[kj] OT Jet Boy jet Girl Pepsi Ad

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Jerry,

Apologies for missing one part of your question. You asked which songs 
we were talking about. The ones I know of recently are

1) The Fall's "Blindness" (not an old song at all) for the Mitsubishi 
Outlander Express: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_3eBFjCNIo

That YouTube link is a link to the commercial. I didn't upload it, nor 
did I title it "The mighty Fall sell out," which is what the uploader 
chose to call the clip.


2) The Buzzcocks "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" used in a US TV sport for 
AARP, a political lobbying group for senior citizens: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJk_kY2WY9E


My original question was if the commercial using "Jet Boy Jet Girl" was 
on YouTube (I'd like to see it), but no one was available to provide a 
URL. Oh well, maybe it hasn't been uploaded. Biafra turned down Levi's 
for an ad that was to use a DK song; Minor Threat/Fugazi/Dischord turned 
down Nike shoes for a promotional campaign ripping off the cover of 
Minor Threat's LP. (That story is here: 
http://www.tinypineapple.com/chris/archives/minor_threat_vs_major_threat.html)

These guys aren't powerless, and if they've signed creative control 
away, well, that reflects on them. The Fall couple with an Outlander 
Sports Utility Vehicle just blows my mind. Like I said, "Discharge's 
"Never Again" for Windex would be a good theme too.

-Oliver




Jerry Butson wrote:

>

> Which songs are we talking about here?

>  

> jerry

>

>  

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

> <mailto: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

>     <mailto:bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>>

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

>     gathering at misera.net <mailto: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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