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Printablerudeboynpg said: Universaluv said: Considering he actually asked fans what they about the idea of Chevy using the song well before the commercials ever aired, I seriously doubt it. Oh, and the Chevy Billboards using LRC lyrics and the  symbol. Trust me, he got paid.
[Edited 11/15/05 15:07pm] Prince does not own Little Red Corvette and Baby I'm A Star. Warner Brothers does. Universal released the Sign O' The Times film in 1987. It was released on dvd in Canada distributed threw Alliance Atlantis and Network in the U.K. . And his symbol was not on the Chevy billboard. 2001, Chevrolet put up billboards with a picture of a red 1963 Corvette Sting Ray that said, "They don't write songs about Volvos." In 2003, Chevrolet used Little Red Corvette in a commercial that aired for the first time during the Grammys. The ad showed old footage of The Beach Boys performing "My 409" followed by Don McLean singing "American Pie" ("drove my Chevy to the levee"), and then the clip of Prince from Sign O' The Times singing Little Red Corvette. The camera then goes outside the club to show Chevy's latest model. Wow it's in bold print, so it must be true! Maybe we all just hallucinated. http://www.prince.org/msg/7/23710 | |
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Prince does not own Little Red Corvette and Baby I'm A Star. Warner Brothers does. [/quote] that is not excataly true. WB owns the MASTER Recordings. but not the Publishing rights. Which WB would need. And LRC as used it the AD (as you said) was from the movie with WB has no claim to what so ever. Prince Okayed BOTH ads. Prince got paid for BOTH Ads. | |
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Prince does not own Little Red Corvette and Baby I'm A Star. Warner Brothers does. that is not excataly true. WB owns the MASTER Recordings. but not the Publishing rights. Which WB would need. And LRC as used it the AD (as you said) was from the movie with WB has no claim to what so ever. Prince Okayed BOTH ads. Prince got paid for BOTH Ads.[/quote] but the question remains...DID HE HAVE THE OPTION TO VETO THEM? | |
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origmnd said: but the question remains...DID HE HAVE THE OPTION TO VETO THEM? I am really very sure he would. IF NOT... wouldn't there be famous songs all over ads and what not? And remember back when Nike used "the Beatles" song? And Paul and the others sued and made them take it off even though they did not own the masters. and when Chevy used a song close to "born in the USA" Springstine sued and made them stop using it so YEAH. i think he could stop them from useing any of his songs. and it was known at the time that he approved their use. | |
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Universaluv said: rudeboynpg said: Prince does not own Little Red Corvette and Baby I'm A Star. Warner Brothers does. Universal released the Sign O' The Times film in 1987. It was released on dvd in Canada distributed threw Alliance Atlantis and Network in the U.K. . And his symbol was not on the Chevy billboard. 2001, Chevrolet put up billboards with a picture of a red 1963 Corvette Sting Ray that said, "They don't write songs about Volvos." In 2003, Chevrolet used Little Red Corvette in a commercial that aired for the first time during the Grammys. The ad showed old footage of The Beach Boys performing "My 409" followed by Don McLean singing "American Pie" ("drove my Chevy to the levee"), and then the clip of Prince from Sign O' The Times singing Little Red Corvette. The camera then goes outside the club to show Chevy's latest model. Wow it's in bold print, so it must be true! Maybe we all just hallucinated. http://www.prince.org/msg/7/23710 Okay. I didn't know that his symbol was used on a Chevy ad, I stand corrected. All I saw was a billboard from 2001, with a picture of a red 1963 Corvette Sting Ray that said, "They don't write songs about Volvos." [Edited 11/20/05 4:45am] Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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Does this all mean Prince couldn't stop BLOWFLY from releasing "Whn doves Fuck"?
Or Sly couldn't stop BLOWFLY from releasing "Faggot Affair " ? | |
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origmnd said: Does this all mean Prince couldn't stop BLOWFLY from releasing "Whn doves Fuck"?
Or Sly couldn't stop BLOWFLY from releasing "Faggot Affair " ? Parodies have different rules. | |
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