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Prince and Chevrolet I was looking through an old Ebony magazine from 2002 today and I saw a Corvette ad that had a woman getting into a red corvette and it had this caption:
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast (yes, you are) - 
At the bottom of the ad there was a mention of it being courtesy of Controversy Music. So it appears that P was endorsing the Corvette. I also recall seeing a tv commercial once that played LRC and there was a man at a piano, but they never actually showed his face, so the assumption is that it was P. I think it was a commercial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 'vette. Does anyone else remember this commercial and has P endorsment any other products? | |
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PurpleCharm said: I was looking through an old Ebony magazine from 2002 today and I saw a Corvette ad that had a woman getting into a red corvette and it had this caption:
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast (yes, you are) -
At the bottom of the ad there was a mention of it being courtesy of Controversy Music. So it appears that P was endorsing the Corvette. I also recall seeing a tv commercial once that played LRC and there was a man at a piano, but they never actually showed his face, so the assumption is that it was P. I think it was a commercial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 'vette. Does anyone else remember this commercial and has P endorsment any other products? We had a huge billboard sign of that in front of the entrance to the Tampa International Airport for an entire season. I was suprised by it myself. | |
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PurpleCharm said: I was looking through an old Ebony magazine from 2002 today and I saw a Corvette ad that had a woman getting into a red corvette and it had this caption:
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast (yes, you are) -
At the bottom of the ad there was a mention of it being courtesy of Controversy Music. So it appears that P was endorsing the Corvette. I also recall seeing a tv commercial once that played LRC and there was a man at a piano, but they never actually showed his face, so the assumption is that it was P. I think it was a commercial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 'vette. Does anyone else remember this commercial and has P endorsment any other products? They showed his face in the commerical I saw. It was the piano footage from the SOTT movie but the guy at the end of the clip shown from behind wasn't Prince. Chevrolet is his only commericial endorsement but he let Coke sponsor a tour and a couple of other commerical type activities. | |
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Piince loves Chevy's. He has a '93 Astro Minivan that he uses on the weekends. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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I do Remember that ad..Yes.... | |
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Warner Bros. owns the tune, "Little Red Corvette."
I'm sure they're the ones who gave Chevrolet permission to use it. Prince may have received a check in the mail from Chevy for being the song-writer, but I'm sure the WB milked this one for all it's worth. Same thing when Target used Tina Turner to sing "Baby I'm A Star" for their commercials. Lovesexy Funkateer | |
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lovemachine said: PurpleCharm said: I was looking through an old Ebony magazine from 2002 today and I saw a Corvette ad that had a woman getting into a red corvette and it had this caption:
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast (yes, you are) -
At the bottom of the ad there was a mention of it being courtesy of Controversy Music. So it appears that P was endorsing the Corvette. I also recall seeing a tv commercial once that played LRC and there was a man at a piano, but they never actually showed his face, so the assumption is that it was P. I think it was a commercial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 'vette. Does anyone else remember this commercial and has P endorsed any other products? They showed his face in the commerical I saw. It was the piano footage from the SOTT movie but the guy at the end of the clip shown from behind wasn't Prince. Chevrolet is his only commericial endorsement but he let Coke sponsor a tour and a couple of other commerical type activities. Ok..my memory of it is vague because I only saw it once, maybe twice. I just remember not being able to tell if it was actually him..Thanks  | |
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LovesexyIsThe1 said: Warner Bros. owns the tune, "Little Red Corvette."
I'm sure they're the ones who gave Chevrolet permission to use it. Prince may have received a check in the mail from Chevy for being the song-writer, but I'm sure the WB milked this one for all it's worth. Same thing when Target used Tina Turner to sing "Baby I'm A Star" for their commercials. I wonder if P indeed have some input in it because the magazine add had the love symbol . I don't think WB owns the rights too that. | |
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I don't think anyone, even Prince, owns any kind of rights to the "symbol."
This is just my opinion, but as many jabs as Prince takes at WB in the press... I think this was their way of taking a jab at him. They didn't even use the proper respect to credit the song to it's original writer, they put the symbol that he doesn't even use as his name anymore. Lovesexy Funkateer | |
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LovesexyIsThe1 said: I don't think anyone, even Prince, owns any kind of rights to the "symbol."
