Penfold
| | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 15:47 | |
aaronm wrote:I have to echo many of the comments below. So many great songs — this, "Ghostwriter" by RJD2, "Such Great Heights" by the Postal Service, etc. — have been used extensively in commercials now. But that absolutely does not mean that Bill should refrain from playing them. Many ad directors have good taste in music as well, which is an undeniable fact. To me, in some ways the loss of some of these songs in the RP playlist would mark a subtle indirect surrender to commercials. The commercials are out there, sure — but we should all try to insulate ourselves from them as much as possible (via DVR, muting commercials, or destroying our TV's) so that the good music can flow unfiltered.  I actually enjoy it when a commercial or TV show introduces me to a cool piece of music. I wish it would happen more often. Overplay, however, can kill a song no matter how good it is. I think by now, I've learned to hit mute or leave the room if I don't want to be overplayed to death. |
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jjbix
(san diego) | | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 15:46 | |
skdenfeld wrote:This album: $5 on Amazon MP3 during June.
you paid $5 too much! |
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skdenfeld
(Bend, Oregon) | | Posted: Jun 01, 2009 - 19:20 | |
This album: $5 on Amazon MP3 during June.
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Zep
(Home plate) | | Posted: May 31, 2009 - 19:31 | |
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ceviche
(Lima, Peru) | | Posted: May 31, 2009 - 19:17 | |
Clicked on over to Amazon and bought this when I first heard it Radio Paradise some years ago. Put it on my Ipod. Still a great tune, haven't seen the car ad, but I don't live where it would be shown.
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macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?) | | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 22:53 | |
aaronm wrote:I have to echo many of the comments below. So many great songs — this, "Ghostwriter" by RJD2, "Such Great Heights" by the Postal Service, etc. — have been used extensively in commercials now. But that absolutely does not mean that Bill should refrain from playing them. Many ad directors have good taste in music as well, which is an undeniable fact. To me, in some ways the loss of some of these songs in the RP playlist would mark a subtle indirect surrender to commercials. The commercials are out there, sure — but we should all try to insulate ourselves from them as much as possible (via DVR, muting commercials, or destroying our TV's) so that the good music can flow unfiltered. Thanks bro, I'm wi't you! I don't know you but you're just one more reason I love Eugene, OR and just about everyone in it - greetings from Cascadia's attic, aka The Great White North.  |
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aaronm
(Eugene, Oregon) | | Posted: May 04, 2009 - 22:47 | |
I have to echo many of the comments below. So many great songs — this, "Ghostwriter" by RJD2, "Such Great Heights" by the Postal Service, etc. — have been used extensively in commercials now. But that absolutely does not mean that Bill should refrain from playing them. Many ad directors have good taste in music as well, which is an undeniable fact. To me, in some ways the loss of some of these songs in the RP playlist would mark a subtle indirect surrender to commercials. The commercials are out there, sure — but we should all try to insulate ourselves from them as much as possible (via DVR, muting commercials, or destroying our TV's) so that the good music can flow unfiltered. |
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pomalley
(Land of Lincoln) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 09:42 | |
You cats digging this... I am....  . It's coooooollllll.... |
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 09:48 | |
dedawson wrote:RP prides itself on being commercial free, and rightfully so. Its my haven from such a world. And then, all of a sudden I hear an ad for Lincoln  . With so much wonderful music to choose from, why in the world play anything that shows up in mass-media commercials. Please Bill, draw the line a little broader. Sorry, I have to disagree with you there, for two reasons. (1) There are a lot of very cool tracks appearing in ads. Why should Bill limit his playlist, and our enjoyment, simply because some advertising art director also has good taste in music? (2) If you are so bothered by this, perhaps you're listening to or watching too much commerical media. I for one had never heard this track anywhere but RP. Perhaps getting a TiVo and skipping through commercials, would help you as it has me. |
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vit
| | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 09:45 | |
dedawson wrote:RP prides itself on being commercial free, and rightfully so. Its my haven from such a world. And then, all of a sudden I hear an ad for Lincoln . With so much wonderful music to choose from, why in the world play anything that shows up in mass-media commercials. Please Bill, draw the line a little broader. Get a PVR. You'll enjoy your music a lot more. Or better: Kill your television. |
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catsoup
(Euclid, OH) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 09:44 | |
dedawson wrote:RP prides itself on being commercial free, and rightfully so. Its my haven from such a world. And then, all of a sudden I hear an ad for Lincoln . With so much wonderful music to choose from, why in the world play anything that shows up in mass-media commercials. Please Bill, draw the line a little broader. Bill was playing this for quite a while before the commercial. And is still playing it because it is good music, regardless of where else it appears. And playing this right after Crabbuckit == awesome. |
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dedawson
(Thousand Oaks, CA (You never know where you're going til you get there)) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 14:18 | |
RP prides itself on being commercial free, and rightfully so. Its my haven from such a world. And then, all of a sudden I hear an ad for Lincoln . With so much wonderful music to choose from, why in the world play anything that shows up in mass-media commercials. Please Bill, draw the line a little broader. |
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 14:14 | |
bindi wrote: Yeh, I'm grooving to it.  |
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cambraca
(Ecuador) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 07:34 | |
justlistening wrote:
Never saw the commercial so not ruined for me!
