Cash family blocks "Ring of Fire" haemorrhoid ad

[demnan]

The family of late singer Johnny Cash has blocked an attempt by advertisers to use his hit song Ring of Fire to promote haemorrhoid-relief products.
The idea had been backed by Merle Kilgore, who co-wrote the song with Cash's wife, June Carter Cash.

Cash's daughter Rosanne said the family "would never allow the song to be demeaned like that". Cash and his wife died in 2003.

Kilgore said he had not intended to upset the family.

He said at first he thought the idea was funny, and he had often joked about haemorrhoids onstage whenever he would introduce Ring of Fire.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3498749.stm

[GOPisEvil]

1. Good for them! How tacky.

[brainwashed_youth]

2. good for the cash family

for not selling out quite possible the greatest american musician of all time.



R.I.P. Johnny Cash

[pagerbear]

3. OK, then, let's find an appropriate song for hemorrhoid relief!

[Burma Jones]

7. Workin' in a Coal Mine?

Please Release Me
Tiny Bubbles
Wipe Out
String of Pearls

[Westegg]

4. I can't imagine why...

...There's nothing more important than advertising dollars earned via the genius of dead artists. Is there?

[supernova]

5. Thank you Rosanne Cash!

What a stupid idea. :eyes:

Only the Nike use of The Beatles' "Revolution" rivals the insult to a cultural icon of a song.

[BiggJawn]

8. How about "We are The Champions" to sell....

...BONER pills! Talk about "insulting"!
Seen the latest viagra ad?
"Daddy, why are all those old men running around excited?"

Actually, I think of the OTHER excretory function when i hear "Ring of Fire"
"And it burns, burns, burns..."
Sounds like a bad dose to me.....

[supernova]

10. Hadn't seen that

the boner ad.

:eyes:

Marketing/advertising people are not bright.

[Mobius]

13. R U really Johnny Depp?

:loveya:

[supernova]

15. Yes, of course

Did you like my last movie? :D ;-)

[Mobius]

19. Once Upon a Time in mexico?

LOVED IT~
I love all of your movies and want to give you many babies:loveya:

[Westegg]

14. Wasn't it Wacko Jacko who sold "Revolution"...

...to Nike? And wasn't McCartney very upset about that? Hell, I would have been.

[supernova]

16. Yep and Yep

on both accounts. There was a hugh public uproar about it too.

Far as I know, MJ still owns the rights to the Beatle's catalogue. Or did Paul buy some of it back? I can't remember.

[pagerbear]

6. Remember when

...a shock absorber company (or something like that) used that wonderful Paty Cline song "I fall to pieces" and her estate made them stop?

[supernova]

9. LOL! That's

sickly funny. And I'm glad the family made them stop.

Reminds me, anybody seen Patsified lately?

[meatloaf]

11. C'mon folks...

Have we completely lost our sense of humor?

Ring of Fire for a Haemoroid cream... That's damn funny.

We are the Champions was pretty weak in that commercial, they should have used something else like...
"I'm comin up" or "everythings coming up roses"

[supernova]

17. There are some songs that transcend

merely being songs and become part of our shared cultural experience. They develop a meaning far more than just what's heard on the readio for many different people.

"Ring of Fire" and "Revolution" are two examples of this.

If an ad company wants to use the latest Brittney Spears throw-away tune to seem "hip," I've got no complaints. But hands off the cultural icons.

[Mobius]

12. Let us review the lyrics of a genius:

http://www.toptown.com/hp/66/jclyrics.htm
Ring Of Fire
Written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore
Recorded by Johnny Cash on 3/25/63
Number one - County Chart; Number 17 - Pop Chart


Love Is A Burning Thing

And It Makes A Fiery Ring

Bound By Wild Desire

I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire


CHORUS:


I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire

I Went Down, Down, Down

And The Flames Went Higher


And It Burns, Burns, Burns

The Ring Of Fire

The Ring Of Fire


I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire

I Went Down, Down, Down

And The Flames Went Higher


And It Burns, Burns, Burns

The Ring Of Fire

The Ring Of Fire


The Taste Of Love Is Sweet

When Hearts Like Ours Meet

I Fell For You Like A Child

Oh, But The Fire Went Wild

CHORUS

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire

I Went Down, Down, Down

And The Flames Went Higher


And It Burns, Burns, Burns

The Ring Of Fire

The Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire

I Went Down, Down, Down

And The Flames Went Higher


And It Burns, Burns, Burns

The Ring Of Fire

The Ring Of Fire


And It Burns, Burns, Burns


The Ring Of Fire


The Ring Of Fire


I would really like to get my hands around the neck of the moron that wanted to use this great, timeless song:mad:

[Piperay]

18. Geesh...

is nothing sacred anymore!! :argh: Good for the Cash family. O8)