[kj] Nervous Breakdown

[Leigh Newton]

Rise Above was actually in some other commercial for i
forget a few years back. And Dischord is the label
that only deals with DC bands, not SST.

Leigh

--- Graeme Rowland <crackedmachine at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> A small Syrian informs me that she has been seeing
> adverts on TV for the internet with "Nervous
> Breakdown" by Black Flag as the soundtrack. 
> 
> It does seem odd to advertise the internet with a
> song
> that goes 'my head really hurts.'It would not
> surprise
> me if miserable hardcore hero Greg Ginn earned more
> money on royalties from this advert than from every
> Black Flag gig put together. Perhaps he could pay
> Grant Hart and Meat Puppets (neither of whom are
> from
> DC) some of the dosh they claim SST owes them! 
> 
> There are a lot of Black Flag songs he could shop
> out
> to advertisers for more appropriate products.
> 
> *Six Pack could be used to sell weak American beer
> *Wasted - skateboards
> *Spray Paint the Wall - paints for naughty people
> *TV Party - more beer or junk food
> *Thirsty and Miserable - beer, more beer!
> *Black Coffee - coffee
> *White Minority - propaganda for Republican party
> *Swinging Man - trailer for film about cashcow
> suicide
> Ian Curtis
> *I Won't Stick Any Of You - Blu-Tac (TM)
> *Scream - Ice cream
> *Now She's Black - cosmetic surgery for skin
> darkening, in an advert featuring Ari Up
> *The Process of Weeding Out - garden tools such as
> spades and hoes
> *Slip It In - condoms
> *The Crazy Girl - Prozac
> *Retired at 21 - pension schemes
> *Life of Pain - aspirin
> *Annihilate This Week - more booze and cigs
> *Drinking and Driving - anti-drink driving
> propaganda
> *Paralyzed - wheelchairs
> *Sinking - trailer for film about the Titanic
> *I'm the One - The Sun newspaper
> *I Can See You - opticians
> *Gimmme Gimme Gimme - just about anything
> *No More - turn off the TV go do something less
> toxic
> instead, like drink a six pack
> 
> 
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