Do you think anyone at Pepsi researched the lyrics for Plastic Bertrand's "Ça Plane Pour Moi" before using the song in a commercial? I'm guessing they didn't. I can't imagine a meeting of marketing executives going "Yeh. We have this great song for our new ad. It's about a guy blowing another guy. We'll sell billions!" Wait till Bill O'Reilly gets a hold of this one. Here's the commercial: [youtube]pv6RoOFG9mI[/youtube] And here's the lyrics in english: Can you tell whats on my mind Shes with him its driving me wild Id like to hit him on the head until hes dead The sight of blood is such a high Ooooohhhh He gives me head We made it on a ballroom blitz I took his arms and kissed his lips He looked at me with such a smile my face turned red We booked a room into the ritz Ooooohhhh He gives me head Jet boy jet girl Im gonna take you round the world Jet boy Im gonna make you penetrate Im gonna make you be a girl Ooooohhhh Jet boy jet girl I know Im only just fifteen I like to kick I like to scream And even if I had a kick or two in bed with him You know its just a dream Ooooohhhh He gives me head Jet boy jet girl Im gonna take you round the world Jet boy Im gonna make you penetrate Im gonna make you be a girl Ooooohhhh Jet boy jet girl The other day what a suprise I saw him with some other guys Got leave his dress off with a girl around his neck I could have cried with both my eyes Ooooohhhh He gives me head And if and when I make it though Or if my brains black and blue And when the world trusts you to forget all that You know Ill still remember you Ooooohhhh You gave me head Jet boy jet girl Im gonna take you round the world Jet boy Im gonna make you penetrate Im gonna make you be a girl Ooooohhhh Jet boy jet girl
Well, the tagline at the end of the commercial is "More happy". Maybe they're targeting the French-speaking gay teen soft drink enthusiast.
Sonic Youth played in Burlington last Sunday at Higher Ground. For each show, Higher Ground hires a local artist named JDK to do a poster for the show that they hand out at the end of the show to fans. Well, for the SY show, the guy did something a little different. He had people fill in a poster saying what SY made it okay for them to do. The artist then photographed everyone's answer and posted a bunch of them on his website. Here's the result: http://jdk.com/live/clients.php?client=Higher Ground&category=MUSIC ~ TECHNOLOGY ~ MEDIA Mine is the one about the snowmobile suits.
Dear Summer 2007: Your insidiously catchy, kitschy club anthem has arrived. I want to be on vacation somewhere sunny, sandy and soft on inhibitions when the girls born in the 80s get a load of this hitting the dance floor.
Last night I dreamt that I bought a bunch of new music and as I was looking through it there was this great rare vinyl album. Then I flipped it over and it was The Hold Steady. And I was super bummed out. The funny thing is, I didn't really think I had much of an opinion on The Hold Steady. Apparently I do.
This is probably the greatest handling of a crap interview that I've ever seen: [youtube]rRQC8xAobdc[/youtube]
Sadly, I missed this event last year: http://www.dissonskating.com/our_events/06-shows/michaelboltontribute.html
Anyone got any news or reviews of the new Tracey Thorn solo disc? I believe it's an album I should absolutely need but for some reason I am hesitant...
I grabbed a few tracks from Hype Machine -- I love two, which are very much like her work with Massive Attack and even earlier EBTG stuff. But some others were too techno for my taste. They may grow on me, I just got them the other day. The two tracks I like are called "Easy" and "...I Sat Down Near Picadilly Circus and Cried.." (or something like that). Voice is beautiful as ever.
As always seems to be the case, a few CDs sprouted legs and ran away when I moved last year. One of the missing discs was Morrissey's Viva Hate. I reordered it online recently and it arrived today. What's so remarkable at that you might be asking yourself. Well, the liner notes were for Viva Hate, the printed words on the disc were Viva Hate, but the actual music on the disc is a Staind album. I've had some weird crap happen when buying CDs before . I've gotten an empty jewel case with no disc in it, I've had the wrong CD in the case, but this is the first time I've ever seen different music on the disc from what's on the packaging. I was all ready to listen to "Everyday Is Like Sunday" and "Hairdresser on Fire" too.
This happened to me with a cheap classical music cd I bought a few years ago. Everything (including the disc itself) indicated that it was Mozart but when I popped it in it was playing Grieg. When I played it on Windows Media Player it showed a different album cover than the one I had. Anyway, you could probably return it directly to the record company to get a replacement if you don't have a better option... As I recall, there is usually an adress or instructions on the packaging. I did this for a damaged cd and it worked out okay.
So, the new Modest Mouse album... Do you think Isaac Brock has spent a lot of energy being lazy or has he been lazily spending energy? Or maybe he's being unconventionally conventional or conventionally unconvential with his lyrics? I don't know what I don't know about knowing nothing. Or something.
That's probably worth a fortune to some obsessive Smiths collector. I own a copy Dramarama's "Cinema Verite" of which the music is actually Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon". I've been told that, that too, is probably worth some dough.
Ben n Jerry's have gone all rock and roll again with their latest flavor: I saw this on Stereogum. But their comments section has a slew of hilarious offerings from readers including: Oreo Speedwagon 30 Seconds to Marshmallows Yo La Mango ...and many, many, more. Pretty funny. Enjoy. On a related note: McSweeney's also offers Failed Ben n Jerry's flavors
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/42857806 First the Tom Waits disaster now this? What, is she looking for hipster cred or something? Are they that desperate for promo?