Good Old Neon

"The term 'didactic' refers to texts that are overburdened with instructive, factual, and/or otherwise "educational" information, sometimes to the detriment of a reader's enjoyment."

Why thank you

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Yeah, and frankly, when I didn't get my Christmas bonus this year, I was glad that my boss was kind enough to preserve my integrity on my behalf, and not corrupt me with money that I'd use to enable gift-giving (like music, for example). I'm was just glad that someone was looking out for me, because lord knows, I have no judgment of my own.

With all do respect - you are completely misrepresenting what I and others have said.

Oh, and completely unrelated - your photographs are lovely - I love the macro stuff - excellent work!

I'm listening to the vinyl here, too. It's so high quality, it's almost as if they were trying to get people to buy it.

And, as sort of like a bonus - sell some cars while they're at it.

Is "The Thanks I Get" even commercially available for purchase? I mean, most of the VC community are familiar with the song through various live recordings and the Tweedy solo dvd, so for most of us the song is already "out there". How perverse is it for Wilco to license a song that the listening public can't even buy?

It's available as a bonus track on the CD - also - they sold five song, four of them from SBS.

I'm listening to the album now; it totally reeks of accessibility and effort.

It's a fucking gorgeous set of songs - that was never in question.

That looks like solid evidence; an open and shut case, if you ask me. I would suggest that you keep fighting until it's possible to convince the world that Tweedy is completely in the wrong. I guess the next step would be to indict the remaining band members and see if they'll accept a plea to testify against the ringleader, Tweedy. At that point, then, we can demand confiscation of money earned through the VW partnership and return said moneys to the rightful owners, the fans. I'll ready the paperwork, if you want. I also have a connection at the U.S. Post Office who can get me cheap rates on certified mail.

You can attack me as you wish - but it is what it is.

"1 Jun 2007 : In a new form of music/promotion/communications, the band Wilco's recently released album Sky Blue Sky is the soundtrack to Volkswagen's latest TV campaign. This new form of marketing collaboration has the creative forces of Wilco and VW combining to launch both an album and a VW campaign in the same week (May 22nd). The partnership spans multiple commercials and multiple songs, with the first song being "The Thanks I Get." The Wilco Volkswagen union will run for the summer and all songs can be streamed on vw.com. It's also the first-ever licensing deal for Wilco."

For what it's worth - this sounds a bit more involved than a song or two simply being licensed to VW.

I think it would be hard to deny that this is not a full on band endorsement of the VW "brand."

I would love to hear the bands side of the story, and why there is no mention of this colaboration on their official website. It strikes me as odd considering the news section regularly makes mention of promotional appearances - why no mention of the ads?

Wow, how old are you, that you are so wise?

I wasn

Right, it has nothing to do with the product it's selling. That was the whole point. It's just a song that happens to be on the radio while the action in the commercial is going down. Whereas if "She's a Jar" is playing over images of a jar, the song seems to be about the product itself rather than what it's actually about.

 

I think the Volkswagon equivalent to using "She's a Jar" for mayonnaise would be "Cars Can't Escape".

And this?

One could also interpret the lyrics as the tow truck driver falling in love with the car's styling - changing the original intent of the lyric - no?

Bottom line for me is that hearing Wilco's music in a national car ad makes me not feel so crazy for liking them, since not a lot of people in my life like them all that much. Justified!

Do you really need your love for the band to be justified by the masses?

I don

His point was that they didn't cheapen the meaning of the song by applying a lyric to something that has only a tangental relationship to it. I think the distinction he was making was that using "She's a Jar" to refer to a jar of mayonaisse changes the meaning of a specific lyric, whereas showing someone listening to "The Thanks I Get" on the radio doesn't.

With all due respect - what does a sort of, love gone sour song have to do with a car being towed or the selling thereof?

One could also interpret the lyrics as the tow truck driver falling in love with the car's styling - changing the original intent of the lyric - no?

"It saddens me that these people seem to believe that the VW campaign will somehow affect Wilco's future activities or Jeff's commitment to his songwriting. From the outcries I

Wow

Would anyone be in possesion of a napkin or something or other - I'd like to wipe the drool off my chin.

Me referencing the unanswered question is just a bit at this point...there's nothing more to it.

Good bit!

The irony in car ads is that most of them focus on the cars

I'm still expecting some ice cream.

if this starts up again, i'm giving this thread the same that dude gave that show:

 

Two thumbs up. Up my own eye sockets!

p.s. I don't get the correlation. Are you saying Ponds is selling out sponsoring a shit mini series or Ponds should use a a Wilco song cause they're easy?

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I have no intention of starting this discussion all over again

You sure did to me,remember the whole Bon Jovi,Mc Hammer thing?

I do remember - and I apologize. But, keep in mind, you calling me an asshole prompted that response.

But, I did defend your dad when Earl proclaimed him an asshole. That has to count for something.

which one are you? (wrong login)

I just realized that - the other is my wife's logon.

sorry about that.

Yeah, I got his back over in the "The Wilco Sell Out" (picture JT, all in a tub of Heinz beans 'n' shit) thread, but In the Aeroplane is actually my number one most overrated album of all time. It's screechy, simplistic, and the imagistic lyrics don't do a thing for me.

Hey Maker, prepare to meet yours. You

I'd be willing to read jnickerson's retort.

Alright, one more - what was the question?

I apologize for not answering, but, i'm barely treading water over here...

fire away.

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