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There is more than one way to sell out the cat
Submitted by Erik Gonzalez on July 3, 2007.And another milestone falls!
Fergie, the former meth-smoking "singer" for the Black Eyed Peas (I think her real job description is "midriff exposer"), has signed a $4 million deal with Candies to, well, sing about their clothes in her songs. Yes friends, her music will now be a commercial for a company - the ultimate in corporate synergy!
You like the idea of paid product placement in music? I mean, it's one thing to license your songs, but it is entirely another to get paid to sing songs about a product (in a non-commercial). I suppose holding Fergie to some sort of artistic standard was too much. I mean, anyway who gets famous thanks to her "lady lumps" is an musical genius right?
(Hat tip to The Superficial for this musical disaster waiting to happen).
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reticent said on July 3, 2007:
Glorified jingles.... That's all I have to say.
If I were a jingle writer (and, yes, I have considered it), I'd be pissed.
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imaginary ash said on July 3, 2007:
I was expecting more LOLCATS in this post. Very disappointed.
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imaginary dana said on July 3, 2007:
If you're listening to Fergie, what else are you expecting -- artistic integrity??
And Betsy, I sure hate to let you down, so here ya go:
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ChrisB said on July 3, 2007:
I just tried posting an entry with this exact same story - just after I heard it on the radio.
I guess I'll need to pay closer attention to the Imagi-blog.
Ugh. This is the future of pop.