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|    Al Thompson to George Pope    |
|    Partridge Family    |
|    22 Mar 22 01:51:04    |
      MSGID: 1:229/426.27 4dd3a903       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: -0400       REPLY: 1:153/757.0 1db53c6a              on *15.03.22* at *15:03:22* You wrote in area *MEMORIES*       to *All* about *"Partridge Family"*.               GP> Rewmember the controversy over Milli Vanilli in the 1980s, that they,        GP> GASP! lip-synced their singing in concerts (like EVERY artist does)               GP> The Partridge Family was created, loosely based on the Cowsills, a real        GP> rock & roll playing famly.              GP> I'm only questioning the hypocrisy & the unawareness of the buying        GP> public.               GP> Did they put on a good show at their concerts over & above the value of        GP> the soundtrack playing in the background?              I think the difference was that Milli Vanilli was marketed as a legit pop       group, while the Partridge Family was marketed as a kid's TV show.              I wasn't aware that the Partridges ever did concerts. Certainly nobody       expected the Partridges to be a peer of Led Zeppelin, but Milli Vanilli was       sold as being a peer of Michael Jackson.              --- WinPoint 400.2        * Origin: What's the Point (1:229/426.27)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/305 330       SEEN-BY: 129/331 153/7715 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 424 426 428 452 664 700 240/5832 266/512 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848       PATH: 229/426           |
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