Every year these days, Rolling Stone magazine publishes its so called "Money Report," which is a tally of which rock and pop performers the previous year took in the most money from selling records and touring and merchandising. And when I saw the latest list -- acts that earned between $31 and $57 million dollars apiece -- I was struck by the singers and bands who dominate the top ten – they were mostly old, some really old, and their music is mostly... pretty soft.
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