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| From | CCDatsMe@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Fountains of Wayne - sell out the American Dreams |
| Date | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:34:25 -0500 |
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Fountains of Wayne will appear on the NBC television drama American
Dreams as legendary British rockers the Hollies, performing their 1966
song "Bus Stop." The episode of the show -- which often features
contemporary musicians portraying Sixties icons on American Bandstand --
will air in mid-March.
And I betcha FOW got PAID for this, too--bastards! Sell-out, commercial-whore BASTARDS!
(Heh--couldn't even type that with a straight face. Not to dog-pile on Don (who's a pal from way back), but I've never had much of a problem with musicians getting paid, and hearing songs I like in commercials is A-OK with me. When I was a kid, I adored that Radio Free Europe commercial where a DJ near the Iron Curtain settled in at his microphone, delivered some indecipherable Eastern European patter, then announced, "On Broadvay." And The Drifters' song played, and your life was changed forever. The Drifters as the clarion call for the free world? You betcha.
The Ramones selling AT&T? Awright! The Buzzcocks, T. Rex and Nick Drake selling cars? I'm with ya! I realize that many fans view this as an infringement on, even a corruption of the unspecified-but-sacred compact between artist and audience, but to me it's pop music, and it should be every-friggin'-where. Give The Flamin' Groovies a McDonald's spot! Let's hear Kelly's Heals for American Express!
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CC!
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