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09 January 2007

Help me through this. One of JFJ's songs/videos is featured on the Cadillac webiste. →[More:]

The song is called "Change the World." The video sort of encompasses race issues (which, tangentially or directly, encompass class issues).

But come on, it's Cadillac! Maybe the message Cadillac's ad firm is going for is: "Cadillac! It's for everyone!" Or maybe it's "Explore alternative energies!" Or "Let's erase class lines!"

But the cynic in me has a hard time believing in the above.

I don't want to feel bad about this. Tell me how it might be a good thing.

Because, man, it's Joan Fucking Jett.

post by: mudpuppie at: 03:22 | 6 comments

The message of this video is: "Cadillac is not just for old white folks anymore."

I don't know if this is a good or a bad thing.

posted by Daniel Charms 09 January | 03:39

Apparently, she just likes Cadillacs. But, um... yeah. To me it seems pretty skeezy.

posted by taz 09 January | 03:46

C'mon, you can be cool and like Cadillacs.

≡ Click to see image ≡

Can't you?

Also, look at it this way: I think it's cool for somebody who's been at it as long as JFJ is getting a big-name sponsor instead of playing state fairs and what not.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 January | 08:07

Joan can do no wrong.

posted by mischief 09 January | 10:57

I bet she got a big check for that. She deserves a big check. Lesser musicians get them all the time.

And there is simply no cooler car than a big ol' Caddy convertible. Everyone from Hunter S. Thompson to Boss Hogg would agree.

posted by jrossi4r 09 January | 13:27

Amended: Joan can do no wrong, except for "Everyday People".

posted by mischief 09 January | 16:14

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