This is just my opinion, but as many jabs as Prince takes at WB in the press... I think this was their way of taking a jab at him. They didn't even use the proper respect to credit the song to it's original writer, they put the symbol that he doesn't even use as his name anymore. true | |
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Think about it... Prince doesn't own his masters from his days at WB. So if the WB wanted to flood different commercials with Prince music, they have all rights to do so.
Prince couldn't do a thing about it. It's almost like rubbing his nose in the fact that they can do whatever they want, with his music. Lovesexy Funkateer | |
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AsianBomb777 said: PurpleCharm said: I was looking through an old Ebony magazine from 2002 today and I saw a Corvette ad that had a woman getting into a red corvette and it had this caption:
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast (yes, you are) -
At the bottom of the ad there was a mention of it being courtesy of Controversy Music. So it appears that P was endorsing the Corvette. I also recall seeing a tv commercial once that played LRC and there was a man at a piano, but they never actually showed his face, so the assumption is that it was P. I think it was a commercial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 'vette. Does anyone else remember this commercial and has P endorsment any other products? We had a huge billboard sign of that in front of the entrance to the Tampa International Airport for an entire season. I was suprised by it myself. hey i remember that! do u live in tampa? ignorance isnt bliss its....its......its.......a another bit word....... | |
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hisroyalbadnessfan8485 said: AsianBomb777 said: We had a huge billboard sign of that in front of the entrance to the Tampa International Airport for an entire season. I was suprised by it myself. hey i remember that! do u live in tampa? Yup | |
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AsianBomb777 said: hisroyalbadnessfan8485 said: hey i remember that! do u live in tampa? Yup me 2 
did u go 2 the tampa show back in april?  ignorance isnt bliss its....its......its.......a another bit word....... | |
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LovesexyIsThe1 said: Warner Bros. owns the tune, "Little Red Corvette."
I'm sure they're the ones who gave Chevrolet permission to use it. Prince may have received a check in the mail from Chevy for being the song-writer, but I'm sure the WB milked this one for all it's worth. Same thing when Target used Tina Turner to sing "Baby I'm A Star" for their commercials. WB didn't have anything 2 do with it. P had 2 clear it. WB doesn't own the rights to the actual song nor the footage they used in the commercial. WB only owns the rights to the song that was recorded during the time P was under contract with them. If they had used the song from the video or album version of the song...not the song used in the SOTT video. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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PurpleCharm said: I was looking through an old Ebony magazine from 2002 today and I saw a Corvette ad that had a woman getting into a red corvette and it had this caption:
Little Red Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast (yes, you are) -
At the bottom of the ad there was a mention of it being courtesy of Controversy Music. So it appears that P was endorsing the Corvette. I also recall seeing a tv commercial once that played LRC and there was a man at a piano, but they never actually showed his face, so the assumption is that it was P. I think it was a commercial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 'vette. Does anyone else remember this commercial and has P endorsment any other products? I first saw that ad in Playboy magazine. I hoped like HELL that WB sold the rights to it, and not Prince. I'm not a fan of product placements. If you're a struggling artist, sure. But Prince hasn't been struggling for a long, long time. Any1 know if it was a Warner deal or if Prince decided to temporarily sell his soul? Luv & Peace, Alex Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince | |
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daPrettyman said: LovesexyIsThe1 said: Warner Bros. owns the tune, "Little Red Corvette."
I'm sure they're the ones who gave Chevrolet permission to use it. Prince may have received a check in the mail from Chevy for being the song-writer, but I'm sure the WB milked this one for all it's worth. Same thing when Target used Tina Turner to sing "Baby I'm A Star" for their commercials. WB didn't have anything 2 do with it. P had 2 clear it. WB doesn't own the rights to the actual song nor the footage they used in the commercial. WB only owns the rights to the song that was recorded during the time P was under contract with them. If they had used the song from the video or album version of the song...not the song used in the SOTT video. Exactly and Prince asked fans at a soundcheck if they thought he should let Chevrolet use the song. In this instance Prince sold out. | |
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squirrelgrease said: Piince loves Chevy's. He has a '93 Astro Minivan that he uses on the weekends.
 A minivan!! AND an ASTRO to add insult to injury????
