Chad Smith thinks pop songs in commercials are lame. The Red Hot Chili drummer tells Yahoo!:
“I’d feel like a jerk if we did that. But they’re all lining up to do it. I think Black Eyed Peas look like a bunch of idiots. It’s dangerous. The U2 song on the iPod [commercial] when it came out was weird and it was longer and it had more parts.”
“Weird and longer” like Stadium Arcadium? And you thought Flea was self-righteous! Yeah, Chad, you’re cooler than Fergie. Congratufuckinlations.
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what just a minute…chad is actually right. the black eyed peas do look like morons, and everytime i hear a Who song in a commercial i cringe. frickin sell outs…let the debate begin.
Wait a second…that fucker talks???
will ferrell wants his face back, chad.
> will ferrell wants his face back, chad.
I laughed out loud.
and then chad smith found out “snow (hey oh)” is being used in promotions for the x-games, and he was corrrrrected.
Ahah, he soooo is a clone of Will Ferrell. Everyone knows he is the Ringo of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
http://www.musictimes.com.au
In your heart you know he is right.
I hate the B.E.Pees more than G.W.Bush
and that’s hard to beat.
^ No, it’s pretty easy… Just get a large stick, that should do the trick.
This coming from a guy whose band had a song on the “Coneheads” soundtrack.
I just read anthony Keidis’ (sp?) bio “scar tissue”. I must say I have a ton more respect for the band than ever before. They may be middle of the road, but who cares. Stadium Arcadium was rather bogus though.
Don’t forget their awesome song “Love Rollercoaster” on the beavis and butthead soundtrack. Complete with video and all!!!
At the .46 second mark you can see chad banging hard on the drums earning that sweet corporate whore $$$$$$$$
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXHInqvyVw8&search=love%20rollercoaster
Remember how good The Black-Eyed Peas were before they did commercials?Big Deal.Hearing a Who song in a commercial doesn’t change the “meaning” of it for me at all. Most of these songs have already been overplayed on radio for years. I actually enjoyed hearing the Kinks’ Picture Book on TV and whenever I hear Sweet Home Alabama on a KFC ad I need a second helping.In fact I’d rather hear a hundred Neil Young songs in commercials than listen to ,or even worse see the video for ,This Note’s For You.Don’t worry Chad, Dani California will never be used in a commercial cause Tom Petty doesn’t like to do ‘em either.
So no more RHCP giveaways then?
Everyone knows The Who only writes theme songs to Jerry Bruckheimer TeeVee shows. Pete Townshend is the 21st-century Mike Post.
Barry Manilow’s Dr. Pepper jingle is better than anything else he, the Black-Eyed Peas, or the Chili Peppers wrote.
I totally agree with the sentiment, but: When’s the last time anyone actually quoted a band’s drummer? Wouldn’t it be terribly sad if the only musician on the planet left with a shred of integrity was a drummer? Or someone named “Chad”?
yeah, so, of course their music sucks, that doesn’t mean chad’s not absolutely right. this whole “we’re beyond sellout now” crap needs to stop and the spades and tools should be called out for what they are. tom waits has it right, too.
I’m not sure why the venom from Scott, I can see not agreeing with him but I thought he was an RHCP fan after that contest…was it the anti-U2 comment?
He’s in the same band that allowed British girl group All Saints massacre “Under The Bridge”
Wait a minute…weren’t the Chilis in a Nike commercial back in the 80′s? I don’t remember seeing it first hand, but I remember reading an interview with Duff McKagen where he mentioned that he lost all respect for them after that. Go, Duff! (Incidentally, Karen Duffy was smokin’ back in ’94).
Never thought I’d see the day where people give a band flak for NOT licensing their music for commercials.
You can hate the Chili Peppers music as much as you want, but isn’t his opinion worth applauding?
Times certainly have changed. Sell out, because everybody else is doing it.
You guys are assholes.
What about the HUGE promotion the Chili Peppers did with itunes?
That’s no different than having your tune in a commercial.
Which is not much different than making a music video for MTV.
It’s all an end to sell product.
I feel like Otto, sitting in the bar in Repo Man, watching the Circle Jerks, “I can’t believe I used to like these guys.”
