First time in my life I was not a proud fan of this band...

MAS
MAS Posts: 630
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Was last night when I saw their Target commercial....It was as cheesey as it gets. I never thought I would see the day. Oh well....
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    MAS wrote:
    Was last night when I saw their Target commercial....It was as cheesey as it gets. I never thought I would see the day. Oh well....
    haven't seen it but its not so bad, the situation, its just mainstream
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    what?
    it's just the music vid with the target logo on the screen behind them.
    so...?
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    I'd much rather see PJ on tv raising awareness of their new album than a Nickelback or Creed cameo in a cell phone commercial...
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  • MAS
    MAS Posts: 630
    Nah, it was a commercial, I don't know, I always thought they were above that shit...
  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    Above promoting their work? Or above aligning themselves with a different organization?
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    they used to be against commercials.... until they grew up and realized it's not a big deal. cuz it isn't.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Take them off that pedestal.
    “I’m not your fucking messiah”

    as a fan I get it but things change.
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,003
    It's easily the all-time cheesiest thing Pearl Jam has ever done. It might as well have been a promo for a Fall Out Boy album.
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  • MAS
    MAS Posts: 630
    What was always so cool about this band was that they did things on their own terms, without any real promotion. Especially not by jumping into bed with a huge co. like Target. Why didn't thay use this marketing ploy for No Code, Yield, Binaural, or any other album for that matter? It just put a bad taste in my mouth....
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    for some reason, the commercial doesn't bother me at all & i thought that it would.
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  • fisttothejaw
    fisttothejaw Posts: 234
    you know, it's not technically a Target commercial... it's a commercial for the album, which is sold at Target. If you're going to step outside of the major label world, you have to do SOME promotion...

    now, as to the look and feel of the spot, I can't argue that... but we can't begrudge the guys doing something to promote their album -
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    they have gone out own their own. they have their own label now. gotta have somebody to sell their product. they picked target.
    it's all about how you look at it.
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  • purple_chick79
    purple_chick79 Posts: 570
    blahblahblahblahblah

    Don't like it, don't watch it, don't listen to it, it's this thing we have here called FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

    Unreal.
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  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    It's not like they are doing a commercial Old Spice deodorant
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,003
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    they have gone out own their own. they have their own label now. gotta have somebody to sell their product. they picked target.
    it's all about how you look at it.

    yeah but for me, it's not a matter of "They made a commercial" as it is "they made a CHEESY commercial". They've made commercials for albums before. Check out this Yield commercial which I think is far superior to that Backspacer one:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzjOXidORYg
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  • theoceansmademe
    theoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    MAS wrote:
    Was last night when I saw their Target commercial....It was as cheesey as it gets. I never thought I would see the day. Oh well....

    Found this from another thread, yes PJ did a Target commerical but they are still doing things their way!!!!!

    Funny moment from last night - Ed says " I went to Target yesterday an bought a record... First time I have seen a record in a store like that.... Now if only we can get them to sell record players."

    So true
  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    I agree that the video/commercial is cheesy. It feels like something Bon Jovi or Nickelback would do. But I'm just talking about the style/cinematography, not the "sell out" factor.
  • MAS
    MAS Posts: 630
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    I agree that the video/commercial is cheesy. It feels like something Bon Jovi or Nickelback would do. But I'm just talking about the style/cinematography, not the "sell out" factor.

    For me it was a little of both...Just having Pearl Jam associated with some retail chain was weird.
    Didn't seem llike them, know what I mean?
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    purple_chick79 wrote:
    blahblahblahblahblah

    Don't like it, don't watch it, don't listen to it, it's this thing we have here called FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

    Unreal.
    Agreed.

    And we needed yet another thread about it.
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