[kj] OT Jet Boy jet Girl Pepsi Ad

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Saying one thing and then doing another is sort of duplicitous (i.e. 
Mark E. Smith's interview in MRR decrying business corporations and how 
corrupt they are, then selling, of all things a song to sell SUVs -- not 
economy sized fuel efficient cars, mind you -- but bigger, ballsy road 
hog stuff Americans like to plow people off the freeway with.)

You said: "I see it as a great scam." Buzzcocks: "Hah, we really got one 
over on those old folks who are in the AARP political lobby now since 
getting our song on that commercial" -- bring in the cash! The Pistols 
played the same game as it suited them - when they got dropped from a 
label, they (or MacLaren at least) insisted it was all a swindle, they 
were scamming one corporation after the next, so - ha to the 
establishment. Then when they were without a label it went back to being 
anti-establishment, fuck the labels, etc., they're useless.

I like it when folks pick one or the other and sort of make it 
consistent. Having elastic or supple principles is the only way some 
folks can get by, I guess. And in any event I wonder how many beta 
blockers some of the geezers in the AARP commercial, celebrating their 
70th birthdays, etc., would have to take if I played the Buzzcocks "Tear 
Me Up" at them. "But that's the band your organization chose to get you 
give monthly to AARP!" I'd protest. "And band's called what?"Granny 
might reply. "THE BUZZCOCKS, madame, THE BUZZCOCKS!!"

In any event, I think it'd be a great scam for Discharge to sell "Never 
Again" to Windex. Dirty streaks on your mirrors? WOman pulls out bottle 
of Windex to spray clean it. Discharge kicks in, "Well, never, never, 
never again!" --with Windex, that is.

So -- no YouTube link for the "Jet Boy Jet Girl" ad? :(

-Oliver



Leigh Newton wrote:

> I think both those bands would have been foolish to turn down the offers. Any band would be foolish, unless said band is rich and doesn't have anything to gain. But I don't see it as selling out or anything. I see it as a great scam. If I were a Mark E Smith type and was asked for permission to use one of my old punk rock tunes in exchange for a wad of cash, i'd say "thanks sucker." 

>

> Leigh

>

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:28:11 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT Jet Boy jet Girl Pepsi Ad

>

>

> YouTube link for this ad?

>

> I found the YouTube links for The Fall's "Blindness" being used for the 

> Mitsubishi Outlander SUV ad, which threw me off for a few seconds, and 

> of course the Buzzcocks' "Everybody's Happy Nowadays," used in a 

> commrcial for fucking AARP, a political lobbying orgaization for the 

> elderly in America! Both those ads re on YouTube.

>

> Mark E. Smith was in a recent issue of Maximum Rock & roll being all 

> anti-music business, anti-corporate, etc., then next thing I know I see 

> him selling us sport utility vehicles on TV. Fucked up.

>

> And the Buzzcocks -- a band who used to not get airplay back in the day 

> becaus the name was deemed "pornographic" by some (though it isn't) -- 

> now promoting an old folks' political lobbying association? I need 

> another bowl of Valium.

>

> -Oliver