Saturday, December 09, 2006

Pete Seeger to SELL stuffs?

I am absolutely outraged at the new advertisement for Zen car
they are using Pete Seeger's 'little boxes' to sell stuffs?
that is totally unacceptable, I dont know how this has happened
i am looking for ways to protest against this.
if anybody has any idea please comment.
I remember michael jackson doing a similar blunder trying to sell Beatles lyrics (revolution) to sell shoes. he faced stern opposition and Nike had to take the ad off air.
NOT EVRYTHING'S FOR SALE

little boxes -- lyrics
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
And the people in the houses all go to the university
And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same
And there's doctors and there's lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martini dry
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer campAnd then to the university
And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out the same
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same
There's a green one, and a pink oneAnd a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I too observed the ad. Absolutely objectionable. Do you know any strong left wing cultural front who could help us raising the issue in the print and electronic media. As for ourselves we could write a letter and send it with as many signatures possible to the company. PLz write in the newspaper.
I will discuss the issue with my friends in Forum for Democratic Initiatives.

Anonymous said...

Share your feeling of outrage. I saw it yesterday only. An internet campaign to start with..