[kj] OT Jet Boy jet Girl Pepsi Ad

[Jerry Butson]

There's a common misconception that, if so-and-such a song appears in a
commercial or on a compilation, it must have been approved by whoever wrote
and/or recorded it. This is not usually the case. Depending on which Fall or
Buzzcocks song it is the respective label and publisher would probably agree
a deal between them and the advertiser and not even consult the artist
unless they're a company with (a) morals and (b) a current relationship with
the artist beyond the bi-annual statement showing how much money the artist
still owes them and/or (c) a contract that says they must consult the
artist.

Which songs are we talking about here?

jerry


On 20/02/07, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>

>

> Saying one thing and then doing another is sort of duplicitous (i.e.

> Mark E. Smith's interview in MRR decrying business corporations and how

> corrupt they are, then selling, of all things a song to sell SUVs -- not

> economy sized fuel efficient cars, mind you -- but bigger, ballsy road

> hog stuff Americans like to plow people off the freeway with.)

>

> You said: "I see it as a great scam." Buzzcocks: "Hah, we really got one

> over on those old folks who are in the AARP political lobby now since

> getting our song on that commercial" -- bring in the cash! The Pistols

> played the same game as it suited them - when they got dropped from a

> label, they (or MacLaren at least) insisted it was all a swindle, they

> were scamming one corporation after the next, so - ha to the

> establishment. Then when they were without a label it went back to being

> anti-establishment, fuck the labels, etc., they're useless.

>

> I like it when folks pick one or the other and sort of make it

> consistent. Having elastic or supple principles is the only way some

> folks can get by, I guess. And in any event I wonder how many beta

> blockers some of the geezers in the AARP commercial, celebrating their

> 70th birthdays, etc., would have to take if I played the Buzzcocks "Tear

> Me Up" at them. "But that's the band your organization chose to get you

> give monthly to AARP!" I'd protest. "And band's called what?"Granny

> might reply. "THE BUZZCOCKS, madame, THE BUZZCOCKS!!"

>

> In any event, I think it'd be a great scam for Discharge to sell "Never

> Again" to Windex. Dirty streaks on your mirrors? WOman pulls out bottle

> of Windex to spray clean it. Discharge kicks in, "Well, never, never,

> never again!" --with Windex, that is.

>

> So -- no YouTube link for the "Jet Boy Jet Girl" ad? :(

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

> Leigh Newton wrote:

> > I think both those bands would have been foolish to turn down the

> offers. Any band would be foolish, unless said band is rich and doesn't have

> anything to gain. But I don't see it as selling out or anything. I see it as

> a great scam. If I were a Mark E Smith type and was asked for permission to

> use one of my old punk rock tunes in exchange for a wad of cash, i'd say

> "thanks sucker."

> >

> > Leigh

> >

> > ----- Original Message ----

> > From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> > To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <

> gathering at misera.net>

> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:28:11 PM

> > Subject: Re: [kj] OT Jet Boy jet Girl Pepsi Ad

> >

> >

> > YouTube link for this ad?

> >

> > I found the YouTube links for The Fall's "Blindness" being used for the

> > Mitsubishi Outlander SUV ad, which threw me off for a few seconds, and

> > of course the Buzzcocks' "Everybody's Happy Nowadays," used in a

> > commrcial for fucking AARP, a political lobbying orgaization for the

> > elderly in America! Both those ads re on YouTube.

> >

> > Mark E. Smith was in a recent issue of Maximum Rock & roll being all

> > anti-music business, anti-corporate, etc., then next thing I know I see

> > him selling us sport utility vehicles on TV. Fucked up.

> >

> > And the Buzzcocks -- a band who used to not get airplay back in the day

> > becaus the name was deemed "pornographic" by some (though it isn't) --

> > now promoting an old folks' political lobbying association? I need

> > another bowl of Valium.

> >

> > -Oliver

>

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