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Man, when I saw the Beatles' avatars this week a little piece of me
died. Jimmy is right about this... these are beloved human beings
and artists, and music that means something, not cheesy characters in
video games meant for a few mintues of wanking. You want to play
Zeppelin, buy a guitar or drum kit and do it right.
As for the Cadillac thing, I think it was about it being Cadillac, a
car that has been featured in many a rock song. A quick Google
search shows about 1,000 songs with Cadillac in the title. Johnny
Cash, Bruce Springsteen, and many others sing about this particular
car, which is known for it's luxury and big back seats... so if it's
a sell out, it's at least a classy sell out.
Now the coke and JC Penney commericals, eh, not so much...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Believe.
On Sep 11, 2009, Tim Fricke <oldstyle5150@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Count me among the group that would love to see a Zeppelin Rock
Band
or Guitar Hero game. At least that is about the music. Where the
fuck
was this musical integrity when Cadillac got permission to use
Rock &
Roll in a fucking car commercial?
On 9/11/09, Jon Hull <jonohull@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm sure Courtney Love was just drunk or high when she signed
away the
> rights to this and doesn't remember. Or, she actually only
cares about
> money and wants people to give her 'cred' for being angry about
it.
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Meg Ireland
<heavybluesrock@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Nirvana members dismayed by 'Guitar Hero 5':
>>
>> "Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video
game is
>> not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of
Nirvana.
>>
>> Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl said in a joint statement
Thursday that
>> they were "dismayed and very disappointed" that an avatar of
the late
>> Nirvana frontman could be used to play songs by other artists.
>>
>> "While we were aware of Kurt's image being used with two
Nirvana
>> songs, we didn't know players have the ability to unlock the
>> character," they said. "This feature allows the character to
be used
>> with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to
do the
>> right thing in 're-locking' Kurt's character so that this
won't
>> continue in the future."
>>
>> Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, had been lashing out on Twitter
this
>> week about her late husband's inclusion in the game, calling
it vile
>> and claiming she would sue Activision, the game's publisher.
Love
>> claimed she never approved Cobain's digital likeness, and that
she
>> thought the grunge rocker would despise the rhythm game "let
alone
>> this avatar."
>>
>>
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipFhOuBuSMv3z7cr0LgPJT4dWALAD9AKR3600
>>
>>
>> I'm glad Jimmy turned down using LZ in these video games. The
thought
>> of a reanimated John Bonham, pretending to drum along to other
songs,
>> would be disrespectful to the man.
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/22 Nech <tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Page added that he can't imagine that people are really
learning anything
>>> significant about playing instruments by playing video games.
>>>
>>> "You think of the drum part that John Bonahm did on Led
Zeppelin's first
>>> track on the first album, 'Good Times Bad Times'," he said.
"How many
>>> drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on
Christmas
>>> morning?"
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/45521
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jon Hull
>