Advertising in the Rolling Stone
The Zondervan imprint of HarperCollins finds itself a little surprised that its ad placement with Rolling Stone magazine has been rejected: "Rolling Stone magazine refuses to run ad for Bible." Is there someone out there with the inspiration to modify the lyrics of the classic song by the late Shel Silverstein -- "Cover of the Rolling Stone"? Here's the first verse of the song immortalized in the loopy Dr. Hook vocal:
Oh, we’re big rock singers.Good grief!
We got golden fingers.
And we’re loved everywhere we go.
We sing about beauty,
And we sing about truth
At ten thousand dollars a show.
We take all kinds of pills
To give us all kind of thrills,
But the thrill we’ve never known
Is the thrill that’ll getcha
When you get your picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone.
UPDATE: Reader David Lott writes:
Amen to Good Grief!And reader Kenneth Thompson has risen to the challenge:Here’s the copy they rejected: "In a world of almost endless media noise and political spin, you wonder where you can find real truth. Well, now there's a source that's accurate, clear and reliable. It's the TNIV -- Today's New International Version of the Bible. It's written in today's language, for today's times -- and it makes more sense than ever." Pretty shocking stuff, huh? I think your readers would be interested in seeing the text of the copy on your site.
Also, I hadn’t known Shel Silverstein wrote "On the Cover of Rolling Stone" -- the funniest rock song ever. Or that he had died. Too young.
Although I read Power Line daily, I’ve never e-mailed before; but the “Rolling Stone” lyric challenge from The Trunk was too good to pass up. I would be honoured (yes, Canadian spelling, I live in Vancouver, BC) if you would consider my humble contribution:As has reader Eric Hardie:Oh, we’re big free-speechers,
First-amendment preachers,
And we rail against censorship.
We talk about freedom
And we talk about rights,
But that stuff’s all service of lip.
We print all kinds of trash
To make us all kinds of cash,
But there’s one thing we can’t condone -
Don’t you get religious,
Or we may get litigious,
There’s no Bible in the Rolling Stone…
Rolling Stoooooone….
Oh, the Word still shines
Even though the changing times
Makes its moral code a thing we want to tweak
It talks about beauty
It talks about truth
But to us objective standards are just weak
And though we’ll take all types of ads
From condoms, liquor, sex or GLAAD
This time we really need to take a stand
So Matthew, Mark, John and Luke
Moses and the Pentateuch
From the Rolling Stones pages are now banned.
MORE: Theron Marshman of Harkonnendog writes:
Like another of your readers, I had to take your poetry challenge:AND MORE from reader Charles Lee:
Oh, we're liberal gun slingers,
We Rock and Roll believers,
And we're read everywhere you go.
We hype up P-Diddy,
And hype Dave Matthews,
And watch our ad revenues grow.
We sell erection-granting pills,
With erotic pics and other thrills,
But the advertisement we disown
Is a book about a Messiah,
Whose followers we despise-ah,
Here at the Rolling Stone.
I just finished my daily fix of Powerline and I was wondering if it wasn't too late to add to your Rolling Stone lyrics? If not, here is my pitiful attempt...Oh, we’re big corp'rate writers
Just don’t tell our ‘scribers
They think we’re out there holding the line
We write about Che
And Beyonces’ sway
And tell them we give equal time
We’ll monkey with the truth
And Michael Moore the youth
But the truth we’ll never condone
Is the Truth that’ll convict ya
When you read the script’ya
No Bible for the Rolling Stone.OK, OK, I never claimed to be Shakespeare. It was fun though...
FINALLY: EtherPundit has taken care of all the verses and the chorus as well at EtherPundit. See "Mocking Rolling Stone? I'm on it."
