I read a story about the recording of Russians and Americans where the label demanded Al to record a cover tune to be released as a single. Al didn't like recording cover tunes and was given a list of 5 songs to pick from. He picked the old song 1, 2, 3, but unknowingly the label executives didn't realize that he had changed the lyrics to imply how they manipulate, intimidate and coerce artists into things that they don't want to do. He wanted to see if they were even paying attention and apparently they weren't because he was never told to change it back to the original lyrics and the label released it.
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