on 4/26/03 9:11 AM, Perfect Sound Forever at perfect-sound@furious.com wrote:
I think that in all, because this is becoming more and more pervasive, people are getting less inclined to get upset about it. I also remember when they started including commercials in movie previews a few years ago- at first, people in the theatres would be booing at the screen but by now, everyone realizes that this is just an annoyance they have to sit through until the previews and the feature come around.
Best, Jason
Jason -- While I agree with you on some levels throughout your post, I wonder if it's a bad sign that people are getting less upset -- "desensitized" might be the better word. When I encounter old punk rock songs used in the service of selling cars -- high-end cars, no less -- I really feel like someone has sold the formation of my ideals up the river. I asked Jello Biafra why he wouldn't let "Holiday In Cambodia" be used in a commercial. "That's not what those songs are for," he said, " and what it would cost me in terms of my word would be a lot more than money." He didn't really go into past that )and for the week he stayed here, it was about the only thing he didn;t go into in depth). he didn;t need to. It was pretty simple for him. Even after it set off a chain of lawsuits that will likely, in the end, deprive him of any right to make any judgement call about the use of his owrk in Dead Kennedys. Do we really want to see Gang of Four's "I Love A Man In Uniform" being lip-synched by a bunch of Pamela Anderson types for an army recruiting ad? (voiceover -- "THE ARMY. AMERICA'S FIRST ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE. NOW WITH CHICKS.") skip h