Comments on: Mountain Dew Hoping That Overblogged Musicians Will Help You Take A Second Look At Its Delightful Line Of Beverages http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:57:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686542 Anonymous Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:00:09 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686542 <p>@<a href="#c7373435">natepatrin</a>: Maybe to people who wouldn't drink Mountain Dew anyway, but you're overestimating the intelligence of the general soda-drinking public.</p> <p>And if I'm the Cool Kids - fuck it! Get that cheddah!!</p> @natepatrin: Maybe to people who wouldn’t drink Mountain Dew anyway, but you’re overestimating the intelligence of the general soda-drinking public.

And if I’m the Cool Kids – fuck it! Get that cheddah!!

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686552 Maura Johnston Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:36:38 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686552 <p>@<a href="#c7373164">Bazooka Tooth</a>: Read it again. It's not a knock. It's an acknowledgement of a glut.</p> @Bazooka Tooth: Read it again. It’s not a knock. It’s an acknowledgement of a glut.

]]> By: natepatrin http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686562 natepatrin Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:36:22 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686562 <p>@<a href="#c7373164">Bazooka Tooth</a>: I think that was less a jab against Cool Kids and more a poke at the complete pointlessness and redundancy of the whole enterprise, as it just makes Mountain Dew look like a bunch of useless trend-glommers.</p> @Bazooka Tooth: I think that was less a jab against Cool Kids and more a poke at the complete pointlessness and redundancy of the whole enterprise, as it just makes Mountain Dew look like a bunch of useless trend-glommers.

]]> By: Bazooka Tooth http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686572 Bazooka Tooth Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:27:23 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686572 <p><i>Because Lord knows there aren't enough free MP3s by those acts floating around out there...</i></p> <p>You dare knock the most-excellent Cool Kids while actually writing about the VMAs and all that other bullshit? Hilarious.</p> Because Lord knows there aren’t enough free MP3s by those acts floating around out there…

You dare knock the most-excellent Cool Kids while actually writing about the VMAs and all that other bullshit? Hilarious.

]]> By: Al Shipley http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686582 Al Shipley Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:08:28 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686582 <P>MD really missed the boat on that moment 3 years ago when there were 800 Houston rap mixtapes that photoshopped their logo so that it said "Whut It Dew."</P> MD really missed the boat on that moment 3 years ago when there were 800 Houston rap mixtapes that photoshopped their logo so that it said “Whut It Dew.”

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686592 Maura Johnston Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:03:06 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686592 <p>@<a href="#c7372312">PeterBjorn&Yawn</a>: I'm just saying that given economic realities, the whole bubble of aggressively marketing products to people who have proven nothing more than their willingness to consume nearly anything as long as it's free has to end soon, and "initiatives" like this resemble a bit of a death rattle. Are there really enough fans of Matt & Kim out there to justify the expense for a campaign like this? I think not.</p> @PeterBjorn&Yawn: I’m just saying that given economic realities, the whole bubble of aggressively marketing products to people who have proven nothing more than their willingness to consume nearly anything as long as it’s free has to end soon, and “initiatives” like this resemble a bit of a death rattle. Are there really enough fans of Matt & Kim out there to justify the expense for a campaign like this? I think not.

]]> By: PeterBjorn&Yawn http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686602 PeterBjorn&Yawn Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:58:56 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686602 <p>So...it's a bad thing that (in a misguided marketing tactic) big dumb companies are paying (often excellent) musicians for their music so that we might get it for free?</p> So…it’s a bad thing that (in a misguided marketing tactic) big dumb companies are paying (often excellent) musicians for their music so that we might get it for free?

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/400729/mountain-dew-hoping-that-overblogged-musicians-will-help-you-take-a-second-look-at-its-delightful-line-of-beverages/comment-page-1#comment-686612 Anonymous Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:54:51 +0000 6ab8adaf10bcd5b5bd0559fc20bfe596#comment-686612 <P>I hate Mountain Dew but I love Matt & Kim. I also love hype machine, which is likely what I'll use to obtain the song.</P> I hate Mountain Dew but I love Matt & Kim. I also love hype machine, which is likely what I’ll use to obtain the song.

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