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beelzebubba
(Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 07:34 | |
a_genuine_find wrote: heh, heh, heh.... |
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OHMish
(Copenhagen) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 07:22 | |
 kick in the weekend |
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Misterfixit
(Nashville) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2009 - 11:39 | |
cutterjudd wrote:If the commercial made the band some money then cool. Thats what its all about. Would you rather have commercials playing some stupid crap that sounds like background music from a porn flick out of Chatsworth. Never the less I still enjoy the tune.
Chatsworth . as in California? Hey, I was was there. Give me your visa card number and I'll send you the last couple of vids I did with John Holmes. Oh wait, he's dead. Never mind. Dave |
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 13:05 | |
lwilkinson wrote:Man this really reminds me of old black & white movies from the 30's and 40's where the hero/heroine walk into an old style Harlem night club with a jazz band playing and everybody dancing like a bunch of crazed flappers. Yep. First time I heard it I thought: "Man, someone has been to school on Louis Armstrong." This is great stuff. I like the old-school touches mixed with the industrial jazz. |
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laup
(brantford , ontario home of wayne gretzky) | | Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 21:06 | |
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bindi
(North Carolina) | | Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 21:05 | |
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Gish05
(Pittsburgh, PA) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2008 - 01:11 | |
This is like... Industrial Elevator Jazz.
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velvetglove
(Savage, MD) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 06:46 | |
cutterjudd wrote:If the commercial made the band some money then cool. Thats what its all about. Would you rather have commercials playing some stupid crap that sounds like background music from a porn flick out of Chatsworth. Never the less I still enjoy the tune.
What he said. |
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keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | | Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 12:25 | |
Very cool ... trying to figure out why it reminds me of Pigbag ...
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HarrO
(Florida) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 17:54 | |
As John Prine suggested: "Blow Up Your TV". Turn on the radio. When was the last time you heard a commercial on RP?
(TV free since 1995 and proud of it)
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ruminatus
| | Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 17:49 | |
don't watch television and this will never be a problem
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cutterjudd
(smackdabinthemiddle) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2008 - 04:28 | |
If the commercial made the band some money then cool. Thats what its all about. Would you rather have commercials playing some stupid crap that sounds like background music from a porn flick out of Chatsworth. Never the less I still enjoy the tune.
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anotherlistener
| | Posted: Aug 25, 2008 - 07:02 | |
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philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2008 - 07:01 | |
Gednabb wrote:ruined by becoming a car commercial.
BUT, a good song.
I disagree. The commercial did nothing to change the music. For some it may bring back memories of the commercial or the product being touted, but I don't even remember the specific product—I think it was a car, but which one, I have no idea. But the commercial did expose me—and doubtless many, many others—to this piece for the first time. So, all in all, I'm not sure that was a such a bad thing. |
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justlistening
(So. California) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 13:34 | |
Gednabb wrote:ruined by becoming a car commercial.
BUT, a good song.
Never saw the commercial so not ruined for me! |
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baltimorelovejoy
(Philadelphia, PA) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 13:33 | |
Only The Shadow Knows is the best track on this album, IMO
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