Re: Tiny bit sad and embarrassing really...
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:54 pm
spider wrote:
> It was just that I'd always thought of Liverpool as a big proud
> city and it's canonisation of the Beatles seems a bit tacky to
> me.
True, they lay it on a little thick (as they do over in Memphis, I suppose), but considering the economic history involved, they can't be blamed for drawing on them for tourism etc. Any other UK city would do the same had they hailed from there.
> It was just that I'd always thought of Liverpool as a big proud
> city and it's canonisation of the Beatles seems a bit tacky to
> me.
True, they lay it on a little thick (as they do over in Memphis, I suppose), but considering the economic history involved, they can't be blamed for drawing on them for tourism etc. Any other UK city would do the same had they hailed from there.