Comments on: Weezer Has Sold Out http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial Fri, 16 May 2008 14:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Adam Messinger http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-136913 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:19:18 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-136913 <blockquote> I could explain the 15 or so reasons why, but your age and IQ make me think it isn’t worth typing the words. </blockquote> I'm a few weeks shy of 31, and my IQ is over 150. I say "over" because the tester informed me that my language score was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ#IQ_testing" title="Wikipedia explains how that can happen" rel="nofollow">beyond the test's scoring range</a>. So, yeah, I think I can handle your list of 15 reasons. However smart I might be, there are plenty of things I don't know much about. Go for it.

I could explain the 15 or so reasons why, but your age and IQ make me think it isn’t worth typing the words.

I’m a few weeks shy of 31, and my IQ is over 150. I say “over” because the tester informed me that my language score was beyond the test’s scoring range.

So, yeah, I think I can handle your list of 15 reasons. However smart I might be, there are plenty of things I don’t know much about. Go for it.

]]> by: Brian Molloy http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-136550 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:15:08 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-136550 You two dopes (or dopenoses) don't even know what you're talking about. I could explain the 15 or so reasons why, but your age and IQ make me think it isn't worth typing the words. Yeah, deal. You two dopes (or dopenoses) don’t even know what you’re talking about. I could explain the 15 or so reasons why, but your age and IQ make me think it isn’t worth typing the words. Yeah, deal.

]]> by: Adam Messinger http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-126927 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:55:39 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-126927 To be fair to Weezer, it's possible they didn't have any choice. One of the (many) screwed-up things about the record industry is that the record company gets all the rights to the music. It's one of the only businesses where the original creator retains no ownership. Some bands have the foresight to put a clause in their contracts that gives them the final say in the licensing of their music, but not all of them. If Weezer's agent neglected to push for that kind of protection, then this might've happened without any participation or agreement from them at all. At least I <em>hope</em> that's the case. To be fair to Weezer, it’s possible they didn’t have any choice.

One of the (many) screwed-up things about the record industry is that the record company gets all the rights to the music. It’s one of the only businesses where the original creator retains no ownership.

Some bands have the foresight to put a clause in their contracts that gives them the final say in the licensing of their music, but not all of them. If Weezer’s agent neglected to push for that kind of protection, then this might’ve happened without any participation or agreement from them at all.

At least I hope that’s the case.

]]> by: Redmond http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-126772 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:45:29 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2008/03/12/weezer-beaches-commercial#comment-126772 Yep that commercial has been playing for a while(maybe a month or so), Weezer are officially "sell outs" now. I don't think it was even them singing the song so that's pretty bad, unless they didn't have the master and it was done against their will somehow. I know Jack White did a Coca-Cola commercial but I didn't think of that as selling out because it was actually an original song and was more like a music video(also i never actually saw it on tv. Yep that commercial has been playing for a while(maybe a month or so), Weezer are officially “sell outs” now. I don’t think it was even them singing the song so that’s pretty bad, unless they didn’t have the master and it was done against their will somehow. I know Jack White did a Coca-Cola commercial but I didn’t think of that as selling out because it was actually an original song and was more like a music video(also i never actually saw it on tv.

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