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Has anyone noticed Sixpence None The Richer’s song “There she goes” on Kellogg’s Special K ads? I don’t really have anything to say about that but maybe someone else does.

MEDIOCRE modern ROCK and breakfast CEREAL

together at last!

mmm…mediocre rock cereal ahrghh*

*the noise of me drooling “Homer style”

Laugh if you will but…I imagine that they all bought a new home with that deal. Since it wasn’t there song to begin with, perhaps it wasn’t such an artist flaw to sell it anyway.

Its always felt like Sixpense is a bit of a watered down Over the Rhine but…they have actually made it at some level. Don’t throw too many stones. Its a difficult vocation to attempt to pay your bills by following your dreams. I wonder if you wouldn’t sell your song (even though it wasn’t theirs) to actually live for a few months longer at what you love.

check out their website and see the struggles they have endure for yourself. Also, see all the cool artists (Christian labeled and not Christian labeled) they have been working with. Slocum is a phenominal musician/songwriter and Nash has been developing quite well herself as a vocalist/writer. The past couple years have been extremely difficult as they have been wrestling with their faith and with the industry/lawyer mix. I say, hats off to them for staying focused and creative in an industry that typically causes artists to sell out and lose that artistic edge.

“watered down Over The Rhine” hmmmm… :)

I like Special K. Perhaps its a little ethically thin to accompany a product from such a large company but i would guess that they did their research.

I personally love to hear good music on radio and television shows or commercials. It freshens the air polluted by hours and hours of factory produced musak.

Who’s selling out; a musician working for Kellogg’s or someone working for Starbucks, Wal-mart or Purdue University?

Maybe the difference between selling your music to Purdue University and selling to to Kelloggs is that with Kelloggs the only function of the music is to sell the product. In theory, the better the music, the more cerial is sold. At a Purdue theatre production, the music exists for may reasons, only one of which is to promote the university.

But I think joelspace is right in saying that good music is good to hear, even if it’s part of a commercial. Seeing as commercials can be pieces of art in their own right.

Once again, I think that it is important to note that it isn’t really their song. If it were, I think the conversation would have to change some. I do think that using a song which was written within a certian context to then sell a product is less than what art should hope for.

i think it is a blatant sell out.
sixpence — they once were, now they were not.
i like people with baggage as well.