Ok so Im cool with Opeth getting more coverage but ive seen two occasions on MTV when they have used ( Or miss-used ) the song in their shows.
First time was on a show called "Room Raiders" Basically one of those date shows with 3 potential dates and the lucky guy or girl chooses one of them (How FUn??!) They do this by "raiding" the 3 potentials rooms.
The way they used the song wasnt that bad here. It was a shot of a suburban house which looked all nice, sweet and fuzzy, almost surreal. And Windowpane was just in the back ground. Audible enough to hear but not loud enough to be a big theme, or looked upon as a huge factor in the shot. Basically an elevator-music-use of the song.
Second time was on a show I think called "My Life" show basically about peoples lives and they run like 3 stories in parallel to show I guess the diversity of peoples lives.
They used Windowpane was on an episode where they are following a young guy whose on a hunting trip. Somewhere fairly rugged with mountains in the background. The guy was American, or Canadian. And he was hunting something that resembled a Deer.
Once he had shot the "deer" he said something macho like " Thats how its done folks" and Windowpane comes on. Fairly loud. Its the front of the mix. He is collecting his kill, and talking about the respect for it. And then hes cleaning it and preparing the parts for his departure back to camp. So hes basically cutting up this animal and Windowpane is blaring.
Now Ive been hunting for fox, rabbit, and even snake. I dont have a problem with weapons or blood ( which there was a fair amount for MTV, EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FOR JACKASS ) but this use of music was just retarded. It was used in one of those instances when you expect some sort of nu metal or hard rock guitar riff to come on and be "heavy" (MTVs version of heavy anyways)
Windowpane drives a bit but not enough to be used as a forefront theme in killing a creature.
I did some media studies in high school and am now at University studying Audio Engineering, I think thats why I was pissed off slightly and also being a fan helped push that a little further. But regardless of the band it was a bad use of music.
Has anyone seen this sort of bad choice of music on MTV or anywhere else? For Opeth or other bands?
First time was on a show called "Room Raiders" Basically one of those date shows with 3 potential dates and the lucky guy or girl chooses one of them (How FUn??!) They do this by "raiding" the 3 potentials rooms.
The way they used the song wasnt that bad here. It was a shot of a suburban house which looked all nice, sweet and fuzzy, almost surreal. And Windowpane was just in the back ground. Audible enough to hear but not loud enough to be a big theme, or looked upon as a huge factor in the shot. Basically an elevator-music-use of the song.
Second time was on a show I think called "My Life" show basically about peoples lives and they run like 3 stories in parallel to show I guess the diversity of peoples lives.
They used Windowpane was on an episode where they are following a young guy whose on a hunting trip. Somewhere fairly rugged with mountains in the background. The guy was American, or Canadian. And he was hunting something that resembled a Deer.
Once he had shot the "deer" he said something macho like " Thats how its done folks" and Windowpane comes on. Fairly loud. Its the front of the mix. He is collecting his kill, and talking about the respect for it. And then hes cleaning it and preparing the parts for his departure back to camp. So hes basically cutting up this animal and Windowpane is blaring.
Now Ive been hunting for fox, rabbit, and even snake. I dont have a problem with weapons or blood ( which there was a fair amount for MTV, EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FOR JACKASS ) but this use of music was just retarded. It was used in one of those instances when you expect some sort of nu metal or hard rock guitar riff to come on and be "heavy" (MTVs version of heavy anyways)
Windowpane drives a bit but not enough to be used as a forefront theme in killing a creature.
I did some media studies in high school and am now at University studying Audio Engineering, I think thats why I was pissed off slightly and also being a fan helped push that a little further. But regardless of the band it was a bad use of music.
Has anyone seen this sort of bad choice of music on MTV or anywhere else? For Opeth or other bands?
weird
