I think this song can only mean one thing: Negativland were great at what they did over a decade ago and they continue to be great at it today. More people should give these fellas a listen.
I can't imagine that reading this and not hearing the song would enable anyone to understand exactly what the song is about. It is a "cover" of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2, with the lyrics twisted and narrated by the one and only Weatherman. The other prominent voice is that of Casey Kasem, caught saying some nasty things about U2 and in general. The other song included on this single features most of his worst stuff. Negativland were sued; I don't know near enough of the specifics except that I have read that the record companies claimed to be worried that people would confuse the Negativland album with the U2 one (they both came out around the same time). Apparently the fact that Negativland's album cover had a U2 spyplane on the cover did not change their minds.
They made fun of U2, they made fun of Casey Kasem (simply by playing clips of him speaking) and they got the s*** sued out of them. They wrote a book about the experience and copyright issues, one of their main focuses, in a book called "The Letter U and the Numeral 2" (I believe that's the title)
They've got literally hundreds of hours of output plus an ongoing radio show every Thursday night that can be heard over the web. Check out their website: www.negativland.com
I think this song can only mean one thing: Negativland were great at what they did over a decade ago and they continue to be great at it today. More people should give these fellas a listen.
I can't imagine that reading this and not hearing the song would enable anyone to understand exactly what the song is about. It is a "cover" of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2, with the lyrics twisted and narrated by the one and only Weatherman. The other prominent voice is that of Casey Kasem, caught saying some nasty things about U2 and in general. The other song included on this single features most of his worst stuff. Negativland were sued; I don't know near enough of the specifics except that I have read that the record companies claimed to be worried that people would confuse the Negativland album with the U2 one (they both came out around the same time). Apparently the fact that Negativland's album cover had a U2 spyplane on the cover did not change their minds.
They made fun of U2, they made fun of Casey Kasem (simply by playing clips of him speaking) and they got the s*** sued out of them. They wrote a book about the experience and copyright issues, one of their main focuses, in a book called "The Letter U and the Numeral 2" (I believe that's the title)
They've got literally hundreds of hours of output plus an ongoing radio show every Thursday night that can be heard over the web. Check out their website: www.negativland.com