That is so uhhhhh 
I dunno! I hope I never get behind him in traffic. I HATE minivan drivers... sterotype I know but they are so FREAKIN slow!!!! "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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LovesexyIsThe1 said: Think about it... Prince doesn't own his masters from his days at WB. So if the WB wanted to flood different commercials with Prince music, they have all rights to do so.
Prince couldn't do a thing about it. It's almost like rubbing his nose in the fact that they can do whatever they want, with his music. That is interesting! I thought when those great old songs became subject to ridicule on commercials (Who's that Lady/ Isley Bro -- shampoo commercial comes to mind), it was because the writer stopped renewing the copyright and the song would default to public domain. It is actually the person who owns the masters, (usually the record company) that has the power??? WOW!!! no wonder Prince was so determined to get his masters back. I would hate to see any of his great, thought-provoking songs be used to hawk Timex watches or something. "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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squirrelgrease said: Piince loves Chevy's. He has a '93 Astro Minivan that he uses on the weekends.
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prodigalfan said: squirrelgrease said: Piince loves Chevy's. He has a '93 Astro Minivan that he uses on the weekends.
A minivan!! AND an ASTRO to add insult to injury????
That is so uhhhhh
I dunno! I hope I never get behind him in traffic. I HATE minivan drivers... sterotype I know but they are so FREAKIN slow!!!! Astros are the BEST!!! | |
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hisroyalbadnessfan8485 said: AsianBomb777 said: Yup me 2
did u go 2 the tampa show back in april? Hey, locals!!! I was at the Tampa show, but I live west of Orlando. | |
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u mean this image? This was snapped on the I-75 freeway in Oakland County in Detroit near 14 Mile back in 2002.
The 777 Update Crew sent out some information in the fall of 2002 on this. You can read up on the Chevrolet billboard and ad campaign via The Detroit Crawl's 777 Update Archive. Props n pounds as always to J7, the Bump Squad and the 777 Update Crew for constantly feeding the masses with new insider info. much 2 fast edit  [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 8:59:31 2004 by a2grafix] | |
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prodigalfan said: LovesexyIsThe1 said: Think about it... Prince doesn't own his masters from his days at WB. So if the WB wanted to flood different commercials with Prince music, they have all rights to do so.
Prince couldn't do a thing about it. It's almost like rubbing his nose in the fact that they can do whatever they want, with his music. That is interesting! I thought when those great old songs became subject to ridicule on commercials (Who's that Lady/ Isley Bro -- shampoo commercial comes to mind), it was because the writer stopped renewing the copyright and the song would default to public domain. It is actually the person who owns the masters, (usually the record company) that has the power??? WOW!!! no wonder Prince was so determined to get his masters back. I would hate to see any of his great, thought-provoking songs be used to hawk Timex watches or something. So that would explain why Paul McCartney was pissed at Michael Jackson for letting Nike use one of the Beatle's songs on a commercial, I think it was Imagine. Michael owns the masters to the Beatle collection so he was the one with the right to allow the use of the song in that commercial. | |
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a2grafix said: u mean this image? This was snapped on the I-75 freeway in Oakland County in Detroit near 14 Mile back in 2002.
The 777 Update Crew sent out some information in the fall of 2002 on this. You can read up on the Chevrolet billboard and ad campaign via The Detroit Crawl's 777 Update Archive. Props n pounds as always to J7, the Bump Squad and the 777 Update Crew for constantly feeding the masses with new insider info. much 2 fast edit
[This message was edited Sat Jul 24 8:59:31 2004 by a2grafix] Although not quite the same, the gist of it is. The ad I saw had a woman getting into the Corvette. I live in Metro Detroit and probably passed by that ad many times but never paid any attention to it. Thanks for posting.. | |
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lovemachine said: Exactly and Prince asked fans at a soundcheck if they thought he should let Chevrolet use the song. In this instance Prince sold out.
That's depressing as hell. I've been hiding myself from the truth for a long time (I'm still hoping you're wrong). LRC is 2 magic a song 2 be used in a bunch of corporate ads. There goes a lot of treasured memories related 2 the song that I had. 
Luv & Peace, Alex Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince | |
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DTrickyB said: hisroyalbadnessfan8485 said: me 2
did u go 2 the tampa show back in april? Hey, locals!!! I was at the Tampa show, but I live west of Orlando. Orlando/Tampa/Miami -- Damn I love living here. | |
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