, and the remixes were meant to attract fans of electronic music who had made "Open Up" a dance-club hit.

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* Music/JohnLydon's first (and so far only) solo album ''Psycho's Path'' had five remixes added as "bonus tracks" at the record label's insistence - four of these were remixes of songs that actually appeared on the album, with the remaining remix being of "Open Up", a song by Leftfield that Lydon had appeared on four years earlier. The album ran a bit short at ten songs in 40 minutes, and the remixes were meant to attract fans of electronic music who had made "Open Up" a dance-club hit. John had said he was open to the idea because he had largely self-produced the album and played most of the instruments, so he was interested in what other people might do with the source material.
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The executives don't want to hear about it until you make your music [[ExecutiveMeddling dance]] to their tune.

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* UsefulNotes/Kmart and UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} refused to sell ''Music/InUtero'' until new packaging that listed the track "Rape Me" as "Waif Me" was created. The cover art, which features anatomical drawings of a naked woman, was also changed. The only reason Kurt Cobain agreed to the changes was because when he was a kid, his family was poor and he was only able to buy music from Kmart or Walmart since there wasn't a record store in his hometown, and he empathised with kids in the same situation.

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* UsefulNotes/Kmart UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} and UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} refused to sell ''Music/InUtero'' until new packaging that listed the track "Rape Me" as "Waif Me" was created. The cover art, which features anatomical drawings of a naked woman, was also changed. The only reason Kurt Cobain agreed to the changes was because when he was a kid, his family was poor and he was only able to buy music from Kmart or Walmart since there wasn't a record store in his hometown, and he empathised with kids in the same situation.
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* UsefulNotes/KMart and UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} refused to sell ''Music/InUtero'' until new packaging that listed the track "Rape Me" as "Waif Me" was created. The cover art, which features anatomical drawings of a naked woman, was also changed. The only reason Kurt Cobain agreed to the changes was because when he was a kid, his family was poor and he was only able to buy music from Kmart or Walmart since there wasn't a record store in his hometown, and he empathised with kids in the same situation.

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* UsefulNotes/KMart UsefulNotes/Kmart and UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} refused to sell ''Music/InUtero'' until new packaging that listed the track "Rape Me" as "Waif Me" was created. The cover art, which features anatomical drawings of a naked woman, was also changed. The only reason Kurt Cobain agreed to the changes was because when he was a kid, his family was poor and he was only able to buy music from Kmart or Walmart since there wasn't a record store in his hometown, and he empathised with kids in the same situation.



* In a positive example, the name of ''Music/LicensedToIll'' by the Music/BeastieBoys comes from Def Jam Records rejecting their first title: ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Don't Be a Faggot]]''. As you can imagine, the boys were ''really'' glad someone stepped in to prevent that choice.

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* In a positive example, the name of ''Music/LicensedToIll'' by the Music/BeastieBoys comes from Def Jam Records rejecting their first title: ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Don't Be a Faggot]]''. As you can imagine, the boys were ''really'' glad someone stepped in to prevent that choice.

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