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failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
edited May 2007 in Other Music
http://perezhilton.com/upload/2007/05/quote_of_the_day_241/coooobaiun.jpg

without the dollar signs this is a real ad for DocMartins...

I don't really know what else to say...I am not a fan of his, but still I am speechless, and...sad.
IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I saw that.

    I don't even know what to say any more.

    Would Kurt EVER advertise Doc's in real life?
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    yeah I just read about this here: http://www.nme.com/news/kurt-cobain/28527

    do they need permission to use an image or name? I'm guessing not.....
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I think that is what upset me about it...he really wasn't given the option to condone or dismiss this.

    This is just sad, the way that watching Fred Astaire dancing with a dirt devil vacuum cleaner is sad.

    do we really need an advertisement of Kurt Cobain in heaven wearing Doc Martins? I mean if you are going to wear Doc's chances are this isn't a catalyst to the purchase. As a matter of fact, I wear doc martins and I don't think I will wear them for a while...this is just sad.
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/tasteless/
    (link has pics of all 4 musicians)

    Saatchi & Saatchi/London has a new print/poster campaign in the U.K. that cleverly employs four dead rock stars – Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Joey Ramone and Joe Strummer – as Doc Martens endorsers.

    “We wanted to communicate that Dr. Martens boots are ‘made to last,’” explains writer Andrew Petch, “and we discovered that these idolized musicians wore them. Showing them still wearing their Docs in heaven dramatized the boots’ durability perfectly. And, as images, they feel very iconic.”

    As for the legal implications of enlisting the support of this particular fab four from beyond the grave, Petch says the images have been cleared for use in the U.K. only, in an arrangement with Corbis, supplier of the original photographs, which have been enhanced by photographer Dimitri Daniloff and retoucher Christophe Huet.
    <a href="http://www.shawnsmithsinger.com">Shawn Smith</a> / <a href="http://www.thebandbrad.com">Brad</a&gt; / <a href="http://www.allhailthecrown.com">All Hail the Crown</a> / <a href="http://www.satchelpartnership.com">Satchel</a&gt;

    (Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    thanks courtney.......you c@#$!!!! :mad:
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    cutback wrote:
    thanks courtney.......you c@#$!!!! :mad:

    Not her decision, duh
  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    I don't remember any bitching when "Walk The Line" was made..what's the difference?
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Jellyrolls wrote:
    I don't remember any bitching when "Walk The Line" was made..what's the difference?
    Because that at least is an attempt to tell a story.

    This is to sell boots, Plus I just think it's in bad taste anyway.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • western pearlwestern pearl Posts: 632
    I thought Kurt always wore Chucks. I've never seen any pictures of him w/ docs on. Very little class in that advertising though.
    "Everyone is a patriot in some form or another.... i prefer the intelligent ones."

    "She fell funny"

    "Klaus Daimler, 40, engineer, calm, collected, German"
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    what a stupid ad. As a previous poster said, kurt didnt wear docs. He wore converse.

    I also think someone like Joe Strummer, a socialist, would have objected to his image being used as a marketing ploy.

    And come to think of it, imagine what Sid Vicious would have thought about all this.

    Everyone of those 4 people was anticoporate, political people, who opposed mass marketing and commodification
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    facepollution wrote:
    Not her decision, duh


    turns out you were right.....she's still a c@#$ though....:p

    http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=99786882-bf39-47b8-b9ec-a84572eec703
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    cutback wrote:
    turns out you were right.....she's still a c@#$ though....:p

    http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=99786882-bf39-47b8-b9ec-a84572eec703

    Oh screw you, it's not like you know her personally :p
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    facepollution wrote:
    Oh screw you, it's not like you know her personally :p

    thank god......:)
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    cutback wrote:
    thank god......:)

    arghh I won't get into this one....
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