Originally posted by rogozhin
The Crickets, Sonny Curtis, The Bobby Fuller Four, Tom Petty, The Clash, Hank Williams Jr, Marshall Crenshaw and Sam Neely have all released versions of "I Fought the Law" since it first was written in 1959. Each of them made the song their own. Countless others have covered it as well, with varying degrees of success.
Any of these versions would have been great. The Clash would have been my personal choice (With the Dead Kennedy's "I Fought the Law and I Won" being a close second), but I guess for a commercial that showcases kids
Bingo. People like my Dad, who are techy enough to know about iTunes, yet grew up with the morals to think MusicSharing is illigal, have jumped on iTunes. Kids like my 16 year old Siblings (yes, plural, *sigh*), who have no such moral delimas won't use iTunes, unless they like the band, or unless they actually get some money". Besides, kids are all about cool, and it won't take too many people saying they "won" (who doesn't like bragging that they won?) free songs to their friends before people want to give it a shot.
My Point- adults, for the most part, have no alterative. Once informed of iTunes they will either use it or keep going to wal-mart to get music CDs. Kids on the other hand are into a much harder market that will be harder to persway from their ways. And the future isn't the adults, it's the kids. If every kid grows up sharing music, and nothing were done, in 60 years EVERYONE would be sharing music on the web and not buying it. they are targeting the audience that needs to change.
And how that concerns your post. I've never heard of any of those guys and I'm 19 with a father to thank for knowing (and enjoying) people like Tom Petty, and other such old folk. But many kids haven't had my luxgsury, and so want to hear someone they know. Most kids under 25 are going to know who they are. Besides, when they actually play something soft, they sound good
I'll venture to guess Green Day will be playing the Joe Strummer arrangement of the Sonny Curtis classic, because they certainly wouldn't want to start bringing something new to the table this late in their careers...
90% of their music is not quite to my taste. But when they play a soft song, and tey do, it is a bit different, and normally to my taste. I wouldn't put them into a "never change style due to late carree" catagory quite yet.
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