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Codeine

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9. I think a lot of indie bands deliberately write songs

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 11:42 AM

Mar 2019

that are geared toward being ad-friendly for licensing purposes, as that’s really the only goddamned way to make money off a song in the current system.

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George Harrison's lovely song 'Here Comes the Sun'.... [View all] spanone Mar 2019 OP

No shit... my fav Beatle song. LakeArenal Mar 2019 #1

I played this LP so many times I know it note for note pecosbob Mar 2019 #2

I had the same feeling when the RWs used Imagine malaise Mar 2019 #3

Although I will say that I do love it when RW politicians get taken down a few pegs. Initech Mar 2019 #10

True malaise Mar 2019 #11

I'll never forget when I heard a Led Zep song ("Rock and Roll") Ohiogal Mar 2019 #4

Those days are gone forever gratuitous Mar 2019 #5

Listen to Bill Hicks on marketing. He called that shit out decades ago. Initech Mar 2019 #7

I think a lot of indie bands deliberately write songs Codeine Mar 2019 #9

Oh worse is Capitol One using Prince's "Let's Get Crazy". Initech Mar 2019 #6

Not so much "Fuck Capital One" Codeine Mar 2019 #8