ComicKaze Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) I was watching Letterman last night and they had a short segment called "A Moment with Castro" or something to that effect. There was a splash screen with a short of "stately" look to it with Castro and the title and in the background they were playing the ...ugg, my memory of the Robotech soundtrack titles hasn't been accessed since 1998... the RDF Theme? They also used it for a George Bush clip. It was just a short sample but so distinctive with the horns and the deep synth bass. Are they allowed to do this? Or do they somehow pay royalties for these sound clips? -Edit some googling actually found clips of it: http://robotechnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/r...rman-again.html http://robotechnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/r...-confirmed.html Wow, I KNEW that when I saw that fake Verizon wireless commercial on Letterman a few days ago that I reocognized the tune because I suddenly thought that was the best Verizon wireless commercial I had ever seen. It's My Time to be Star!!! On Letterman! Edited January 18, 2007 by ComicKaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerwalk25 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) UGH! MY EARS ARE BLEEDING! ARGHHHHH! Edited January 18, 2007 by gerwalk25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Hahaha. There's also a clip here. http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/01/13/w...he-white-house/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I guess this means the music is cheap to purchase. Expect to hear in it elevators and deparment stores next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 That's kind of sad when all you can do is use Robotech music on a TV show completely unrelated to Robotech...and Harmony Gold is just laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicKaze Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 I heard more tonight, different tracks this time. They had a segment making fun of Barak Obama and Hilary Clinton. Barak had that brooding "rebuilding Macross city" type music going behind him. Hilary had some silly Minmei jingle playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Was it on Letterman or Conan O'Brian that has the nerdy black guy and his Recliner of Rage and a few years ago he was railing against all the different Robotech DVD's out there? Guess there's one or more Robotechies working on the late night TV shows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoveringCheesecake Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Was it on Letterman or Conan O'Brian that has the nerdy black guy and his Recliner of Rage and a few years ago he was railing against all the different Robotech DVD's out there? Guess there's one or more Robotechies working on the late night TV shows! That was Conan, but I was thinking the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Flashbacks to when Iron Chef was using Macross Plus music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 That was Conan, but I was thinking the same thing. I remember watching that! My girfriend and I were sitting on our couch chatting, and I heard the word "Robotech" come from the TV. I immediately stopped, looked at the TV in disbelief, and then just watched in utter shock. I couldn't believe I was in on a nationally broadcast in-joke. Oh yeah, the "Minmei" music makes my ears bleed, but the Robotech BGM rocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullsixx Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Stupid is.. as stupid does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Since this thread has been resurrected, does anyone know of a non-Quicktime clip of that Conan skit? (I absolutely refuse to install Quicktime; it tries to take over my entire computer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 That is so strange. Maybe people who hear it will get a nostagliac feeling and wonder what happened to the cartoon they used to watch all those years ago and seek out the dvds? Hehe HG can only benefit from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otaku-Smeghead Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 That was Conan, but I was thinking the same thing. The Same guy have guest stared on Sg1 as well being a HUGE SG1 Fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit For Natalie Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I remember reading that Paul Thomas Anderson was surfing through the music bargain bin one day and found the song to the Transformers The Movie, "You've Got The Touch" I remember thinking, "This is where Prime died" when Mark Walberg was singing it in the movie. Apparently Anderson wanted something cheesy and cheap. I remember I was just a kid and saw TF The Movie in the theatre (it was there like two weeks) and the song played and Prime came rolling out and started killing everyone. It's been a while since I saw the movie but he ran over a few guys first, then transformed and started capping Decepticons. Man, I miss being a kid. Anyway, interesting they used the song on Letterman. From what I heard Stan Bush (who wrote and did the vocals for The Touch) never got royalties for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Even I, that I am a Robotech Fan, hated minmay in time to be a star to even think of that song makes me sick the res of the music simply rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry the lone wolf Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Has this music passed into public domain territory? I wonder why HG hasn't made a stink about this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shade Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Has this music passed into public domain territory? I wonder why HG hasn't made a stink about this.... The only using snippets of it while also parodying events; so, it falls on the terms of fair use. Aside from that, it also gives HG some free exposure. Why block that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Maybe letterman is just a huge closet robotech fan, buys all the robotech dvd in every version available and watches shadow chronicles everyday? Has that ever crossed your mind? Maybe he owns the RT masterpieces and HG are giving him hats made out of money to promote the RT themes to get more people subliminally humming the RT music and go out to buy the RT dvds? What do you think? Is this like the coke subliminally advertising thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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