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| Fissile |
Posted - 04/22/2014 : 14:53:33
WTF? I just saw a TV commercial for some iCrap product that used the Pixies Gigantic as the background song, although it was not the original recording....a cover version. Has anyone else seen this? Do they really need the money that badly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODmfmUWqlSA
ETA: Thompson holds the copyright on that song. What's it say that that he licensed "Kim's song" to sell iCrap? Ouch. |
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| Carl |
Posted - 06/29/2014 : 13:40:52
Just a little thing... my brother mentioned that Velouria was used during RTE's World Cup coverage today. And at the risk of sounding a little nuts, I overheard some kids talking about Where Is My Mind? on the bus.
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| johnnyribcage |
Posted - 05/20/2014 : 14:46:28
quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
quote:
Originally posted by johnnyribcage
And on that Freudian note, I think the real story here is that Apple is selling phones with a song about a giant, throbbing cock.
My density has popped me to you.
Quite a feather in the cap for the actor they chose to represent Paul at the start of the commercial, don't you think?
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Ed is the hoo hoo
LOL. Yeah I'd say he could call that one macaroni.
My density has popped me to you. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 05/19/2014 : 23:09:00
quote:
Originally posted by johnnyribcage
And on that Freudian note, I think the real story here is that Apple is selling phones with a song about a giant, throbbing cock.
My density has popped me to you.
Quite a feather in the cap for the actor they chose to represent Paul at the start of the commercial, don't you think?
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Fissile |
Posted - 05/19/2014 : 02:57:50
quote:
Originally posted by johnnyribcage
And on that Freudian note, I think the real story here is that Apple is selling phones with a song about a giant, throbbing cock.
My density has popped me to you.
Spending all your money on overpriced iCrap is just like getting bent over a sink. Kim's ode to Johnnie Keyes defines the Apple experience perfectly. |
| johnnyribcage |
Posted - 05/18/2014 : 08:10:54
Who gives a shit? The whole selling out to commercials thing has been dead for years, I'm sure Kim got paid and I'm sure she doesn't give a shit either. It's a pretty lame commercial, but again I ask, who gives a shit? People make too much out of this stuff. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
And on that Freudian note, I think the real story here is that Apple is selling phones with a song about a giant, throbbing cock.
My density has popped me to you. |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 05/17/2014 : 05:12:36
http://www.businessinsider.com/breaking-down-pixes-apple-gigantic-ad-2014-5
iPhone's, Thomson Holidays, Smirnoff Vodka, Dark Souls 2, Visa...Im sure theres a subliminal message there!
Dont go on holiday and drink too much vodka as you could lose your phone. You can use your Visa to buy a new one but it might and darken your soul! |
| Jason |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 06:28:41
This issue barely even counts as controversial anymore. Maybe in 1995, fans would call foul over their precious indie rock heroes licensing music to commercials, but today I think that people are lot more savvy about how this is a business and not many begrudge musicians some honestly made money.
The only exception to this would be if the band was some ultra-poltical, smash-the-system, "down with capitalism" type, which the Pixies definitely are not. The Pixies songs bring no politics and no message whatever, which I say affectionately.
So, in order to buy this idiotic scenario in which Frank is sticking it to Kim Deal here, you have to believe that licensing a song to a commercial is automatically bad, that Frank thinks it's bad (and there's a quote in this very thread where says in plain language that he doesn't) and that Kim Deal thinks it's bad.
