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General Posts: 1786Joined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:52 pm
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Has anyone got a scan of that advert for 'The Fat of the Land' which used a woman's complaint letter to her local council about The Prodigy being "a corrupting influence on our youth" and to not allow a Prodigy gig to go ahead?
It was an amusing way to turn a complaint about The Prodigy into a promotion for The Prodigy. The advert was her complaint letter on lined note paper on a black background with the quote "a corrupting influence on our youth" followed by the woman's name. I think it was from 1997 or 1998 at the latest. I've had a look on Google images and couldn't find it. |
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 GeneralPosts: 1113Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:05 am
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think i saw that on alex Jenkins twitter or website, few years back.
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 Prodigious ArabPosts: 4204Location: The Dark SideJoined: Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:22 pm
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I bought this from eBay years ago...but it's an old pic I took a couple of years ago and it's still sealed.
The letter says : Quote: Dear Sirs,
I am writing to you to ban the Prodigy event as I feel that this band will be a corrupting influence on our young people. I have never actually heard them myself but after reading about them and seeing the disgusting picture of the lead singer on the front of my "Glaswegian" I can only view them as being totally evil. Such a picture conveys an image of someone who is clearly demented and who in the last centuary, and possibly this centuary, would be locked up in a lunatic asylum. Please do all you can to ban such a horrific which I believe at the end of the day is all intended to get as much money as possible from the youngsters, no matter what the cost. Yours faithfully, Mrs Helen Sturgess
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| GeneralPosts: 1113Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:05 am
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http://community.fortunecity.ws/tinpan/bassey/86/ad.htm the letter alone
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| GeneralPosts: 1786Joined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:52 pm
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Thanks for finding it. It's a shame there isn't a decent scan of it on-line.
I wonder if she ever found out her complaint letter was turned into an advert for the band she was complaining about. 
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 Major Posts: 732Joined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:19 am
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I've got one, I'll scan it this week.
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 GeneralPosts: 1883Location: PolandJoined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:08 am
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"Smack My Bitch Up is probably the most pointless song I've ever written - I've got no explanation as to why I've go that lyric in. It's just there and it works" - Liam.
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 GeneralPosts: 2923Location: italyJoined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:44 pm
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zbyniu wrote: "Smack My Bitch Up is probably the most pointless song I've ever written - I've got no explanation as to why I've go that lyric in. It's just there and it works" - Liam. I love this statement. This is basically what music should be about. Art 4 art and for nothing else.
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 GeneralPosts: 1306Location: RomâniaJoined: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:58 am
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nucleartitan wrote: zbyniu wrote: "Smack My Bitch Up is probably the most pointless song I've ever written - I've got no explanation as to why I've go that lyric in. It's just there and it works" - Liam. I love this statement. This is basically what music should be about. Art 4 art and for nothing else. Me too but ART should have meaning behind it, there should definitely be a reason behind whatever you create - nothing should be mindless.
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 Private Posts: 111Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:02 pm
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Plain_John wrote: nucleartitan wrote: zbyniu wrote: "Smack My Bitch Up is probably the most pointless song I've ever written - I've got no explanation as to why I've go that lyric in. It's just there and it works" - Liam. I love this statement. This is basically what music should be about. Art 4 art and for nothing else. Me too but ART should have meaning behind it, there should definitely be a reason behind whatever you create - nothing should be mindless. Didn't they say something about the song being about working hard and basically thats what 'smack my bitch up' means? Or was that just something to appease all the moral guardians? |
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| Prodigious ArabPosts: 4204Location: The Dark SideJoined: Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:22 pm
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| GeneralPosts: 1786Joined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:52 pm
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Thanks, I've saved a copy.
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 ColonelPosts: 826Location: EnglandJoined: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:20 pm
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Heres my scan
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| GeneralPosts: 1786Joined: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:52 pm
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Saved that too.
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| PrivatePosts: 233Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:31 pm
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Could be the letter is fake of course. I want it to be genuine, but wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just a bit of clever marketing. I remember seeing it at the time (in Select Magazine I believe)
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