Monday, July 07, 2003

Jewel Hypocrisy, recognized by another
new article, in slate...about "intuition", etc...apparently, Jewel has licensed her song for...complete sell out status....for a razor! can you believe that?

Money Quote:

I don't think Schick can be faulted for latching itself onto the latest hit from a fairly popular artist. But I'm a little curious about what Jewel is up to. I have nothing against the song "Intuition"; I like the occasional unabashed pop tune. On the other hand, I think I like this one because it's the best Britney Spears song I've heard in ages. It's possible to overlook the mild hypocrisy of Jewel poking fun at a musical and video style by basically copying it and adding a half-hearted wink. But how to explain writing a song that tells us all to resist the total marketing mentality all around us, promoting it with a video that satirizes advertising, all the while urging us to just be ourselves—and then licensing that song to a consumer products company for a huge sales campaign?

Hear them voices?..."you don't know what you've got till its gone"--

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