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Reverse Psychology: Paul McCartney, who knows a thing or two about teen-age rebellion, says placing restrictive labels on records with objectionable lyrics will only boost their sales. “I think it’s a double-edged sword, really,” the former Beatle said in Philadelphia. “I think if you tell kids what not to listen to, that’s what they’re going to listen to. That’s what I was like as a kid. They told me, ‘Don’t smoke,’ and I smoked.”