grodscorp@grods.comBoycott AMP
 | Posted by The Editor on Saturday 14 July 2007, 6:39 pm Categories: Corporate stupidity, Music Tags: Tags: advertising, AMP, boycott, LemonJelly, TheStauntonLick |
There’s nothing new about popular music being used in advertising to sell stuff but this time it’s gone too far. I was sitting in the hostel lounge in Queenstown last week when an ad came on the telly in the corner. I paid attention because the soundtrack was one of my favourite songs and one that’s quite meaningful — “The Staunton Lick” by Lemon Jelly. Not sure what exactly the ad was selling but I’m not buying. How dare AMP requisition a song so close to me for profit-making purposes? And how dare the band sell out at my expense?
So do the right thing, GrodsReaders: join me in boycotting AMP until the ad is withdrawn.
Any person living in Melbourne who has recently been trying to catch a train from time-to-time, let alone regularly, will know all about the mental condition known as Connex Anger. For non-Melburnians a quick one sentence primer: Melbourne’s privately operated train network has been shit for years but recent brake problems with rolling stock have resulted in dozens of train cancellations per day and may soon force the entire network to run a Saturday timetable on weekdays.
GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
