This commercial parody from the late 1980s was actually banned from MTV, mostly because MTV didn't want to piss off Coke, Pepsi, or Budweiser. Also, Michael Jackson threatened to sue them.
MuchMusic, which is essentially Canadian MTV for those who don't know what it is (don't @ me. I know what it is. Most of my readers wouldn't), did NOT have the same concerns and started playing the video. It ended up being a hit and MTV reconsidered its decision.
It went on to win Video of the Year at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, which was both ironic and amazing, because it's a great video. And song. We haven't even talked about the song.
And no, Michael Jackson never did end up suing them over this video.
Because his label blocks the actual video from being posted, here it is side-by-side with its ad parodies
I have to admit, Neil Young is such a ubiquitous musician, he feels like he belongs to no country.
But he is not only proudly Canadian, he is a Canadian Music Hall of Famer.
And he put on some great live shows, like this one, where he did an acoustic version of this song.
And he sang it for you.
No comments:
Post a Comment