BVS
Blue Crack Supplier
Who gives a fuck?
Do we think about a paticular product?
Or an idea?
Do we think about a paticular product?
Or an idea?
It's hard to call 'Million Dollar Hotel' art, either.blueyedpoet said:
It's a much bigger stretch to argue that Espn's coverage of the World Cup is art.
blueyedpoet said:
Now, they've been compensated for the use of their songs and they've sold Streets. Do they want us to be thinking about the World Cup when they play the song? I know they say they believe in selling soccer (or football) but then why couldn't they just let ESPN use the songs for free?
Anyone have any thoughts?
Reggie Thee Dog said:
Have I made my point? That and I don't believe they took money for the music anyhow...but if so WTFC?
Ifeelnumb84 said:Bad was used for the NFL?
When?
JCOSTER said:No, No, No, until I see a check, I don't thinks so, I heard the ESPN commercials where done in exchange if the ONE campaign was used as a sponsor and some of the red products such as the Aramni glasses. If I remember correctly they were also not paid for the Superbowl given the tone of the half time show right after 9/11.
toscano said:
From the NY Times:
"With record companies decreasingly able to spend money on paid advertising, these kinds of hookups are more attractive," McGuinness said. He said the band's compensation from ESPN was "nothing extraordinary, but we did get paid."
JCOSTER said:
Paid: maybe it could be a donation to ONE, or they got paid by having the usage of ONE and the red products. Stretching a little here.....
Headache in a Suitcase said:as long as they don't start showing up in Gap or Pepsi ads, then i don't really care... the world cup, the iPod... a global event and a technological innovation that deals directly with music... these two things aren't exactly stretches for U2, and don't exactly go against what they've always stood for.
the whole "u2 didn't get paid for the iPod ad" thing is a bunch of bull dinky anyways... true, they did not get paid royalties for the actual Vertigo advertisement... but they most certainly got paid for every download of the song that was tied directly to the ad, and they also got a chunk out of every $350 u2 special edition iPod sold. so yea, they didn't take money for it... but they certainly profited from it.
MrBrau1 said:There was a really funny interview with Dylan after he appeared in that Victoria's Secret ad.
The interviewer brough up the ad, to which Bob replied:
"What, was I not supposed to do that?"