I thought it was incredible how the man in this video was able to pursuade those men into drawing up the exact same poster that he had in mind. He went to great lengths to subliminally persuade the men to do what he wanted. He placed objects around the men to silently nudge them into the direction he wanted them to go in. every single one of the objects was placed in a clever spot. The car they were in drove by a ZOO, and all the people walking across the street were wearing "animal heaven" shirts. These are the things that the advertisers themselves use to pursuade us to buy the products they are advertising.
This song discusses a teenager doing what she can to help her family. Her father is whoring her out to pay the bills. She meets up with a guy who knows what she is doing is wrong, but he knowingly encourages her to do things the "wrong way." The line "Strong if I can, but I am only a man, so I took her to the can, it's the wrong way" portrays that men are weak, and will ignore doing the right thing if it involves sex. The line "A Cigarette, pressed between her lips, but I'm staring at her tits, it's the wrong way" shows us that we ignore the problems of America's youth. We just sit there, watching and drooling, while they are doing things the "wrong way." The guy takes the girl away, but she leaves and goes back to her old habits. This represents how the youth don't really want to be helped. They want to continue going down the path of life the "wrong way."
Annie's 12 years old, in two more she'll be a whore
Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way
Don't be afraid with the quickness you'll get laid
For your family get paid
It's the wrong way
I gave her all that I had to give
I'm gonna make it hard to live
(Big) soggy tears running down to her chin
And it ruins up her make-up
I never wanted
A cigarette pressed between her lips
But I'm staring at her tits
It's the wrong way
Strong if I can, but I am only a man
So I take her to the can
It's the wrong way
The only family that she's ever had
Is her seven horny brothers and a drunk-ass dad
He needed money so he put her on the street
Everything was going fine until the day she met me
Happy are you sad, wanna shoot your dad
I'll do anything I can
It's the wrong way
We talk all night, try to make it right
Believe me shit was tight
It was the wrong way
So run away if you wanna stay
Cause I ain't here to make ya, oh no
It's up to you what you really wanna do
Spend some time in America
Dub style!
She'll give you all that she got to give
But I'm gonna make it hard to live
Big soggy tears rollin' down to her chin
And it smears up her make-up
I never wanted
So we ran away
And I'm sorry when I say, that straight to this very day
It was the wrong way
She took a hike it don't matter if I like it or not
Because she only wants the wrong way
I gave her all that I had to give
But she still wouldn't take it, oh no
Her two brown eyes are leaking like a sieve
But it still ruins her make-up
I never wanted
This is pretty much a ridiculous amount of money for a war. I'm pretty sure that we haven't spent that much money in a long time, and the thing is...WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE MONEY! I don't understand why we are only plummeting ourselves deeper into debt. I don't understand why we as a country continue to ignore the poverty on our own streets, while we focus on something that is thousands of miles away. The problem is here, and now. The Unites States of America is currently on the BOTTOM of the debt list. When you think about it, half a trillion dollars could buy a lot of meals for the people who are starving as I type this. Half a trillion dollars could go into the budget for education so we don't have to share expo markers. Half a trillion dollars could be used to help protect our fragile environment. I guess the main questions that the cartoon asks me are: Where are we getting the money, and how could it be put to better use?
The website myspace.com has become one of the most popular social websited in the world. One thing that myspace has always been known for is music. So, as a result of the happenings in my last post, Myspace as brought in three major record company's to start selling music off of the artist's web page on myspace. This is intended to compete with the ever growing sales of iTunes. Myspace has brought in Sony BMG, Universal Music, and Warner Music. These companies bring in billions of dollars every year, and now they are being bropught under one giant roof. MyspaceMusic.
MySpace Music Announces iTunes Rival
“With 5 Million Member Bands, Company Could Revolutionize Recording Industry.”
San Francisco - MySpace, the leading social networking website on Thursday unveiled “MySpace Music,” a site that has always been closely associated with music, is launching a free music Internet service with major recording labels to closely compete with digital giant Apple, whose iTunes has just claimed the crown as world’s largest music store.
The ad-friendly iTunes competitor is a joint venture between Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. The new features will be added to the social network’s existing music portal, MySpace Music.
“The service will unlock new channels of e-commerce, including music sales and ad-supported streaming audio.”
MySpace Music will consist of ad-supported audio and video streaming, a digital music service, mobile content solutions and original programming according to MySpace COO Amit Kapur.
Since a long time, music companies have longed for a legitimate contender to wrest away some of the bargaining power Apple has wielded as the No. 1 online music seller. So, here comes another iTunes killer.
MySpace Music will establish on the News Corporation-owned website’s MySpace Music Channel, and will begin to offer users the power to purchase music downloads, check out ad-supported streaming audio and video, and buyers can freely copy, along with ring tones for mobile telephones, concert tickets and band merchandise.