Anyway, I can't find the commercial itself, but several sources say that The Breeders' "Cannonball" was used in a Nissan commercial circa 2000 or so. |
| Discoking |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 06:14:40
quote:
Originally posted by Fissile
They don't play it live anymore, and I doubt they ever will, since he sold it for an iCrap advertisement.
i don't see the connection. just because you let an ad use your song, doesn't mean you can't play it anymore.
if they'll never play it anymore, it's going to be because kim's no longer in the band. i wouldn't look for any other reasons.
 it's educational |
| Discoking |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 06:12:29
quote:
Originally posted by onyone
Sorry my English not that good but seem like Fissile girl man? Don't want sound offensive. I know in America sensitive to subject. But seem like Fissile girl man? Like enjoy other man at breakfast table? Know what mean?
haha, thanks. this made me laugh out loud. "but seem like fissile girl man?"
it's educational |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 05:55:16
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Maybe, but this big middle finger assumes a lot of things that you and I don't know; did they talk about it? Maybe it was her idea? Maybe FB's involvement in the writing of the song is more than we knew. Or maybe FB would do it with his own music (we've seen it licensed for movies, soundtracks, etc) and so it's not a middle finger at all.
All of these assumptions are just that. People who don't know anything about the situation theorizing and then based on those theories, assuming motive and intent.
 "If we hit this bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
Big middle finger? Gigantic black cock, no?
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| natenate101 |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 04:34:51
It feels like some people want to remember Pixies as some hardcore punk band with "principles", like Fugazi or something. This just doesn't seem like a big deal to me, and if anything could bring a lot more people to know their music. I dig it. |
| Jason |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 04:09:01
If you play "Bagboy" backwards at about 2:46, you can clearly hear "Satan is Lord and also, screw you, Kim!"
In any case, "Tame" was once used in a commercial for Smirnoff vodka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxE69fzw6PY). Who was getting the middle finger there? |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 05/13/2014 : 03:44:52
Maybe, but this big middle finger assumes a lot of things that you and I don't know; did they talk about it? Maybe it was her idea? Maybe FB's involvement in the writing of the song is more than we knew. Or maybe FB would do it with his own music (we've seen it licensed for movies, soundtracks, etc) and so it's not a middle finger at all.
All of these assumptions are just that. People who don't know anything about the situation theorizing and then based on those theories, assuming motive and intent.
"If we hit this bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| Fissile |
Posted - 05/12/2014 : 08:35:54
quote:
Originally posted by Thomas
I think some of you are reading way to much into Gigantic being used.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard"
I dunno, it seems like a big middle finger directed at Kim. It was, after all, 'her song'. They don't play it live anymore, and I doubt they ever will, since he sold it for an iCrap advertisement. |
| Thomas |
Posted - 05/12/2014 : 04:58:40
I think some of you are reading way to much into Gigantic being used.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 05/12/2014 : 04:57:48
Those are some pretty strange/blurry squiggles you're looking between; I think "lines" is far too generous.
"If we hit this bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| Helmut |
Posted - 05/11/2014 : 23:36:45
If you read between the lines, the rift between Thompson and Deal is bigger than it has ever been.
1. He won't have her back in the band. He could have been releasing "new" Pixies albums since 2005 if she was going to leave anyway.
2. She led him on by going to Wales to record new songs, then shitting over them and the band by leaving taking away any chance the album would be accepted by Pixies fans.
3. If she wants to rejoin the band, she'll convince Santiago and Lovering to let her back in. Pixies fans will hate Thompson if he forbids her to come back.
No wonder he is pissing all over the legacy by leasing out Gigantic to Apple. It is because he is so angry at Kim. |
| vilainde |
Posted - 05/11/2014 : 09:51:06
Denis
Obsidiana Bijoux |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 05/11/2014 : 09:16:37
quote:
Originally posted by Helmut
Thompson would have allowed Apple to license the one big Pixies song Kim sang on just to tarnish the Pixies legacy and to piss her off. It is Thompsons subtle "f**k you" to Kim for sabotaging the Indie Cindy sessions.
So where does the CIA fit in?
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| Fissile |
Posted - 05/10/2014 : 15:55:54
quote:
Originally posted by onyone
Sorry my English not that good but seem like Fissile girl man? Don't want sound offensive. I know in America sensitive to subject. But seem like Fissile girl man? Like enjoy other man at breakfast table? Know what mean?
