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02/20/2004 Archived Entry: "I love this story..."
I love this story...
...being an aging rocker who has hit the 'age wall' with the music industry. This is great.
An aging UK rock group gave themselves a facelift by getting a group of teenagers to stand in for them on the video of their latest song, helping them score their first chart hit for some 15 years.Convinced the music industry is prejudiced against wrinkly rockers, The Alarm gave themselves the pseudonym The Poppyfields and persuaded a group of fresh-faced youths to mime their part.
"They did it to show they wanted to be judged on music and not on their image and haircuts of 15 years ago," said a spokesman for the band.
The single, 45RPM, went into the UK charts this week at number 28.
Take that, music industry fuckheads!
Replies: 4 people speak up
Yeah!
Rock on!
Posted by maru @ 02/20/2004 03:21 PM NY
Hiya, Maru! Good to see ya!!
Posted by editor @ 02/20/2004 03:48 PM NY
Hey.. I am one of those music industry fuckheads! Although we perfer the term "bloodsucking greedy maggot bastards."
Mixer, who has only ever used a "work-for-hire" contract once in his life (I prefer modified license/distribution agreements - much more friendly.)
Posted by Mixer @ 02/20/2004 08:45 PM NY
The name 45 RPM didn't give it away? I bet the front band may have never even seen one...
I remember once telling my daughter that her needle was stuck and she had no idea what I was talking about...
Posted by George Johnston @ 02/22/2004 05:16 PM NY
