Yoko Ono sells John Lennon out to Nike

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Proceeds going to charity or not, the thought of Lennon's lyrics on something produced in Phil Knight's sweatshops is pretty damn depressing

from mtv.com

John Lennon will be the focus of a new line of Nike shoes after his widow, Yoko Ono, gave the company her blessing. As part of the ad campaign for the new shoes, Nike is re-creating the cover of the Beatles's 1969 album, Abbey Road, on which Lennon wore white shoes. His signature will be featured on the heel of the sneakers, and lyrics from his song "Imagine" will be written on the toes. All profits from the line will be donated to charity. ...

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490533/20040824/no_doubt.jhtml?headlines=true

[ohiosmith]

1. And John spins in his grave!

[redqueen]

2. what charity?!

:grr:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. dunno

the article doesn't say

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. They already used Instant Karma for an ad about eight years ago.

IIRC,TI.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. We can thank Michael Jackson for the Instant Karma ad

dick!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Of course.

That smooth criminal.

[Kellanved]

13. and "imagine" was used by RWE

A German Energy/waste/Water/Public Services giant.


Edit:
http://www.werbefilmchen.de/cgi-bin/dlcounter/download.cgi?file=RWE-Energie

[Dukkha]

16. I thought that was "Revolution"?

I remember some Nike ad long ago that had "Revolution" in it back when they were still using the "Just Do It" motto.

[Algorem]

5. Why didn't they use some of her,uh,music?

[Lavender Brown]

6. She already did that "Imagine" line of baby clothes

That wasn't Nike, though.

[noahmijo]

7. Fuck Yoko

That useless tramp. What the hell would she be doing if she hadn't stalked John for all that time?

[Dookus]

19. bullshit!!!!

Yoko rocks. The 35-year old idea that she's a "useless tramp" should've been dispelled by now. That woman has class.

NOBODY in popular culture has been more reviled than her, and she has accepted it all with dignity.

If John Lennon loved her, that's good enough for me. Yoko rocks.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. apparently she sold him to converse, too

http://converse.com/zproductdetails.asp?zcatid=2&zsubcatid=&zgenid=&sku=1Q090

[schyzo-nas]

11. Nike owns Converse...

n/t

[Viking12]

12. Nike owns the Convers label. eom

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

14. as John would say to Phil Knight

"A million workers working for nothing
You better give ‘em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on"

[FunBobbyMucha]

15. Can Janis' Wild Turkey and Hendrix Lighter Fluid be far behind?

Ringo, meanwhile, would blow a goat for a Ringo's Rotogravue shoe.

[demnan]

17. That's bloody depressing

n/t

[SarahB]

18. I thought Michael Jackson already did this.

Didn't he buy up a bunch of songs and sell them to Nike a few years ago? Nike sucks anyway, but hey, Asian kids need to make their 17 cents an hour, right? :eyes: