Post #142831 by Formikahini on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 3:05 PM

I have to admit I was actually rather thrilled at hearing The Sonics on mainstream TV! I like the idea of their getting some money; they have made me so happy so many times, that if THEY made the choice to sell their song, I say go for it. They got bills to pay and kids to send to college.

Now if they were forced to do it (evil contractual BS like what happened to CCR) then I am very sad indeed.

But I will never get over the thrilling jolt of hearing The Cramps "Mama Oo Pow Pow" selling something or another (Nike?), nor The Damned doing a Miller ad (maybe the intro to their cover of Love's "Alone Again Or"?)!!! BLEW MY FREAKIN' MIND. And made my day.

And it doesn't look like either The Cramps nor the Damned have become corporate schills, bowing to The Man, man. :wink:

Mind you, it's not that I was thrilled that they were hawking Range Rovers or Nike or Miller Beer. (I hate all beer.) It was rather that America was being forced to hear some of the coolest music out there. And maybe they'll look it up. And maybe they'll go buy it. And maybe the bands will tour again soon. And maybe garage bands will start covering Cramps songs again instead of Rancid.

I mean, Esquivel's "Mini Skirt" is out there selling, um, something! Viva Esquivel!!! (That I can't tell you what the product is tells you that the ad sucks, because they obviously left no indellible mark on me, save the cool song! But I hope more people ask "Who does this song?" and they dig it up, becoming exotica fans!)

[ Edited by: Formikahini on 2005-02-23 15:13 ]