tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849721211968716291.post8197604090492878534..comments2024-03-17T19:12:33.328-07:00Comments on Reason to Believe: Selling OutScott Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18305183871714612040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849721211968716291.post-24009984113124855882014-09-11T08:14:46.892-07:002014-09-11T08:14:46.892-07:00I have to second all you said, with a couple of co...I have to second all you said, with a couple of comments (as if I could resist)<br /><br />When Iggy Pop licensed Lust for Life to Carnival Cruise Lines, it was kind of subversive, considering the song is about drug use. Dunno if he needed the money particularly, he's had a long mostly successful if underground run. But at least he hasn't sold Real Wild Child to Mountain Dew or anything like that.<br /><br />The phenomenon of younger and alternative bands landing commercials was, I think, inevitable. Considering that ad and business execs are remembering their younger days when they listened to these bands, even if they didn't recognize what the band was saying. In my travels, I have discovered that not only do people mis-hear the lyrics (scuse me while I kiss this guy) the mostly don't even give a shit about the lyrics, or what the song was about. Hence songs like the Police's Every Step You Take or REM's The One I Love become run-of-the-mill love songs played at weddings rather than hostile misogynistic stalker odes.<br /><br />One of my favorite bands, the Figgs, had their song "Je T'adore" tapped for a Lexus commercial, and if it helps them hold the band together (and maybe get back to Milwaukee for a show or three) then I am with Henry Rollins when he talked about being in Michael Bay movies: "They have a shitload of money, and they need to give me some of it." The Figgs certainly deserve it more than a stupid car company.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com