How would you feel about a PJ song used for endorsing a product?

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  • A satellite forever orbiting
    A satellite forever orbiting Posts: 1,888
    D) who cares?

    some people take this stuff way too seriously.
    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Lucifer wrote:
    i feel like the band would be The Who part 2


    seriously... anyone else find it odd that Sean Penn talked about not selling out at the VH1 thing

    yet Baba is the theme song for 32 shows and 44 movies?



    Yeah, I got a big chuckle when Sean said that.

    But, really, did The Who sell out?

    20070604_who-sell-out.jpg
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  • It_Wasnt_My_Surface
    It_Wasnt_My_Surface Posts: 851
    I would love to see a Mr. Clean commercial using Dirty Frank as a cartoon Dust Bunny
  • PJ Fan est. 1990
    PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    i'd feel both A, B, and C.

    A...because i hate how people only know bands from certain things and then when you ask if a person is a fan of a band you ask them what are their favorite songs and they say the one that's from the Commercial or from Guitar Hero/Rock Band...it get's us mad cause when you ask them about the other songs, they don't know them...also, songs on commercials and from GH and RB get overplayed WAAAYYYY too much

    B...Eddie Vedder did let Stand Up to Cancer use Rise from the ITW soundtrack...if it's for a good cause PSA type deal then i'm ok with it...and obviously, it's ok if the product is the band's own album...

    C...each band has their own right to do what they want...and especially in this economy we can understand when they need a little cash from selling copyrights...if a band (such as PJ) were to decide to let an ad agency use their song, i'll be a little upset...but that wont let me from listening and enjoying that band...i might just skip that one song that is on the commercial/GH/RB cause of the overuse (refer to A)
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Funny..... I had a dream last night about them "selling out" because of this thread.

    Their new website basically had ads on it for Fox (the channel) and bunch of weird ad things you can click and interact with....(wtf)

    Also they released a dvd of their mansfield night 2 show and I remember watching it in my dream. Before Given To Fly where ed dedicated the song tome someone (that could've been the MSG 2 show but oh well) a waterfall that was the entire width of the stage poured in front of them and it had blue yellow and green lights where it was pouring from making the water light up. It was sick as hell and right when the waterfall stopped they broke into given to fly.

    wierd dream...
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  • Sharon_Hearts_PJ
    Sharon_Hearts_PJ Bristol, PA Posts: 1,383
    openedforthesun wrote:
    Um... Corduroy is in that PSA with Harrison Ford.
    But a PSA isn't quite the same as shilling a product. In fact, it's not at all the same.
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  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    the second an artist endorses a product anything they say after is bullshit. they've sold their moral integrity.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo
  • A satellite forever orbiting
    A satellite forever orbiting Posts: 1,888
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Lucifer wrote:
    i feel like the band would be The Who part 2


    seriously... anyone else find it odd that Sean Penn talked about not selling out at the VH1 thing

    yet Baba is the theme song for 32 shows and 44 movies?



    Yeah, I got a big chuckle when Sean said that.

    But, really, did The Who sell out?

    20070604_who-sell-out.jpg

    the who wrote songs for coca cola before they were huge, so they sold out before they even made it big.
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  • Faithfultoyou
    Faithfultoyou Posts: 40
    I'd love to see a tampon commercial with an angry woman screaming at some dude
    (Song playing in background ...of course)
    "IT'S MY BLOOOOOOOOD'
    allow me
    "ugggh, gross"
  • JP180351
    JP180351 Posts: 14
    Maybe if it was an original song written specifically for something the band really supported, like some new clean energy product or such, it would be o.k. but to take one of their exisitng arrangements and distort the meaning by associating it with some purely commercial venture wouldn't be cool.

    I think Ed's 'All the way" is a good example, even though the Cubs aren't a 'product' but a franchise.
  • BhagavadGita
    BhagavadGita Posts: 1,748
    I would say no unless it was used for a non-profit.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    JP180351 wrote:
    Maybe if it was an original song written specifically for something the band really supported, like some new clean energy product or such, it would be o.k. but to take one of their exisitng arrangements and distort the meaning by associating it with some purely commercial venture wouldn't be cool.

    I agree. IF they HAD to sell out, don't use an existing song, which tugs at our heart strings one way or another. Create a new song, so it has no ties.
    Faithfultoyou wrote:
    I'd love to see a tampon commercial with an angry woman screaming at some dude
    (Song playing in background ...of course)
    "IT'S MY BLOOOOOOOOD'
    allow me
    "ugggh, gross"

    HAHAHA!!!!!!! I love it!! yes. i concur.
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  • Stereotype
    Stereotype Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 885
    I believe that they have the rights to do with their music whatever they want.
    I wouldn't like it (I think that kind of things take away something from the song, unless the song is written for the product in the first place), especially if it would be for a meaningless product, but I wouldn't point fingers. It's a damn hard thing to live up to your ideals 24/7, when you cannot get out of the system....out of this consumerism oriented world.
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