Post by sunkissed on Mar 5, 2009 10:36:16 GMT 7
Ok, so now that we've had the guitar hero argument, billys advocation of the ticketmaster merger, the expensive live show boots, the many releases of zeitgeist blah blah blah the list goes on, finally we can have some peace and Billy isn't the asshole in the press any longer!!!!
Wait!
Today was featured on a visa advert.
Remember that little disagreement Billy had with Virgin about his songs being used in a Pepsi commercial? Something about artistic integrity?
Personally I couldn't give a shit. Re: "It just seems to be the way Billy views the “music industry” now; all notions of “value” that he used to harp on about aren’t relevant anymore. The songs are what is, but the song doesn’t remain relevant if it isn’t being heard by more people and whatever side of the fence you are on in regards to this notion of “selling out” the circulation of a pumpkins song is good thing. It’s interesting that it’s with a bank, as opposed to something which wouldn’t get people so pissed off, which leads me to wonder, as Billy has mentioned before about the artifice of authenticity with bands being anti corporate etc and yet signed to record labels etc whether this kind of marketing makes no excuses…although this is a pretty convenient position."
Check out this article for Billy's opinion on selling out etc from a while back: www.newsweek.com/id/105040/page/1
I got the news via www.hipstersunited.com
*see below...
"In a premium TV spot during tonight’s new episode of Lost, Visa aired a new commercial narrated by Morgan Freeman and my ears immediately perked up. The soundtrack was none other than hit single “Today” off Siamese Dream.
The clip hasn’t yet appeared on YouTube but Visa’s ad site has it. ‘Luke de Spa’ on Netphoria makes an interesting point, via this Newsweek interview with Billy Corgan in 2004 [emphasis mine]:
Billy Corgan: The song I wrote, “Today,” which ended up being a pretty big song–that song literally saved my life. I was completely suicidal, and I wrote that song in a cold bedroom on a day where it was like, “I’m either going to kill myself today, or I’m going to live because I’m sick of thinking about this.” When I played it, it was an intense, extreme feeling. Last year, I was offered heavy, heavy money to license that song. I actually turned down two huge, huge, seven-figure-plus deals last year for two songs.
Newsweek: For “Today” and for which other song?
Billy Corgan: “Tonight, Tonight.” That’s a fundamentally difficult position to be in. At this point, it’s just free money. Song’s already been played. It’s been exploited. The record company’s literally begging me: go ahead and take these commercials. At this point in my life, I don’t feel comfortable. Those songs are the reason I’m alive. If your music is not sacred to the point where it’s a really, really, really heavy decision about whether or not you would allow somebody else to exploit it, then what’s not for sale? "
Wait!
Today was featured on a visa advert.
Remember that little disagreement Billy had with Virgin about his songs being used in a Pepsi commercial? Something about artistic integrity?
Personally I couldn't give a shit. Re: "It just seems to be the way Billy views the “music industry” now; all notions of “value” that he used to harp on about aren’t relevant anymore. The songs are what is, but the song doesn’t remain relevant if it isn’t being heard by more people and whatever side of the fence you are on in regards to this notion of “selling out” the circulation of a pumpkins song is good thing. It’s interesting that it’s with a bank, as opposed to something which wouldn’t get people so pissed off, which leads me to wonder, as Billy has mentioned before about the artifice of authenticity with bands being anti corporate etc and yet signed to record labels etc whether this kind of marketing makes no excuses…although this is a pretty convenient position."
Check out this article for Billy's opinion on selling out etc from a while back: www.newsweek.com/id/105040/page/1
I got the news via www.hipstersunited.com
*see below...
"In a premium TV spot during tonight’s new episode of Lost, Visa aired a new commercial narrated by Morgan Freeman and my ears immediately perked up. The soundtrack was none other than hit single “Today” off Siamese Dream.
The clip hasn’t yet appeared on YouTube but Visa’s ad site has it. ‘Luke de Spa’ on Netphoria makes an interesting point, via this Newsweek interview with Billy Corgan in 2004 [emphasis mine]:
Billy Corgan: The song I wrote, “Today,” which ended up being a pretty big song–that song literally saved my life. I was completely suicidal, and I wrote that song in a cold bedroom on a day where it was like, “I’m either going to kill myself today, or I’m going to live because I’m sick of thinking about this.” When I played it, it was an intense, extreme feeling. Last year, I was offered heavy, heavy money to license that song. I actually turned down two huge, huge, seven-figure-plus deals last year for two songs.
Newsweek: For “Today” and for which other song?
Billy Corgan: “Tonight, Tonight.” That’s a fundamentally difficult position to be in. At this point, it’s just free money. Song’s already been played. It’s been exploited. The record company’s literally begging me: go ahead and take these commercials. At this point in my life, I don’t feel comfortable. Those songs are the reason I’m alive. If your music is not sacred to the point where it’s a really, really, really heavy decision about whether or not you would allow somebody else to exploit it, then what’s not for sale? "
