From: Oardodo@aol.com
Subject: sellout(NC)
Date: 2/4/2002 3:18:48 AM
To: seance@lists.no-fi.com


Well I guess its inevitable, BUT.............
Maybe you folks tuned into parts of the ridiculously long broadcast of the 
stuporbowl
might have noticed the Cadillac commercial with the use of Led Zeppelin's 
"Rock n Roll"! This is the FIRST time the surviving members of LZ have sold 
their music for use in a commercial! And I'm disappointed, but realistic 
about it happening one day. 
As a major Zep fan, I always was somewhat proud of their stance to disband 
after John Bonham's death( what a stupid way to go!) and to not allow their 
music to be used by Madison Avenue. Their few "reunions" (usually fiascos 
except for the Page-Plant collaborations) never used the Zep name, even 
though they were offered shitloads of money to do a nostalgic tour 
(ironically, Page and Plant did so kindof with their tours as far as song 
selections). This money decision makes sense in the wake of their agreement 
to let their friend Cameron Crowe use a few tracks in the highly successful 
movie "Almost  Famous" a few years ago. CAN ANYBODY ON THE LIST NAME A BIG 
ARTIST WHO HASN'T NOW JOINED THE CORPORATE COMMERCIAL WANDWAGON?

d.o.(oardodo)