It has hired a completely separate staff for the site and, with the move, hopes to capitalize on the 5 million artist profile pages it hosts and the 30 million unique users currently on its music-related site. The recording labels seek to bolster the flagging CD market with a push toward digital downloads.
“Certainly, MySpace’s audience reach is an asset. If the project succeeds, it should benefit both MySpace and the record labels. In the short-term, however, until real revenues start being generated, MySpace is likely to be the beneficiary,” Mike McGuire, an analyst at Gartner, said in a statement.
“We see music as an area where we want to do something huge; something historical,” said Kapur.
“We plan to really revolutionize the game entirely.”
MySpace’s announcement came as statistics from industry tracker NPD Group showed that earlier this year iTunes topped retail colossus Wal-Mart as the world’s largest music seller.
“We are thrilled,” said iTunes vice president Eddy Cue.
Ever since Apple started the online digital content store five years ago, iTunes has reportedly sold more than four billion songs and built the most extensive music catalog in the market.
Urge, Sony’s Connect, and SpiralFrog are only a couple of the services at one time envisaged to unseat iTunes. Of this group, only the troubled SpiralFrog continues to limp along. The other two no longer exist.
Although MySpace is up against music retail’s supreme power in Apple’s iTunes, it is totally different from any other iTunes challenger that has come before. An audience of 110 million people from all over the world visit MySpace every month. About 30 million listen to music on the site, and more than 5 million music acts rely on the site for promotion.
Under the terms of agreement, the MySpace Music site will be drawn out and turn into an independently run service with its own executive team comprised of representatives from all of the partners -- MySpace, Universal, Sony BMG and Warner Music.
MySpace’s objective is to create a total immersive music experience, the digital equivalent of walking into a large record store, one that features listening posts, CDs, DVDs, vinyl albums, and in-store concerts, according to James McQuivey, an analyst with Forrester Research.
“What MySpace Music performs is establish a new level of belief about what music could be in people’s lives,” McQuivey said. “Apple might find itself following for the first time.”
“We will be producing and layering on lots of community features from a recommendation engine to other discovery tools,” said Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace.
“If you take a look at MySpace Music now, it is up and running at the moment. In terms of adding all the features we have mentioned, it will happen on an ongoing basis and you will see some really big changes over the next three to four months,” he continued.
Nevertheless DeWolfe could not say whether all the tracks would be offered without digital rights management restrictions, he said the service is headed in that direction.
The website, owned by News Corporation, the parent company of The Times, furthermore gave the 20-year-old Londoner Kate Nash a head start following a MySpace recommendation by fellow female singer Lily Allen. Her debut album, “Made of Bricks,” soon went to the top of the UK sales chart.
“MySpace will be able to take advantage of its vast community of loyal users,” said one source close to the record labels. MySpace has more than 25 localized websites, in countries including, India, Brazil and Australia.
MySpace owns offices in 28 countries worldwide; while the music service will initially be offered in the U.S. only, it will eventually expand overseas.
“This is the first time we have seen beyond doubt a serious competitor to Apple’s iTunes,” said one music source.
It's about time that someone has dethroned the tyranny that is Wal*Mart. I find it amazing that Wal*mart sold so many cd's in the first place. First of all, they edit the content of their cd's, and it isn't nearly as convenient as iTunes. with iTunes, all you do is hit the buy button, and it automatically downloads into your music library. It is so incredibly easy. Not only that, but it can be launched right from your iTunes window. You can download FREE podcasts, these keep the public in the loop. Not to mention, almost everyone has an iPod these days. iTunes comes with your iPod. Or... you could download it for free on the internet. I also find it easier to store music files on. When you buy those cd's from Wal*Mart, how exactly, do you put the music on your ipod? You put it on your iTunes. Wal*Mart is the middle man. iTunes is merely cutting out the middle man.
Apple has overtaken Wal-Mart to become the biggest music retailer in the US, outselling the big CD retailers for the first time.
Sales at iTunes over January and February also surpassed Best Buy and Amazon, which took third and fourth places respectively.
"We launched iTunes less than five years ago, and it has now become the number one music retailer in the world," said Eddy Cue, vice president of iTunes at Apple.
"We are thrilled, and would like to thank all our customers for helping us reach this incredible milestone."
Apple quoted sales figures from market research firm NPD Group, which counts one CD as representing 12 tracks, confirming the company's status as number one music retailer.
Hot on the heels of Apple's milestone, MySpace yesterday announced a joint venture with Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal to offer a music download service that will go head-to-head with iTunes.
The company described MySpace Music as a "360-degree global solution" that would "evolve users ability to discover, share and socialise by adding commerce and music management tools".
http://www.channelweb.co.uk/vnunet/news/2213568/apple-claims-top-music-retailer
