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I just puked

The rockers and heroes of my anti-establishment youth, and the psychedelic days of the 1960's and 1970's have all "sold out" by selling their music copyrights, either directly or indirectly, and classic songs are now being used as commercial beds for all kinds of corporate CRAP, usually cars, trucks, or SUV's. Just heard the Who's "Happy Jack" used as a bed for the Hummer H2. Talk about incongruity!!! Think John and Keith are turning over in their graves?!! Excuse me, gotta run...after writing this post, I feel the urge to vomit again. B.T.W., anyone familiar with the Fools song "Sold Out"? It should be an anthem for the aging rockers of the 21st. century. How much money do these rebels turned whores need anyway?
fatparrot
darrylhifi
498 posts
 
I think they should dig up Cat Stevens for a Wireworld commercial ........Think about it. Ewwwwwww Baby Baby its a WireWorld !
fatparrot OP
1,314 posts
 
Some great comments by all! Herman and Onhwy61, sorry but it's too late and you missed your calling...you both would have made great corporate officers at Enron!
ljgj
955 posts
 
I just saw that Journey-Ford commercial and it was bad - of course I never liked the song or Fords anyway. A friend and I were talking about this very thread subject after and he said well it depends on the song and presentation blah blah blah and then said what is the difference between these guys whoring themselves out for these products versus the same music selling high end overpriced equipment to listen to them on. The stuff you guys buy never comes ready you have to upgrade the cord, wiring, caps blah blah blah. These companies are also the whores here and they tempt you every chance they can. I told him I would pass it along. I thought is was funny coming from a non-audiophile who drives a Cadillac.
herman
1,974 posts
 
Mr Parrot, I fail to see the connection between the executives at Enron, who ripped off their stockholders by inflating corporate earnings, and my support of an individuals right to sell their music to whomever they please. Perhaps you could enlighten me.
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onhwy61
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What's the difference between, 1) a middle-aged ex-rocker swinging a deal so that his grand kids never have to worry about money and 2) an equally middle-aged someone with substantially less talent and accomplishments in their lives complaining about what the ex-rocker just did?

The answer: at the end of the day the ex-rocker has a seven figure check in their hands and the complainer still has no talent and still hasn't written a memorable tune. What's the problem Fatparrot? Couldn't juggle three chords and a catchy lyric like "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" at the same time? Where I come from the talented are supposed to get rewarded for the fruits of their labor.
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