Don't you have a mass grave to dig? |
| onyone |
Posted - 05/10/2014 : 15:41:54
Sorry my English not that good but seem like Fissile girl man? Don't want sound offensive. I know in America sensitive to subject. But seem like Fissile girl man? Like enjoy other man at breakfast table? Know what mean? |
| Fissile |
Posted - 05/10/2014 : 08:08:19
quote:
Originally posted by Helmut
Thompson would have allowed Apple to license the one big Pixies song Kim sang on just to tarnish the Pixies legacy and to piss her off. It is Thompsons subtle "f**k you" to Kim for sabotaging the Indie Cindy sessions.
Ah, yup. |
| Thomas |
Posted - 05/10/2014 : 04:27:46
It put a smile on my face.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 05/10/2014 : 03:27:27
yes, or not
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken? |
| Helmut |
Posted - 05/09/2014 : 23:39:10
Thompson would have allowed Apple to license the one big Pixies song Kim sang on just to tarnish the Pixies legacy and to piss her off. It is Thompsons subtle "f**k you" to Kim for sabotaging the Indie Cindy sessions. |
| Fissile |
Posted - 05/03/2014 : 12:11:08
quote:
Originally posted by Stevio10
From a recent interview;
Interviewer: Before we go, I have to ask about the new iPhone commercial. Pixies music has been in ads before, but it doesn't happen often. How do you decide what's OK to do?
BF: Pretty much I say yes to everything. Two times I've said no because I felt maybe the subject matter was too controversial or inappropriate or something. But generally, I say yes because â?¦ because that's showbiz, I don't know. (Laughs)
http://archive.courierpostonline.com/usatoday/article/8507327
Thanks for the link. Like I said, the song is owned by Thompson, although Kim has a writing credit, which means she'll get paid, but bottom line is that she has no say in how the song is used. |
| Stevio10 |
Posted - 05/03/2014 : 06:06:37
From a recent interview;
Interviewer: Before we go, I have to ask about the new iPhone commercial. Pixies music has been in ads before, but it doesn't happen often. How do you decide what's OK to do?
BF: Pretty much I say yes to everything. Two times I've said no because I felt maybe the subject matter was too controversial or inappropriate or something. But generally, I say yes because â?¦ because that's showbiz, I don't know. (Laughs)
http://archive.courierpostonline.com/usatoday/article/8507327
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| brickisred |
Posted - 04/30/2014 : 14:31:29
Kim and Kelley sang it at RSD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSPXVm55m5k |
| simibaby |
Posted - 04/30/2014 : 13:44:42
Oh then I guess you think
Gigantic is a "horrible" song |
| BLT |
Posted - 04/30/2014 : 06:44:12
I heard it emanate from my TV while in the kitchen the other night. It sounded horrible.
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| simibaby |
Posted - 04/29/2014 : 20:00:23
I think that's irrelevent. The commercial is mostly the instrumentals and is less than 50 secs. i just love the music regardless of the meaning |
| Fissile |
Posted - 04/29/2014 : 15:24:28
quote:
Originally posted by simibaby
Yeah I saw the commercial last nite for the first time. I was reading during the commercials but when I heard "GIGANTIC" I def perked up. I hate commercials (naturally!) and hate all the new devices fer sure.
That being said I loved hearing the song and liked how it was used.
BTW ....wouldnt Kim get paid for its use since she wrote it?!
Kim has a writing credit, although the copyright goes to Rice and Beans Publishing, which is owned by Thompson. Yes, Kim will get some money out of it, but my point is that Thompson didn't need Kim's permission to sell the rights to the song.
What I find astonishing about this is that Apple would use this song at all. Does no one at Apple realize that the song is about a big, black penis? |
| simibaby |
Posted - 04/29/2014 : 14:00:30
Yeah I saw the commercial last nite for the first time. I was reading during the commercials but when I heard "GIGANTIC" I def perked up. I hate commercials (naturally!) and hate all the new devices fer sure.
That being said I loved hearing the song and liked how it was used.
BTW ....wouldnt Kim get paid for its use since she wrote it?! |
