Comments on: Former Beatles and Stones manager Allen Klein has died

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:07:16 +0000

Paul sued the other three Beatles over Allen Klein. He was trying to steal money from Paul over his first solo record and he was trying to take money from all the Beatles that he wasn’t entitled to. Paul was vilified at the time but he ended up being on the right side.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:46:39 +0000

NYCRhymology, if a capitalist is one who tricks, cheats and steals then Klein was a capitalist extraordinaire. It must suck not to have control over your own creations, including most of your biggest hits if you’re the Stones. Taking advantage of young artists who were naive about the business and how ruthless it is would not be considered something commendable. Few tears will be shed for Klein. Here’s hoping the artists can somehow get their catalogs back.

By: WTF

WTF — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:19:49 +0000

I am in total agreement with mel’s comment – it is because of Klein’s actions that MJ ended up with the Beatles’ publishing

By: bj

bj — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:10:04 +0000

that's former http://www.nowgoal.com/21.shtml

By: Bruce Bender

Bruce Bender — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:45:28 +0000

Mr. Klein was a real jerk for what he did to the Beatles, the Stones and the Verve.

By: The Eggman

The Eggman — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:55:32 +0000

This dude is the reason the Beatles broke up!!!
May he su

By: Saint Subversive

Saint Subversive — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:42:27 +0000

Jodorowsky outlived him.

By: JRWolfe

JRWolfe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:13:59 +0000

TWO people from the music industry died yesterday. Allen Klein and Drake Levin. Allen,as mentioned was a music industry executive. Drake Levin was lead guitarist for Paul Revere & The Raiders in the 60’s until he was drafted.After his service he played for The Brotherhood,Emitt Rhodes,Lee Michaels,Billy Dunn and Curtis Lawson.In his later years,he owned and ran a recording studio in San Francisco.
Where as Mr.Klein wasn’t exactly loved within the industry,Drake Levin was.

By: youtuber

youtuber — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:41:13 +0000

Go to youtube and watch
LITTLE MONKEY BOY CLIMBING
the most adorable video ever!

By: NYCRhymology

NYCRhymology — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:36:31 +0000

I stand corrected… I just read about what Allen Klein did to some band called The Verve: they paid Klein’s company to *legally* use a sample of a Stones song in one of their recordings. Then when the song became a hit, Klein argued they used *a bit more* of the sample than they were supposed to and thereby forced them to either to turn over 100% of the royalties for the song or take it off the market… So ever since then Jagger & Richards are credited as the songwriters on that song instead of the guy from The Verve… Pretty sleazy, Mr. Klein… You can be Satan’s girlfriend in Hell (if he breaks up with Saddam, of course).