To such pitiable lows
Ok, I've kept this in for as long as I could, but...
Iron & Wine or whomever made the decision to use "From Such Great Heights" in a commercial should be put up against the wall and shot. Yes, it's M&Ms, and no, the longer version isn't completely odious, but I still die a little each time I see it. It hasn't hurt this much since I saw HP hawking printers with "Pictures Of You" and I don't even want to talk about that again.
And the threat level of this whole "reality" tv/ whorefest that has become a regular staple of tv schedules has gone from the Code Orange of grating fingernails on a chalkboard to the Code Red of sharp knives ripping into my brain. When Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears spawned their own shows, I didn't complain because it's not as if they're actually musical artists of any merit. But now, not only are INXS pulling their middle-aged asses out of mothballs to desecrate their legacy by trolling for a new singer half their age on television, but TLC smells the dollars and is copycatting them in the same way with a show of their own. They can pay all the lip service to Michael Hutchence and Lisa Lopes that they want to, but it's all bullshit. They're trading on the name and notoriety of dead friends in order to recapture a little of their former glory and fortune. Please, have some self-respect, if not decency -- if you want to make new music, then don't make a dog and pony show out of it. Find a singer that is talented and has chemistry with the band, not someone that Nielsen ratings tell you will move more units of product than the other contestants.
And change the name of the band, you f*cking leeches.
Wow, am I in a pissy mood, for sure.
Iron & Wine or whomever made the decision to use "From Such Great Heights" in a commercial should be put up against the wall and shot. Yes, it's M&Ms, and no, the longer version isn't completely odious, but I still die a little each time I see it. It hasn't hurt this much since I saw HP hawking printers with "Pictures Of You" and I don't even want to talk about that again.
And the threat level of this whole "reality" tv/ whorefest that has become a regular staple of tv schedules has gone from the Code Orange of grating fingernails on a chalkboard to the Code Red of sharp knives ripping into my brain. When Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears spawned their own shows, I didn't complain because it's not as if they're actually musical artists of any merit. But now, not only are INXS pulling their middle-aged asses out of mothballs to desecrate their legacy by trolling for a new singer half their age on television, but TLC smells the dollars and is copycatting them in the same way with a show of their own. They can pay all the lip service to Michael Hutchence and Lisa Lopes that they want to, but it's all bullshit. They're trading on the name and notoriety of dead friends in order to recapture a little of their former glory and fortune. Please, have some self-respect, if not decency -- if you want to make new music, then don't make a dog and pony show out of it. Find a singer that is talented and has chemistry with the band, not someone that Nielsen ratings tell you will move more units of product than the other contestants.
And change the name of the band, you f*cking leeches.
Wow, am I in a pissy mood, for sure.