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Reluctant Scrooge
our own DJ Steveboy Boyett
Born to Run on his or her MP3 player or what?
I have an IPOD... I LOVE these..... 1. (don't laugh) The Cup of Life- Ricky Martin This song starts out with "Do you really want it? Yeah!" perfect for when I don't want to do another hill repeat. Ricky Martin is actually ASKING me how badly I want to do well in my next race.
I like Crystal Method as DJs and doubt they knew anything about me when they were contacted by Nike. But I did read an interview with them in which they said, no, we're not runners, but we talked to friends who run. Not easy to come by that level of of commitment and research nowadays.
True. James murphy of LCD Soundsystem when approached by Nike said "Sure, I run, quite a bit". Later he just came straight out and said "well er no I dont, that was a lie. I just wanted the artistic freedom of a 45 min track whilst someone else pays me". A dj shafting Nike, the way it should be
My Ipod plays audiobooks exclusively.
He was also soundly taken to task for a repeating vocal in the mix that keeps saying "Shame on you." People stayed away in droves -- no one wanted to hear that while running. And while I see nothing wrong with a DJ grabbing brass rings from Nike, I do see something wrong with misrepresenting a product as being made by a member of a community for whom the product is intended. To me, the misrepresentation was evident in the product itself.