MMJ in upcoming Coors Commercial

[Jellyfish]

 I am not happy about this,but i will try to understand because i love their music so much.

 I don't feel that they need to use Coors to get their music heard.

 It sounds great on it's on. :)  

[wolof]

Hey i'm really happy about this debate. I am not sure as to how i feel about the song being on a coors commercial; i guess it could work both ways. I am a huge MMJ fan and i think coors is a decent beer. So why not? I garuntee you that if the guys are Coors fans they are getting free beer for life  :D. And at least coors will have a better commercials. I mean this trend seems to be doing alright; Modest Mouse, the stills, Flaming lips and i even caught BOB DYLAN in a victoria's secret commercial the other day which left me speechless and disturbed. However, there music is still theres it doesnt change, i mean when i listen to Mahgeetah chances are i am gonna want a beer in my hand so it works out well for both. I know that didn't sum up everything but oh well let them do what they want, Dave Matthews probably made them do it.

[Jellyfish]

Yeah,That Dylan commercial made me sick too. :'(

[randorph]

i mean when i listen to Mahgeetah chances are i am gonna want a beer in my hand so it works out well for both.

Actually, this does sum it up pretty well for me.  Like, that indescribable feel-goodness of that song, that oh-yeah-put-a-beer-in-my-hand-and-a-sun-in-the-sky feeling, has been made into something public, and cheap.  Not because now I'll think oh-yeah-put-a-Coors-in-my-hand instead, because I won't (sorry to say, wolof, that I find Coors to be a really crappy beer), but because a bunch of advertising suits who don't mind shoring up the thundering American right wing sat around in a room and decided that this song could do exactly that.  Not as fans, but as plotters.

It's co-opting, and the band did the co-opting when they made the sale.  That's the part I can't swallow--I'm not trying to prolong the argument; will it be quickly forgotten?  Sure.  But too bad it has to be remembered in the first place.

[wolof]

hey man no hard feelings im a college kid so coors is like the nectar of the gods for us. Give me a no. 9 or a killians any day.  

[wordawg]

Just had a terrible thought.

This isn't a thread all about MMJ supporting that irish band with them 3 sisters in, is it?

If it is, I'll feel such a fool.








(again)

[SMc55]

This isn't a thread all about MMJ supporting that irish band with them 3 sisters in, is it?

Nice one! LOL :D

[Oz]

We should be thankful... I just read Bob Dylan stars in a Victoria's Secret commercial...  :o :'(

[marktwain]

Bob Dylan stars in a Victoria's Secret commercial

I saw the commercial last night.  This I don't understand at all.  First, Bob can't need the money.  Second, pushing underwear isn't exactly in keeping with the values he's always espoused.  Third, is there anything less sexy than wrinkly old Vincent Price-looking Bob Dylan staring at a 20-something nearly-naked beauty?  Creepy, and stalker-esque.

[wordawg]

Marktwain

Vincent Price was way cool though.








(But perhaps not in a lingerie ad, I see what you mean)

[marktwain]

Ran across this in an interview w/ Modest Mouse's frontman, Isaac Brock (from this week's issue of the Onion's AV Club):

O: Was licensing your songs to commercials a tough decision?

IB: Figuring out ways to pay the rent isn't really a tough decision. Around the time we did the beer commercial and the shoe commercial, I thought, "Am I compromising my music by doing this?" And I think not. I like keeping the lights on in my house. People who don't have to make their living playing music can bitch about my principles while they spend their parents' money or wash dishes for some asshole. Principles are something that people are a lot better at checking in other people than keeping their own. My rationale behind the beer commercial was, "I like drinking MGD! I like beer probably more than I should, probably more than is healthy." I was hoping I could get a lifetime supply out of the deal, but I guess I'll have to buy it with that big ol' check. [Laughs.]

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=3&u=/ap/20040412/ap_en_ot/senate_coors_ads_5

Is this THE commercial?  Any guesses?

[dwight]

it's funny cuz Jim doesn't even hardly drink.

[Jellyfish]

 I've seen the commercial twice tonight on ESPN while watching the Flyers demolish the Lightning.

 It's pretty cool,Mageetah playing and it shoes some bubbly graphics of the Aspen logo.The band is not shown.