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Post by franklima on May 23, 2008 21:23:41 GMT -5
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Post by Smiley on May 23, 2008 23:53:37 GMT -5
Well.. it's about time they earned more £ £ £ than Zep, The WHO or the Rolling Stones
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Post by phobia on May 24, 2008 0:45:34 GMT -5
Is it true it all goes to Ray? Wish Dave saw some of that money.... Seems like he deserves it.
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Post by Iñakink on May 24, 2008 4:14:04 GMT -5
2006 was a very good year for somebody ;D   ;D  I wouldn't be surprised if 2008 was the same. |
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Post by powerman on May 24, 2008 4:43:06 GMT -5
Great news, the boys have certainly been cropping up more in UK advertising over the past few years, but good to know they're top in the US.
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Post by mg on May 24, 2008 11:46:18 GMT -5
Is it true it all goes to Ray? Wish Dave saw some of that money.... Seems like he deserves it. When you buy a CD or pay for a download of a Kinks song, the entire band gets some payment as performers and members of the Kinks. It's not as much as the songwriter, but it's something. I'd have to think advertising licensing works the same way. |
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Post by powerman on May 24, 2008 13:58:44 GMT -5
If the performing rights are the same in the US as they are in the UK, then everyone performing will get a payment everytime the song is played. To get round this advertisers often re-record tracks using semi-soundalikes who get a flat fee. But I'm sure everyone on this forum will be able to spot which is real and which is fake.
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Post by HollyH on May 24, 2008 22:07:34 GMT -5
I'm pondering why the Kinks catalog would be so attractive to advertisers. Why would their songs work better than their musical peers' -- while those same songs may not have had equal success on the airwaves when they were released? There could be several reasons --
1. Their songs are teasingly familiar, but not overplayed -- people perk up vaguely when they hear them, but don't shut them out from familiarity.
2. Ray's knack for the melodic phrase makes them effective in small advert-length sound-bites (he doesn't depend on extended riffs like many Stones or Who songs do).
3. Someone has been flogging them aggressively to the advertising community.
4. Their musicial superiority instantly blows people's minds and makes them more susceptible to buying stuff. (The old buy buy buy response so well documented by our doctor blamo.)
Any other theories?
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Post by Iñakink on May 25, 2008 3:33:19 GMT -5
5. If you use a Beatles, people will say "it's a Beatles song" and that's all. If you use a Kinks song people may like it and ask "who plays this song that appears in an advert OF HEWLETT-PACKARD?" So you know the advert is of Hewlett Packard and you may make some people notice about it. 6. We will have a thread in this forum about it. I don't think Stones or Who fans would. |
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