Good catch, Ferris. They were in a Nike commercial with Andre Agassi (back when he had hair). Looks like Chad has a selective memory. Here is the commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W5_kk7PV-Q&search=Andre%20Agassi
I think Chad lost his memory around the same time he permanently lost his sleeves.
It might actually be worse since THEY ARE IN THE NIKE COMMERCIAL! They didnt just sell the song, they sold their bodies…. it’s the sign of a true whore.
Wow…that commercial just makes me sad because it reminds me how they used to be the loudest freakiest band out there, and now they write songs for 13 year old girls.
i like that song on the coneheads soundtrack. and i don’t like RHCP at all. is that different, if the you put a song on a crappy movie soundtrack, but the song is really good? not this particular song, but just in general, if the song is really good, does it negate the bad-movie-soundtrack move?
Um….there’s a series of adds running for the X-Games right now that all feature RHCP songs. Like seriously……..RIGHT NOW.
Anyone that starts spouting holier-than-thou nonsense about other artists being jerks or idiots will invariably get his hypocracy handed to him. It’s not that I can’t see the reason behind not licensing your music, but don’t be such a jackass about it when someone else makes that choice.
Jack White sells Coke now. I drank Coke before but now if I see that commercial I want to drink more Coke. Why? Because I want the world to be red and white and for everyone to be married to their sister.
hypocrites.
and yes…b.e.p. sucks… sampler moron…
i’ve watched the love rollercoaster video 5 times in a row…they are actually riding a love rollercoaster, amazing!
Good, then I won’t have to hear RHCP songs when I’m watching TV.
“Move it over there coz I’m a double dipper!!!!!
Upside down on the zip-zip-zipper
1,2,1,2,3 I?ve got a ticket so rock with me
Mary go down on the merry-go-round
All is fair ‘n’ a big fair ground
Love go slow. love go fast
Licorice whip gonna whip your ass.”
this just in, Chili peppers in a Nascar commercial.
chad must have been looking for sleeveless shirts and baseball caps when they ok’d this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrLUh6ketE&search=chili%20peppers%20nascar
I pissed on the Chilli Pepper’s beach fire 10 years ago. They should release everything after Blood Sugar in a box set: “Cali-Irrelevantication”
Scott, you should really update the main post with the link to the Nike video – so nobody will miss the hypocrasy.
add in the nascar video as well for good measure.
It’s lame only b/c he’s a hypocrite. Otherwise, I think it’s kind of sad that nobody gives a shit about using their music to sell product (often by companies with little or no ethics, especially in terms of how they do business internationally). Is it cool to support corporate culture now or are people really that cynical?
it’s unfair for someone in chad smith’s position to be so up in arms about licensing music to ads. for a lot of bands that are much less popular, much less lame, and not necessarily AIMING WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT TOWARDS THE EXACT MEDIOCRE CENTER OF THE “MAINSTREAM” MUSIC WORLD, licensing your music to corporate entities is one of the only ways to keep your head above water.
when the shins did that mcdonalds ad a long time ago, i hope it paid for them to KEEP BEING A FUCKING AWESOME BAND, and make a great 2nd record (which they did). ditto for iron and wine with m&m, the walkmen for saturn, and on down the line.
sure it’s kind of lame and i don’t think any of the bands that we like think it’s COOL to be associated with the big mac or, perhaps worse, an automobile manufacturer… but if it’s the difference between having the cushion to make an album the way they want to or to tour to your little town… isn’t it worth it?
for what it’s worth, i am enough on the inside of this industry that i can safely say i’m not making this up. the playingfield has changed. popular radio doesn’t exist if you aren’t spending at least 150k. people aren’t buying records. where are your favorite bands going to get the money to keep being your favorite band? it’s not cool, it’s not fun, but this is where we’re at.
chad smith can suck it.
I love how everyone uses “dangerous” now. Anything you don’t like is dangerous. I’m going to start using that one, haha. Oh, and isn’t it fun when bands insult other bands for selling out? Everyone’s a sell out; we might as well get used to it.
“i’ve watched the love rollercoaster video 5 times in a row…they are actually riding a love rollercoaster, amazing!”
boboo, I was doing the EXACT SAME THING…weird
“i’ve watched the love rollercoaster video 5 times in a row…they are actually riding a love rollercoaster, amazing!”
boboo, I was doing the EXACT SAME THING…weird
What the hell does he mean by “weird and longer”?! Weirder and longer than what?! The song on the album? This joker doesn’t even make sense. Not sure Vertigo was so “weird” to begin with. Just lame.
