Pink Floyd Told Mark Zuckerberg To Go Fuck Himself When He Asked To Use A Song For An Instagram Commercial
“It arrived this morning, with an offer for a huge, huge amount of money,” the 77-year-old bassist and composer said at a recent pro-Julian Assange event, Rolling Stone reported. “And the answer is, ‘F–k you. No f–in’ way.'”
He continued: “I only mention that because this is an insidious movement of them to take over absolutely everything. I will not be a party to this bulls–t, Zuckerberg.”
This isn’t the first time the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer faced the prospect of his jams being used for promotional purposes.
This whole thing is funny to me. I can just picture the people over at facebook HQ game planning a new marketing campaign. Game planning, strategizing, focus grouping, data analyzing and the marketing team FINALLY decides that Pink Floyd's "Brick In The Wall" is the perfect song for their new commercial. They know Roger Waters is famously anti-advertising. They decide to run it up the flag pole to the big guy. They ask Zuckerberg to reach out personally. Zuck loves the idea and sits down to pen a letter.
Zuckerberg: Dear Mr Waters,
I am a HUGE fan. I would really love to pay tribute to one of my favorite bands by having a Pink Floyd song in our next commercial for instagram. The entire team is really excited about what your song could bring to this spot. There's nothing like a Pink Floyd song to bring life to people. We are willing to pay you a million dollars for the use of the song and I would love to meet you in person some day.
Waters: FUCK YOU YOU EVIL MOTHERFUCKER I WILL NOT LET MY ART BECOME PART OF YOUR MIND CONTROL BULLSHIT COMPANY SO YOU CAN JUST CENSOR US ALL YOU ARE THE MOST POWERFUL MORON IN THE WORLD. FOOOK OFFF
Zuckerberg:
That part about the world's most powerful idiot was a quote from Waters. There is nothing better than an angry old British guy. I bet he yelled a similar tirade his barista this morning. Just a permanent state of crotchety. Grump is the baseline, fuck you tirade is just one standard deviation away at all times. Good for him though. You know what they say… believe in something or fall for whatever Zuckerberg and @Jack allow you to believe. Roger Waters has been thinking on his own for like 70 years now aided by nothing except for a shit ton of psychedelic drugs. I am glad someone finally told Zuckerberg to fuck himself. Nobody has done that since Rooney Mara his freshman year at Harvard.