Re: a thought

[Tom Flannery <flannetd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:15 PM 10/22/97 +1000, you wrote:
>are there other instances where they have sold out or am >I being naiive???

Well it depends on what you consider selling out. I don't think Wearing and
Tearing is a sellout by any strech of the imagination, but is cutting down
Whole Lotta Love for radio play a sellout? Is listing How Many More Times
as a 3 minute song instead of an 8 minute song (as it actually is) selling
out? These were things they did to get air-play, but thats the nature of
the business. I know of no instances where Zep blantantly compromised
artistic integrety to earn another dollar.

Is selling your song to Microsoft for millions of dollars a sell out? (oops
wrong band!)

Does anyone remeber the Flipper (the movie) commercial with Dread
Zeppelin's version of Bring It On Home in the background??? 


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