I’m not talking about smaller bands that are just trying to stay afloat, though. U2, The Black Eyed Peas, Jack White – none of those people fall under that category. And it’s not like when Moby pointed out that if he didn’t license his music, they’d just come up with lame muazky soundalikes anyway. U2 and the White Stripes, especially – they’re chosen b/c of their recognizability as much as their sound.
It is unbelievably awesome that someone recalled that Agassi/Chili Peppers commercial, and not only that, but that it was instantly found on You Tube.
It doesn’t matter if a band sells their music to be in commercials or not as long as the band still makes music they want to, and that it is good.
1. I just saw a commercial this pass weekend of them performing at a Nascar Race that is now being used for Nascar in the form of a commercial, now am I suppose to cringe everytime I hear Dani California plus think about god awful Nascar. I was watching with my dad he’s a fan and it’s fun to make fun of.
2. Everybody needs to make a buck whether as big as U2 or as small as the Shins.
I almost forgot their Best Buy ad. It’s such a great music store.I buy all my records there.
In his defense, I think CHAD doesn’t remember the NIKE spot because he and Frusciante aren’t even in it. That probably bums him out.
Or maybe the PEPPERS get a pass on the NIKE commercial because they didn’t sell a “song” but appear to have jammed some original music just for the ad.
Also, at the time, having a semi-underground “punk” band in a NIKE commercial was pretty cool. Or at least, as a huge PEPPERS fan at the time, that was how I justified it.
Regardless, calling out the Balck Eyed Peas is pretty pointless.
One’s music doesn’t have to be good in order to have a valid opinion.
The selling out always makes me a little sad but I understand why artists would like to make money. I think the question here is that who likes the BEPs (and their shitty, shitty music) enough to use a product that they endorse? I do think there will always be a subtle backlash against artists that sell out only because they kind of people who would resent some sort of pimping one’s artistry are also likely to be the kind of people that would relentlessly follow and support a band out of principle. It’s more money in the short run but it will probably even out eventually.
one thing i don’t get is that why is it sometimes some unheard of band will have a song on a commercial that’s really catchy and then it’s ok for thousands of curious websluts to do their damndest to find that song and then every bit of knowledge about that artist. what’s so bad about putting a well-known song behind a picture of a sandwich or a pair of shoes anyway?
the black-eyed-peas still deserve to be beaten into submission with slinkys
who gives a rat’s ass what the drummer for the chili peppers thinks. they’ve always been a bunch of artistically retarded, sell-out hypocrites. they are probably the most unoriginal band i’ve ever heard. they piss me off more than the black eyed peas because some idiots actually revere and respect the rhcp as artists. anthony kiedis can’t sing or rap and his lyrics aren’t any better than some journal writing teenager who thinks they’re deep. chad smith is a mongoloid retard and completely devoid of talent and credibility. those two guys should thank god that flea and frusciante are stupid enough to be in a band with those two losers. i’ll admit they have put out some good songs but nothing artistically stellar or original. there are tons of bands that did the funk/rock thing better: fishbone, faith no more . . . um . . . ok maybe not a ton, but it’s a pretty stupid genre anyway. i know all you former frat boys who were in college in the nineties are gonna be mad at me, but it certainly won’t be the first time. most importantly, i don’t care.
Umm.. I work at Express/Express for Men, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers have signed an agreement with the Limited Company for a promotional deal. We play their entire new album, Stadium Arcadia and we have contests all season long.. giving tickets away to contests.. Now what’s the difference in that and tv commercials?
That’s weird. Cause I believe the red hot chilli peppers shot an ipod commerical featuring song “Dani California” a few months back in L.a.
Listen you fucks, RHCP are the best thing that ever happened to this world. They are better then any band to step foot on this earth…so fuck the sell outs and fuck anyone who hates them.
Why is everyone dissing the RHCP’s artistic and musical ability? Sitting on your ass and bitching online about a band that has sold millions of records all over the world is just showing how big of an asshole you are. Lets see you write some deep shit like “Under The Bridge” or go on tour for months at a time. You can’t. You know why? Because your sitting on your ass in your moms house eating hot pockets and getting all hyped up and angry on Red Bulls and Mountain Dews.