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Kurt Cobain to no longer be portrayed in heaven
The Guardian (registration req.*) reports that Dr. Martens is very, very sorry about a new ad campaign featuring famous dead rockers Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone, and Sid Vicious and has fired its agency—Saatchi & Saatchi—over it.
Which reminds me: a few years ago, we collected quotes by famous dead people used in ads who are now rolling over in their graves: Malcolm X, Aldous Huxley, John Lennon, et al. Well, I guess we can add Kurt Cobain to the collection—only now I'm too lazy to research a good quote. Can anyone recall some choice critical comments Kurt made about money, advertising, or the corporatocracy? Having never been a Nirvana fan, I can only think of that "Corporate magazines suck" shirt he wore on the cover of Rolling Stone.
(Via Adland)
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Posted by carrie on 06/01/2007 | Permalink
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Cobain always seemed very conflicted between wanting to be a rockstar and staying 'true' to some of punk's highest aspirations, ie having a critical and independent outlook. I couldn't find anything particularly germane and pithy, but this looks somewhat appropriate when you think about the whole m.o. of advertising:
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
Posted by: dola | Jun 1, 2007 5:12:18 PM
I'm glad that Sid Vicious made it to heaven. Nancy Spungen's family must be proud.
Posted by: steven | Jun 1, 2007 8:21:56 PM
Didn't Kurt Cobain actually wear Converse One Stars?
Posted by: pwenzel | Jun 3, 2007 5:39:21 PM
