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Muse vs Corporations at Their Worst

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by Septic Clit
Artists: Muse
Muse vs major coffee company...

If you've watched much commercial tv lately, you will have noticed the Muse cover of the Nina Simone classic 'Feeling Good' backing the Nescafé advert. Muse were not asked and are not happy.

A post on muse-official.com reads as follows:

Muse are very surprised to see their version of the song 'Feeling Good' appearing in a recent Nescafe TV advertisement. Especially as Muse specifically said no when Nescafe requested the recording. Muse`s management are on the case.

Reports suggest Muse said "NO!" because of the company's 'baby starving connotations'.

Rumours are rumbling that Nestlé/Nescafe upped their offer to 'ridiculous levels' and went through the publishing backdoor (as technically the songs rights belong to the recently deceased legend Nina Simone). Muse didn't give their permission for the song to be used, nor, apparently, did their label. A legal-type, on a certain music industry discussion forum, suggested that if all the above is true, the band have a "rock solid case".

To find out more about the wrongs of this major corporation take a look @ babymilkaction.org or evilsite.org/evil/Nestle/.


Muse vs Corporations at Their Worst

no lie: I genuinely just logged on here to bitch about Muse letting Nestle use their recording. So I hope they sue the crap out of Nestle and win. It's especially insulting given Nina Simone's recent death and her politics.

Muse vs Corporations at Their Worst

This is a relief - I was thinking bad things about one of my favourite bands. Well, if they didn't authorise it, who did?

BUT... this is odd, because it doesn't sound like the version on Origin of Symmetry (I could be imagining this). It sounds... slightly different. Has someone tried to recreate it? I could be going mad here.

Cheers,
Damian.

Re: Muse vs Corporations at Their Worst

Easy method to overcome Muse's refusal would be to hire a soundalike to cover the track in the same style. There are precedents for this: allegedly Alec Empire had his stuff analysed and copied sample for sample, bit by bit, by a major corporation to use in adverts after he refused.

Big companies are cunts.

Re: Muse vs Corporations at Their Worst

Yes indeed. I can't remember if his vocals were used in the commercial, but because the intellectual copyright of the actual song is owned by Nina Simone's publishing company, all the advertising company need to do is get permission from them and then record a version that sounds very similar to MUSE!

Even though everyone will think Muse have endorsed the product.

Yet another reason to hate Nestle.

Muse vs Corporations at Their Worst

Shit. Just when I thought I had a chance to slag Muse off again, they turn around and do the decent thing.
Cunts.




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