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How much d'you reckon he got? 50? 100K? more!? Also it's been cut up for the ad, wonder if he did that himself. |
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I would imagine quite a bit... |
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one mercedes |
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do you wanna ride in my mercedes boy? tell me what you wanna do (with me with me with me) cuz if you wanna ride in my mercedes boy, then there's so many things that i'm gonna do to you the greatest song ever written (for gay men in the late 80's) |
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he got 100k for the pirelli advert and that was 10 years ago now, so 150k? whatever, he can probably but a fighter plane now to go with the tank and sub. |
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what a whore. |
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Fuck that man, 150K is a whole lotta cash even in overpriced London...the ad will probably only be shown for a few months and then be forgetton....I'd have done the same....but then I need the money |
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Does anyone know if even drives a car? |
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i believe he travels either with friends, or by bike. i would love to see this ad - which class of merc is it for? linky? |
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you'd have to be a fucking headcase to turn down 100k for 30 sec of a cut up remix of a song that about 0.1% of the country have heard anyway. to call him a whore is slightly over the top - it's not going to launch him into the charts is it? |
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um i think window licker atually made it into the chart anyway didn't it? hes not a whore tho. i'd fucking do it like a shot but, then, i am a whore. |
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What the hell is wrong with selling your song for an advert? It doesn't compromise anything that he stands for. |
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that's true if you stand for nothing. |
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He has the freedom to not do this kind of thing; he is financially secure. And yet he chooses to be bought and sold like anyone else. Sad. |
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I'd be much happier if they gave that money to someone who really needs it, like Michael Jackson. What's he going to do when he runs out of prosthetic noses? Hire himself out for Hallowe'en? |
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why would he release mixes for cash if he is finacially secure |
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because it's a collection of his work, most of which was either unreleased or you would have to buy lots of seperate releases to get them. |
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how considerate of him |
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His 'ironic' title for that compilation is mere posturing. |
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yeah, I commented on that attempt at post-irony in a thread before... that ginger stinker |
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OMG NO YOUR SONG IS POPULAR AND ON THE RADIO - YOU JUST SOLD OUT OH NOES YOUR SONG IS IN A COMMERCIAL THAT MEANS YOU DONT BELEIVE IN ANYTHING, jeez marlower, sometimes i just wonder. a lot of you ppl like to keep this music and your groups (ae, boc) in your back pocket too much. you "like" the fact that no one else listens to it, you "like" the fact that you understand it and they dont. it' slike deep down inside you think you are better than others for understanding this music and just how great it really is. yet if it goes on the radio or some shit, they SOLD OUT OH NOES!!!! fuck yall |
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and yes, i have sand in my vagina today. |
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funny, I don't remember saying he didn't believe in anything, nor saying that anyone had sold out because their song was popular. odd that you seem to be suggesting that I did. |
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Marlowe is that picture really you?...man that beard is so gay, have a shave man, do you dye your hair...how fake |
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it's fake to experiment? if you say so. would you like help removing that rigid pole from your hole? |
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Anyway, the money will probably get pumped into rephlex anyway, wich will bring much great music to us. Fuck this underground shit, it doesnt mean shit that he's in a mercedes advert. Lets be happy for the guy. |
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Bill, I hope you're joking. |
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pfff.. look at YOUR pic. Your looking mighty pale there, with a little bit of negative text. |
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Oh, I didn't read it. I wasn't trying to rip you off. Honest. |
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no, I was just agreeing with you jonesy :) |
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Lets clarify. Our objections (if I may be so bold as to speak for a consensus), are not to any increased popularity as a result of wider exposure, but to him selling his music to promote automobiles. He's contributing to the profits of Mercedes outside his remit i.e. he selss records and makes money for record companies but has no choice. Here he DOES have a choice as its not part of music distribution chain. So to all the AFX sycophants: grow up you fuckin losers and move out of your mum's house. |
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twat |
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more indepth input I see |
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aren't the webmasters and moderators meant to be clamping down on that kind of ignorant and childish name-calling? |
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Now why the fuck are people having a go at Marlowe? His opinion is very fcking valid to this topic. Only a couple of people here are the voice of reason and not jumping at something he might've implied but didn't. |
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26 Mixes For Cash: Just so everyone understands, 26 Mixes For Cash means that at the time each remix was done it made Richard a little money. The artists paid Richard to remix their work. The album title does not mean that he's rereleasing remixes to make more money. |
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i'm sure he turns down shit loads of stuff as it is |
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For those interested in seeing the advert: http://watmm.com -or- http://aphextwin.watmm.com top news story |
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umm, no thanks - I've heard windowlicker, and there's enough BMWs in this town so I don't have to get a hard-on looking at another. |
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IMO the song does not fit the commercials - makes me wonder why it was chosen, as I could think of better suited songs for the advert. |
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And that whole "buying a sub" thing was bollocks. Anyone remember the silly rumour that he had an underground recording studio only accessible by sub? LOL... |
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possibly for the attraction of having a 'dangerous' artist like aphex twin seen to 'commend & condone their product (which is aimed at well-off middle-class and middle-class wannabe people); possibly, they might think little Johnny Brat might associate the music with the product and say "dad get me a BMW or I'll scweam!" Just possibilities. to bring some 'respect' to their warez |
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i think it's a pretty dope commercial really. i like the monotoneness of the colors, and i think the traq goes ok with it. it has a nice sureal spacey quality. :thumbsup: |
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I mean, if this were Rage Against the Machine doing a Mercedes ad then that would be one thing.. ..but fucking come on. It's techno music. The most hedonistic/disposable musical artform that currently exists. Making a bucket of cash from a track that took maybe a day or 2 to produce is how one turns this venture into enterprise. |
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aphex twin isn't techno, nor is it 'throwaway' or 'hedonistic' |
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'aphex twin isn't techno' >I disagree 'nor is it 'throwaway' or 'hedonistic' > Maybe not, but technoculture has it's roots in these ideals and Aphex Twin and his music is a result of this. |
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why do you disagree with the techno label? and do you view it as some kind of inferior form of music, whereby it doesn't matter how it is exploited? I'm unsure why you emphasised it so much. |
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I agree - I like the 'motion lines' around everything... I just think the music doesn't fit it - when I first saw it, I thought of Polynomial-C as a better track (the piano bits in Poly would go good with those 'motion lines' I think). Pomme, you and Marlowe hug and make up now, mmmmkay? (watch them hands Marlowe...) :) |
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I just call electronic music techno. Aphex Twins music is electronic, so I call it techno. I do not view electronic music as inferior, quite the opposite.. it's probably my favorite style of music and has been for over a decade. However, I believe that electronic music is designed to be exploited. Look at the way it's composed; the emphasis has always been on the character of the sound rather than the composition itself. These new and exciting sounds last for a short time and are discarded to make room for the new ideas. It seems at times that the artists who are willing to disregard a style or technique faster earn the most attention.. Look at Aphex, no 2 albums are the same. The genre (and all its many, many subgenres) has it's cornerstone in the club/rave environment. Show me a group of people with a shorter attention span than 1,000 kids on drugs. It's get high/listen to the track/go home. Next week we do it all over again, but who likes a dj with the same 15 records? Again, part of the success of 'IDM' is it's willingness to progress with little or no regard for historical references. This progression, I believe, is a testament to electronics disposability... and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Let me ask you this. Explain to me why Richard selling his track for a Mercedes ad is a bad thing. |
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tech·no n. Any of various styles of dance music characterized by electronic sounds and a high-energy, rhythmic beat. |
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