God bless Joan Jett, she's the real deal for sure. Selling one's music for use in a commercial is hardly seen as 'selling out' anymore, but it still rubs me the wrong way - when Page placed "Rock & Roll" in the Cadillac commercial I almost threw my remote through the TV screen.
On the other hand, for some reason when "Lust For Life" showed up in the cruise line commercial I thought, "good for Iggy!" I guess it has to do with the scale of success an artist has had (or my perception of it anyway). Page didn't need that $$, but I'm sure Iggy did. And I bet he sold some additional records from it, which these days seems to be a justification for doing it - exposure.
Either way, I admire Joan's integrity and I love her music. Don't believe I've ever seen "Light Of Day," will have to track it down. . .
Product endorsements have been fair game since Dylan licensed "The Times They Are a Changin'" (Richie Havens version) to Coopers & Lybrand. Then Dylan in 2004 did Victoria's Secret ad "Love Sick" and a special LP only for their stores. I don't care anymore: There is no way to make money selling records, so for a songwriter or artist to choose this is OK by me. Joan has other projects she does, but they have meaning to her. And yes, Iggy doing "Lust for Life" was not, as Swamp Dogg once said, selling out: It was "buying in." BTW, Hugh: Check the movie trailer on You Tube. The film itself is a bit dark and drab, and it is now on Amazaon Prime discounted from 99 cents to $0.00, but you still have to log in to get it.
I think there’s a law in Nashville that you have to refer to the Ryman as the Mother Church of Country Music. Sort of like the law that you have to refer to Michael Jackson as the King of Pop. The press is sometimes entirely too willing to go with the hype.
God bless Joan Jett, she's the real deal for sure. Selling one's music for use in a commercial is hardly seen as 'selling out' anymore, but it still rubs me the wrong way - when Page placed "Rock & Roll" in the Cadillac commercial I almost threw my remote through the TV screen.
On the other hand, for some reason when "Lust For Life" showed up in the cruise line commercial I thought, "good for Iggy!" I guess it has to do with the scale of success an artist has had (or my perception of it anyway). Page didn't need that $$, but I'm sure Iggy did. And I bet he sold some additional records from it, which these days seems to be a justification for doing it - exposure.
Either way, I admire Joan's integrity and I love her music. Don't believe I've ever seen "Light Of Day," will have to track it down. . .
Product endorsements have been fair game since Dylan licensed "The Times They Are a Changin'" (Richie Havens version) to Coopers & Lybrand. Then Dylan in 2004 did Victoria's Secret ad "Love Sick" and a special LP only for their stores. I don't care anymore: There is no way to make money selling records, so for a songwriter or artist to choose this is OK by me. Joan has other projects she does, but they have meaning to her. And yes, Iggy doing "Lust for Life" was not, as Swamp Dogg once said, selling out: It was "buying in." BTW, Hugh: Check the movie trailer on You Tube. The film itself is a bit dark and drab, and it is now on Amazaon Prime discounted from 99 cents to $0.00, but you still have to log in to get it.
I think there’s a law in Nashville that you have to refer to the Ryman as the Mother Church of Country Music. Sort of like the law that you have to refer to Michael Jackson as the King of Pop. The press is sometimes entirely too willing to go with the hype.
At least the Ryman was originally a church.
I see, Todd. But I will never refer to Mr. Springsteen as “the Boss,” unless he’s the one signing my paychecks. 😎🤷🏽♀️🤦♂️