arcade fire: we don't give a fuck
arcade fire have donated one of their songs to the (RED) campaign for use in a television commercial. some of their fans are pissed. i love that band, but i think it is fair to say that some arcade fire fans probably think they can solve the world's problems mainly via typing bad words about bono on the computers that their daddies bought them. this article includes some choice fan criticism and the reaction from arcade fire's win butler:
"to some people (RED) seems crass and capitalistic, and i sympathize with that position, but in the first week of the campaign, (RED) has raised enough money for 10,000 women to have antiretroviral drugs for a year... money and medication which wouldn't have been there without a program like this," butler wrote on the band's website. "we don't give a fuck about the gap or american express, and we are in no way endorsing their products, but as long as scientists are developing drugs that you can give to a HIV-positive mother and her newborn baby to help stop the transmission of AIDS to the child, the money could be coming from the devil for all i care, as long as people are getting the medication."
the devil? hmmmmm. where have we heard that one before? the evil of the bono. knows. no. end.
related:
itunes is selling a christmas single by the killers to raise money for the (RED) campaign.
[itunes]
the killers - a great big sled
guitarist dave keuning talked about the song with the irish independent:
"we've supported u2 in the past, and talked to them, and they've come to see our shows in las vegas. bono did ask us to do something else for (RED) a short while back, but we didn't have time. but the best way for us to help is to do something that we are actually good at. and that's writing songs. we're no good at making commercials, or doing interviews, and i'm the first to admit that we aren't maybe as knowledgeable about the aids issue as we should be. but we do know how to do one thing, and that's making music."
brandon flowers also spoke about the song with mtv:
"we figured that if one-fifth of the people who bought sam's town buy the song, then we can raise something like $250,000 for (RED). to be honest, it's pretty much the first time we got to take advantage of our position, both in making the song so quickly and in helping people out," flowers said. "we wanted to help bono out, and what better way to do it than to do what we do best: write songs. plus, we're hoping we can bring back a little bit of the christmas spirit."
"to some people (RED) seems crass and capitalistic, and i sympathize with that position, but in the first week of the campaign, (RED) has raised enough money for 10,000 women to have antiretroviral drugs for a year... money and medication which wouldn't have been there without a program like this," butler wrote on the band's website. "we don't give a fuck about the gap or american express, and we are in no way endorsing their products, but as long as scientists are developing drugs that you can give to a HIV-positive mother and her newborn baby to help stop the transmission of AIDS to the child, the money could be coming from the devil for all i care, as long as people are getting the medication."
the devil? hmmmmm. where have we heard that one before? the evil of the bono. knows. no. end.
related:
itunes is selling a christmas single by the killers to raise money for the (RED) campaign.
[itunes]
the killers - a great big sled
guitarist dave keuning talked about the song with the irish independent:
"we've supported u2 in the past, and talked to them, and they've come to see our shows in las vegas. bono did ask us to do something else for (RED) a short while back, but we didn't have time. but the best way for us to help is to do something that we are actually good at. and that's writing songs. we're no good at making commercials, or doing interviews, and i'm the first to admit that we aren't maybe as knowledgeable about the aids issue as we should be. but we do know how to do one thing, and that's making music."
brandon flowers also spoke about the song with mtv:
"we figured that if one-fifth of the people who bought sam's town buy the song, then we can raise something like $250,000 for (RED). to be honest, it's pretty much the first time we got to take advantage of our position, both in making the song so quickly and in helping people out," flowers said. "we wanted to help bono out, and what better way to do it than to do what we do best: write songs. plus, we're hoping we can bring back a little bit of the christmas spirit."
posted by c at 4:30 PM
4 Comments:
And yet another reason to love Arcade Fire. Especially the bit about not giving a fuck about gap or american express. My sentiments exactly bub!
Think I'll have the fi-pod play Arcade Fire all morning.
I´m a Arcade Fire fan and they did the right thing... and I don´t give a shit about what those fans think...
it is kind of interesting, though. reading more about it - it sounds like the killers turned down the offer of the commercial.
Win and the group have so much understanding of humanity and compassion, which is what the music should be about.
I love them. I love them, I love them, I love them.
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