That’s a reality.”Ĭrow could not be reached for comment. They sell guns, and I’m sure some of those guns have found their way into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them. In 1994, Wal-Mart was sued by the family of a man killed in a Texas courthouse shootout by an assailant who had allegedly bought a gun from Wal-Mart even though he was under indictment on sexual assault charges.Īsked whether Crow’s lyrics were fair to Wal-Mart if the company has policies against selling guns to minors, Cafaro said: “It’s difficult for me to answer the question of what’s fair. In 1992, a judge dismissed a lawsuit that had accused Wal-Mart of selling bullets to two minors who used them to kill a man working in a Florida auto parts store, citing a previous legal case that found that a person who illegally sold a gun could not have known it would be used in a crime. At the time, Wal-Mart denied that the decision was related to the lawsuit. That decision came after the company was sued by relatives of a Texas man who allegedly killed his parents with a gun bought at a Wal-Mart even though he had indicated on a federal form that he had been treated for mental problems. In 1994, Wal-Mart stopped selling handguns in its stores, making them available only through catalogs. Wal-Mart’s gun sales have periodically been criticized and the subject of lawsuits, although the company in recent years has taken steps to tighten its policies. A&M Records Chairman Al Cafaro said Wal-Mart did not request that Crow change her lyric. Wal-Mart became aware of the lyrics when the album was screened by a “rack job” company that distributes albums to the chain and checks albums for lyrics before their release. He said the company believes that the song insults Wal-Mart employees, many of whom are involved in charities for children. Wal-Mart spokesman Ingram characterized the lyrics as an unfair attack on the Bentonville, Ark.-based chain, which he said has strict policies prohibiting the sale of guns to minors. With a gun they bought at the Wal-Mart discount stores.” Watch our children as they kill each other Crow also won a Grammy that year for best new artist. Her upcoming album is Crow’s much-anticipated follow-up to her best-selling “Tuesday Night Music Club,” whose “All I Wanna Do” single in 1995 won her Grammy awards for best pop vocal performance and record of the year. What also makes the dispute unusual is that the 34-year-old Crow is hardly the kind of artist one expects to find at the forefront of a music censorship issue.
“Selling a record implying behavior that is against all we stand for is something we just could not profit from,” said Wal-Mart spokesman Dale Ingram. But this is apparently the first time that a major retailer has banned a song in which it is the target of a lyric. Stores such as Wal-Mart frequently refuse to sell albums containing lyrics they believe are too sexually explicit or excessively violent. Wal-Mart’s decision, which record industry executives estimate could cost Crow a staggering 400,000 album sales, comes two weeks before the album, “Sheryl Crow,” is to be released by A&M Records on Sept. Read more in the latest issue of heat magazine - OUT NOW.Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest retailer, has stunned the music industry by banning an upcoming album by Grammy winner Sheryl Crow from its stores because of a song lyric suggesting that the retailer sells guns to children.
She knows she’s only got one chance to make it on her own.” She used to be in one of the most successful girl groups in history, and there's lot of pressure on her with her solo music. “Right now Jesy is doing her best to focus on her solo career – but she’s terrified it’s not going to work out, and her family have been worried about her burning bridges with the band.
“Currently, Jesy has said she has no desire to go back, but she doesn’t like the idea of there being bad blood between them all,” our source explains. Jesy – who released her first solo single featuring Nicki Minaj last week – is said to be focusing on her solo career, for now. Speaking about writing the track, Jade, 28, said, “It was kind of like a therapy session actually.” This week, the girls release new song Cut You Off, which includes the lyrics, “How did we get here We used to be so cool Nothing lasts forever but I really thought we could I know there’ll be tears but it’s worth the broken heart If I can’t protect my energy, I gotta cut you off.”
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