Chrome Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 For me, it's got to be the Clash/Jaguar ads, although Led Zeppelin/Cadillac and the Who/CSI are pretty close ... Quote
Free For All Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 I remember thinking the Nike ads featuring "Revolution" were quite a sellout. Quote
Alexander Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Two BIG disappointments for me were hearing both "Haitan Fight Song" and "Pink Moon" in car ads. Quote
Noj Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Jimi Hendrix "Freedom" in a friggin' Hyundai commercial. Quote
DTMX Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 (edited) Free For All said: I remember thinking the Nike ads featuring "Revolution" were quite a sellout. Michael Jackson owns the rights to most/all of the Beatles recordings so he (and Capitol Records) allowed Nike to license Revolution for their ads. Of course, how McCartney and Lennon lost the publishing rights is a nice little story in itself. Edited October 18, 2004 by DTMX Quote
Big Al Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Eric Clapton re-recording "After Midnight" as an ad for Michelob. Quote
catesta Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 The Zombies "Time of the Season" being used for Tampax. Quote
DTMX Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Back when Michelob was buying up every song with the word "night" in the chorus, Phil Collins let them use his In the Air Tonight, a song about his painful divorce, to shill beer. To make matters worse, the next Genesis album contained the song Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, which was used in Michelob's ads almost as soon as the album was released. Lenny Kravitz is a he-whore too - some of his songs get licensed before the recording is released so that the songs will get maximum radio & television exposure when the CD comes out. And I can remember yuppies asking for that song from the Infinity commercial (Take Five) in the brick'n'mortar shops awhile back. Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 And HOW BOUT those scumbags who sold Coke that ditty about teaching the whole world to sing? Quote
7/4 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 AmirBagachelles said: And HOW BOUT those scumbags who sold Coke that ditty about teaching the whole world to sing? Still not over it? Quote
DTMX Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Almost forgot - James Brown's I Feel Good used for Senokot laxative. Quote
Joe G Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 You beat me to Kravitz. He bugs me anyway. I remember seeing Carly Simon talking about the use of "Anticipation" in the ketchup commercial. She said that she hoped the song wasn't known as the ketchup song now. Sorry Carly, for people of my age, it is. Oh yeah, Lionel Ritchie's Stuck On You was in some dish soap commercial a while back. Jim and I heard a really bad one on the radio in the car, to the tune of La Bamba: You could be driving a Honda.... Quote
Leeway Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 catesta said: The Zombies "Time of the Season" being used for Tampax. That's kind of funny, actually In an effort to extract Boomer $$$, advertisers are exploiting virtually every 60s FM hit. Quote
Joe G Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 I saw another one just yesterday that was kind of depressing. It was for Art Van, a big chain furniture store around here. The commercial starts out with four black guys in blue sparkle suits facing the camera, and a voice introduces them as "Motown legends, The Four Tops!" Then they start singing about Art Van to one of their hits (I forget which one), and dancing in front of the furniture. Rough sledding. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Big Al said: Eric Clapton re-recording "After Midnight" as an ad for Michelob. Especially since Clapton had a massive booze problem! Quote
BruceH Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 catesta said: The Zombies "Time of the Season" being used for Tampax. Are you serious Quote
BruceH Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 I recall being rather startled to hear a Buzzcocks song on a car commercial. Then they used a Ramones song for a cell-phone spot. (Though in that case, I remember hoping that they got some good royalties from it. Then Joey died.) And Mingus in a car commercial---that was just weird. And "Blue Rondo A La Turk" was in a recent package delivery commercial. I guess as far as Madison Avenue is concerned, jazz LIVES! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 BruceH said: catesta said: The Zombies "Time of the Season" being used for Tampax. Are you serious I thought he just made that one up, but maybe not... Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Jeez, Joe... thanks for remind me of that shitty Honda ad. Quote
wesbed Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 DTMX said: Back when Michelob was buying up every song with the word "night" in the chorus, Phil Collins let them use his In the Air Tonight, a song about his painful divorce, to shill beer. I've been hearing stories about the hidden meaning behind Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" for years. I've never done any research to find a truth about the stories. However, an internet search found this site to confirm what DTMX writes. It appears this song is about Phil Collins' divorce. Somewhere on the internet I read that Collins caught his wife with another man. In my mind, the words to "In The Air Tonight" are written to the man who was caught with Collins' wife. Quote
BERIGAN Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 PHILLYQ said: Big Al said: Eric Clapton re-recording "After Midnight" as an ad for Michelob. Especially since Clapton had a massive booze problem! But, to his credit, he never did an ad for Coke... Quote
DTMX Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, a catchy heroin anthem, used to promote family vacations or cruise ships or something. For more information on your family's next vacation, see our tour director, Mr. Pop: Quote
sal Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Hearing Sly & Family Stone's "Everyday People" in the Toyota ad was pretty disgraceful. Quote
Big Al Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 How about the Beach Boys? I can’t begin to count how many times “Good Vibrations” and “Fun Fun Fun” have been used to sell something!!! Big agreement for “Everyday People.” Can you imagine the reaction of people 30 years ago if you’d told them that some of their favorite anthems were going to be used in the pursuit of financial gain? Then again, maybe it’s some of those same people who are making these ads in the first place! Quote
BruceH Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 Will EVERYTHING eventually be used to sell consumer goods on TV? The Feelies? Wire? The Minutemen? Killing Joke? Pere Ubu? Flipper? The really nauseating aspect is that stuff that couldn't get a fair hearing on the radio when it came out ("Blitzkrieg Bop" for instance) is suddenly put through the indignity of becoming a commercial jingle. "Hey, we couldn't be bothered to play this song when it would have done the artist some good, but NOW we're going to put it through the television meatgrinder and squeeze all the joy and hipness right out of it! Dance, monkey, dance!!" Quote
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