Comments on: Jewel + Walmart = song about Walmart http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Patera http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1539088 Patera Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1539088 Wow I thought her career was dead before.... Wow I thought her career was dead before….

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1538010 wysinwyg Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1538010  Wait, Jewel is popular?  Wait, Jewel is popular?

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1538008 wysinwyg Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1538008  That's not a reason <em>not</em> to get the They Might Be Giants album...  That’s not a reason not to get the They Might Be Giants album…

]]> By: Jeff Ådler http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1537214 Jeff Ådler Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1537214 Another day, another dollar, another war, Another Wal-mart went up, where the homeless had their homes... Who will save YOUR soul? Another day, another dollar, another war,

Another Wal-mart went up, where the homeless had their homes…

Who will save YOUR soul?

]]> By: Jeff Ådler http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1537216 Jeff Ådler Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1537216 Ooops. Ooops.

]]> By: hypersomniac http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1537151 hypersomniac Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1537151 here's a real song about walmart by matt the electrician http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XagsXc0MqR4  here’s a real song about walmart by matt the electrician

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XagsXc0MqR4 

]]> By: Joel Bass http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1537097 Joel Bass Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1537097 Yep, when I was a kid, I was pretty sure Beatles music was for kids, and it worked perfectly. Some of it didn't make a lot of sense, but kids are used to that. Yep, when I was a kid, I was pretty sure Beatles music was for kids, and it worked perfectly. Some of it didn’t make a lot of sense, but kids are used to that.

]]> By: leiris http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1537080 leiris Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1537080 There's selling-out and then there's selling your soul. There’s selling-out and then there’s selling your soul.

]]> By: Iain Bryden http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1537040 Iain Bryden Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1537040 Gotta pay the bill$. Gotta pay the bill$.

]]> By: petite poubelle http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536880 petite poubelle Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536880  She's just doing it for the beer and hugs.  She’s just doing it for the beer and hugs.

]]> By: Luke Temple Walsh http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536820 Luke Temple Walsh Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536820 Shouldn't she have worn an even bigger fatsuit to do the Walmart thing? Shouldn’t she have worn an even bigger fatsuit to do the Walmart thing?

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536818 ChicagoD Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536818 poo? poo?

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536816 ChicagoD Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536816 They did hire a sound guy, but he was accidentally locked in one of the stores until he finished cleaning the floors. They did hire a sound guy, but he was accidentally locked in one of the stores until he finished cleaning the floors.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536814 ChicagoD Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536814 Meh. I just stopped with the "kids" music and let him listen to as wide a variety of "human" music as I can. Meh. I just stopped with the “kids” music and let him listen to as wide a variety of “human” music as I can.

]]> By: len http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536803 len Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536803 I haven't been this offended since the Foo Fighters sold out to a similar corporation. That's sarcasm, by the way. Here is the actual song she modified for a corporate event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFLigL6M8o I haven’t been this offended since the Foo Fighters sold out to a similar corporation.

That’s sarcasm, by the way. Here is the actual song she modified for a corporate event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFLigL6M8o

]]> By: edthehippie http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536786 edthehippie Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536786 sure , wallmart has low prices and lots of stuff ; But they're evil !! about TWICE as evil as other merchandisers !! off the bell curve on inappropriate pay scale and promotions !! EVIL !!  sure , wallmart has low prices and lots of stuff ; But they’re evil !! about TWICE as evil as other merchandisers !! off the bell curve on inappropriate pay scale and promotions !! EVIL !! 

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536709 benher Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536709 With a whole new taste appeal! Look what they've done to oatmeal! NNaarrhgghhg this is the only version I can remember now!! It's true - reruns all become our history! With a whole new taste appeal! Look what they’ve done to oatmeal!

NNaarrhgghhg this is the only version I can remember now!!

It’s true – reruns all become our history!

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536704 wrybread Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536704 I will always love Jewel, no matter what she does, for the simple reason that she did this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmv1VhrtYRo  I love absolutely everything about that video. I will always love Jewel, no matter what she does, for the simple reason that she did this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmv1VhrtYRo 

I love absolutely everything about that video.

]]> By: sean nelson http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536645 sean nelson Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536645 Shit + crap = ... Shit + crap = …

]]> By: Steve Rhodes http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536642 Steve Rhodes Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536642 Here she is performing for Walmart Soundcheck:  http://soundcheck.walmart.com/jewel Here she is performing for Walmart Soundcheck:  http://soundcheck.walmart.com/jewel

]]> By: Andy Murdock http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536634 Andy Murdock Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536634 sellout definitionn. the event of selling all of something. (Advertising.) :  Come to ourgigantic sellout of all name-brand merchandise! n. a betrayal. (See also sell (so) out.) :  Any one of you could havestood up for me. What a sellout!  see Jewel sellout definitionn. the event of selling all of something. (Advertising.) :  Come to ourgigantic sellout of all name-brand merchandise!
n. a betrayal. (See also sell (so) out.) :  Any one of you could havestood up for me. What a sellout! 

see Jewel

]]> By: Moving Backward http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536606 Moving Backward Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536606 Man..... It's so hard to criticize this... Sure... i hate the concept of Walmart. But damn ... so .. so .. cute...  Grr Jewel ... WHY? Man….. It’s so hard to criticize this… Sure… i hate the concept of Walmart. But damn … so .. so .. cute…  Grr Jewel … WHY?

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536595 ocker3 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536595  GOLD!  GOLD!

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536590 ocker3 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536590  I hoped... But considering her intro was recorded in front of a WalMart sign, that didn't give me confidence  I hoped…

But considering her intro was recorded in front of a WalMart sign, that didn’t give me confidence

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536588 ocker3 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536588  She's making kid's CDs, quite a variation from her roots :( Oh how the mighty have fallen *sigh* Another high-school era hero bites the dust  She’s making kid’s CDs, quite a variation from her roots :( Oh how the mighty have fallen *sigh* Another high-school era hero bites the dust

]]> By: Bodhipaksa http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536562 Bodhipaksa Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536562 I can't wait to see her Bain, Monsanto, and Blackwater ditties, plus maybe the "Lament for Enron." I can’t wait to see her Bain, Monsanto, and Blackwater ditties, plus maybe the “Lament for Enron.”

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536552 Incipient Madness Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536552  That's what what I was wondering. It's so close but not quite there. maybe the tone will become more clear on the album version.  That’s what what I was wondering. It’s so close but not quite there. maybe the tone will become more clear on the album version.

]]> By: Chandler Lewis http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536526 Chandler Lewis Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536526 Is she looking for brass and string accompaniment?  I'll do it for free, just to pound that last nail in the coffin. Is she looking for brass and string accompaniment?  I’ll do it for free, just to pound that last nail in the coffin.

]]> By: jennix http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536517 jennix Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536517 I am re-uploading all the Jewel songs i downloaded. I don't want them in my networks anymore. I am re-uploading all the Jewel songs i downloaded. I don’t want them in my networks anymore.

]]> By: Ann http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/jewel-walmart-song-about-w.html#comment-1536508 Ann Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182088#comment-1536508 You know, if she's actually broke and needs the money, good on her for getting out there and doing what she needs to do. If not, fuck her. Writing a children's song honoring an evil corporation? Shame on you, Jewel. You know, if she’s actually broke and needs the money, good on her for getting out there and doing what she needs to do. If not, fuck her. Writing a children’s song honoring an evil corporation? Shame on you, Jewel.

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