In a message dated 3/9/00 9:48:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As much as i hate to get all preachy to people i don't even know, i gotta say > that whenever a musician sells their song to a goddamn corporation like VW, > then they suck for supporting big business um. . .in re: nick drake, he's dead. not his fault (that the song was allowed to be used. he was fairly complicit in his death.) otherwise, if the band a) needs money, and b) doesn't have objections to the product, why the hell not? chrissy hynde protested the gap because they wanted to use a song of hers for "everyone in leather." okay, that's understandable. but, hey, how do we know that vw isn't the car of choice for the stereolab gang? most of the people listening don't even know who the hell it is, if it's not "instant karma" or "start me up," so it doesn't make that much difference in the end anyway. oh, and specify, because the big business = bad ethics generalization works as well as not on radio = bad music. one last thing. . .anyone else on this list like steely dan? i mean, really like them, not in a hah-hah they're funny my parents used to listen to them way. i'm happy that a) they've put out a new album (though i've not yet heard it) but incredibly unhappy that b)their songs are being covered by shitty new bands (smashmouth (again!), third eye blind, etc) for the upcoming me, myself and irene soundtrack. they're not a contemp alt ironist joke, dammit! (and besides, if i ever learn how to play my guitar, i wanted to cover some of their songs, with sincerity). i hate all the solos and crap in their music, and some of the back-up singing is pretty terrible too, but lyrically (and in a fair amount of the non-soloey music), they've got a bit going on. besides, any band that alludes to william burroughs in their name can't be all bad (well, they could, but in this case, i say they're not). star
