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JaysonThe 2010 Bonnaroo linup has been announced. I don’t go to these big festival shows, but I do have to say that it looks pretty awesome. It also looks a lot like Coachella’s lineup.
Let’s see…Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Tenacious D, Weezer (shut up, Jayson), Flaming Lips (I said shut up!), The National, She & Him (ahhhhh….Zooey), Daryl Hall & Chromeo (WTF???), They Might Be Giants, Kris Kristofferson (!!!). Those are the ones I care about, anyway.
Oh, and Jayson, it looks like Isis will be there, too.
Anyway, it looks like it’ll be a great show. That I won’t get to see. Hurm.
-jason
Filed under: Failure | Tags: Air Force Reserve, How to succeed in advertising, The White Stripes
So, Pitchfork reports that the Air Force Reserve used the song “Fell in Love with a Girl,” as made famous by The White Stripes, and the Stripes are pissed.
According to Third Man Records, the songs “was re-recorded and used without permission of the White Stripes, our publishers, label, or management.”
Which leads to a number of questions. First, why would anyone think that it is OK to use a song without permission? I realize that an ad agency picks this stuff, not the Air Force Reserve, so you would think that an agency that does this kind of work would know better.
Secondly, why “Fell in Love with a Girl?” What about that song says anything about flying, or combat, or anything like that? I would think that for the military, you would want something that was more “bad-ass” or something that sounded “heroic” or “noble.”
Third, and this is unrelated to music, though it might answer the other two questions, why all the extreme sports? I was going to link to the ad, but the Air Force Reserves have taken it down. However, it was a bunch of people parasailing, surfing, snowboarding, and skydiving. What does that have to do with the Air Force Reserves? What? Flying jets faster than the speed of sound is not extreme enough? Seriously, THAT should be your selling point. I mean, I’ve never worked in advertising, so I don’t know how it works, but jets are exciting! They’re better than skateboarding!
Anyway, Jayson has worked in advertising, so I’d like to hear his opinion. Anyone else have ad experience? Comments?
Ok, so last week the only quasi-interesting thing that happened during the Grammys was this:
I was going to buy a Cadillac until I heard Major Tom.
So it turns out that the music in the MKZ commercials is by an actual band. Which is weird. This whole thing is weird. Not to be biased but I thought that the younger (56) crowd Lincoln was targeting was all about classic rock.
So you have Lincoln fav Shiny Toy Guns doing a cover some classic rock thing. Looks like they’re seriously holding it down on the commercial and movie soundtrack fonts. Maybe that’s not a bad way to go. Looks like they’ve been around for a while, but I was too busy stockpiling assault weapons doing woodsy things when electroclash had it’s 15 seconds of fame in 2007 to have ever heard of them.
Lincoln is also promoting The Duke Spirit (wasn’t Buddyhead pushing them like 3-4 years ago?) and Poe (seriously?).
Do Lincoln drivers really care? Is this a misguided attempt to build a lifestyle brand? Is any of this music relevant to the mid-late 50s crowd that is Lincolns younger demographic?
I probably should have let Jayson post this one, but here’s Johhny Cash vs. Cypress Hill.
The Daily Swarm commented on THIS STORY in the New York Times about karaoke crime in the Phillippines. Apparently, you screw up Frank Sinatra, you get shived.
From the article:
The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.”
Now, anyone that knows me knows that I love karaoke. LOVE it. And so you might think that I find this story horrendous. You would be wrong.
See, I’ve heard some BAAAAAAD singing. I think that if we all took karaoke this seriously, we could bring the art to a whole new level. If you could get knifed for your karaoke performance, well, that white boy who thinks that “Baby Got Back” is a good idea might reconsider.
And don’t get me started on “Don’t Stop Believing”…
-jason
jason, right before he stopped believing.
Filed under: Mash Up Monday | Tags: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Iron Maiden
Filed under: hip-hop | Tags: Amazon, Blakroc, Cannibal Ox, Get Busy Committee, GZA, linking from other blogs
As Elise from Reign in Blonde just pointed out:
Amazon is having a $5 music sale.
Since RiB is about metal, they have pointed out some choice picks you should have. Go check it out, you should be reading them every day anyway.
Since 2-11 lacks focus reflects a more generalist approach. I will point out some choice hip hop.
The Blakroc album. Which is Akron’s own Black Keys with a variety of hip-hop luminaries.
GZA – Pro Tools. I haven’t bumped the GZA since Liquid Swords, but for $5 I may check this out.
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein. This is pretty essential. You should get this.
Get Busy Committee – Uzi Does It. A top 10 of 2009 winner. You are FAILING AT LIFE if you do not buy this album. Stop blowing it, turn your life around. Get this.
I found this one last week, but I decided to save it for today because it is worth the wait. This is another one by DJ Magnet, who is just completely rad. Here’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Rehab.”
