there's nothing wrong with being a corporate whore

No, really, there isn't.

Let's look at it realistically... all these musicians and actors, for example, who exude a certain amount of hippyness (Micheal Stipe and Bono are a couple folks who come to mind atm) struggle for so long to finally get some success in the music industry, which is so hard to do. They finally get some recognition - so what's wrong with fighting for equal rights and freedom and staying vegan while wearing a big fat logo tatooed on your forehead?

Anyway, just a thought.

 

But what's the point of wearing that big fat logo? What does it do for you? It's a waste of money, I guess that's all right if you have made it big, but even so... why not put your money to good use?

 

If a company... let's say Pepsi (for the sake of conversation) wanted to pay you $1000 to wear a tshirt with their logo while you walk down the red carpet to an awards show, would you? Then you can do whatever you want with the $1000, like buy a couple acres of rainforest or adopt a few whales or invest in a solar powered car or something... Corporate Whore put to good use.

 

I like the way you think Cerridwen

 

But can you think of anyone that has actually done that?

 

but if pepsi is giving you 1000 bucks for wearing that T shirt I'm sure it's making a 5000 dollar profit out of it.
just to a point.

 

Like most anything, moderation is the key
even a bit of coprerit whoring can be good,
....But imagine the Pepsi rainforest reserve

 

Can you think of anyone who hasn't?

How many 'activist' bands have their songs to movie soundtracks or tv commercials? Or lent their image to movies or tv shows or ads? They don't do that for free. And every celebrity that walks down any red carpet event is 'wearing someone' - some famous designer.

They're all walking advertisements.

 

exactly my point. Why else would they pay someone to wear the shirt?

 

because if you're wearing a logo, you're a sellout and a fake, unless it's some brand that is kynd. (too tired to think of any examples...sorry!)

 

your talking about MUSIC

being a corporate whore is a bad thing... corporations use child labor, slave labor, and generally abuse their workers... whats so god damn good about supporting that? Even in the music industry, you are bound to be helping rich white men profit off the expense of hard working children who get paid pennies/week

 

i agree with you, but im not sure if i agree with your reasons

 

i mean in musicwise, and only if you use your power in a good way

 

The real problem is balancing your need with money and keeping your soul...money does have way of polluting and corrupting and it come to a point were you can't hide behind "I was just doing my job"...
action caused reaction...what goes around does come around but, the problem is that it might come back to those you love instead of yourself...
money and sex and power...more temptation most folks can handle...but, you only get one soul
"come to the light side....we have pot"

 

corporates show you and the world that even Bob Dylan has a price when he showes up at an underwear commercial.

It just discourages idealist people. It's the "Everyone has a price" rhetoric.

And forget about the rainforest saving bullshit.
Even "saving rainforests" have become a fetish, a meta for the capitalist to manipulate.
An urge to create a new type of customers that think they help save the environment. But in deed, they become pacified.

When you wear pepsi shirt and get 1000 dollars for that and invest it into saving forests, you're making your enemy grow stronger than you. With that money, now Pepsi can fuck up 5000 dollars worth forest.
How will you overcome that? By buying Coca Cola? By wearing cola shirts? It's the same corporate shit you just cant evade.

 

That's some wonderful generality. Not all corporations do that. Granted some do, but they're in the minority.