peter gabriel

herogroundzero

i just saw a tv commercial with him singing solsbury hill while they were selling cell phones/service

discuss

at least it wasn't sledgehammer ?

AndySlash

Meh. He's licensed his songs before. It's nothing new or surprising. Hearing a Black Keys' song on a Nissan Xterra commercial, on the other hand, was surprising.

I did just see the South Park episode where Stan, after being told that playing Peter Gabriel in a boombox and holding it over your head outside your love's window was the most romantic thing one could do, played 'Shock the Monkey' for Wendy. That was funny.

herogroundzero

AndySlash wrote:

Meh. He's licensed his songs before. It's nothing new or surprising. Hearing a Black Keys' song on a Nissan Xterra commercial, on the other hand, was surprising.

I did just see the South Park episode where Stan, after being told that playing Peter Gabriel in a boombox and holding it over your head outside your love's window was the most romantic thing one could do, played 'Shock the Monkey' for Wendy. That was funny.

i love south park. funny stuff...i bet stan had a lesson that he learned at the end...lmfao

it's weird...a buddy said "at least we now get to listen to commercials with RAWKING TUNES in the background"...and ya know what...i agreed with him!

Alessiana

baileys&tims wrote:

i just saw a tv commercial with him singing solsbury hill while they were selling cell phones/service

discuss

at least it wasn't sledgehammer ?

to the hard core, solsbury hill is more sacred. but i could never begrudge him a dime from his work, however he makes it. he's done so my for *music* it can't even be quantified.

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herogroundzero

Alessiana wrote:

to the hard core, solsbury hill is more sacred. but i could never begrudge him a dime from his work, however he makes it. he's done so my for *music* it can't even be quantified.

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of all the songs in his catalogue to use he picked solsbury hill...one of the best songs, ever...

for sure i don't begrudge him and how he makes a living but it's weird cause it appears everyone is cashing in now...

sign of the times

one thing remains...neil ain't singing for pepsi/coke or budweiser
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decides2dream

Alessiana wrote:

to the hard core, solsbury hill is more sacred. but i could never begrudge him a dime from his work, however he makes it. he's done so my for *music* it can't even be quantified.

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the man is pure musical genius, personified...so yea, i don't care at all how he chooses to put it out there. his work, his choice.

tybird

AndySlash wrote:

Meh. He's licensed his songs before. It's nothing new or surprising. Hearing a Black Keys' song on a Nissan Xterra commercial, on the other hand, was surprising.

I did just see the South Park episode where Stan, after being told that playing Peter Gabriel in a boombox and holding it over your head outside your love's window was the most romantic thing one could do, played 'Shock the Monkey' for Wendy. That was funny.

Damn funny episode of South Park and a great line for us Gabriel fans.

I also believe that he has licensed "Big Time" several times for ads...............The WWE used it in promos for Wrestlemania.

Pearls&Stones

baileys&tims wrote:

one thing remains...neil ain't singing for pepsi/coke or budweiser
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...to the best of my knowledge, neither is R.E.M.



Although I stand by my original statement that I just don't care about artists selling their songs. Just be honest about it.