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Does anyone else get peturbed by the use of "classic" songs in mass marketing? I just saw an MCI commercial with "What a Wonderful World" as the music.. don't know why, but it pissed me off. Heard they wanted to use "Ring of Fire" by Cash as a hemmeroids commercial, I think it was. And "Like A Rock" by Segar for Dodge (?). Ugh.

Hate to say it, but I agree with Neil Young that it's lame. Loved his video for the topic.

Hookers. Boobs always get people to buy. Always. It's a fact.

Cadillac using Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" to sell crappy quasi-luxury cars to aging boomers is the worst example of this.

If it sells and it can be proven that it's a felony to do so, it will be used in advertising.

Makes me muy sad.

I hate it...:/

Makes me sad that beautiful songs are associated with callous attempts at manipulation...I mean...Did James Taylor actually need the extra millions of dollars to liscense "Shower the People" and "You've Got A Friend" to MCI?...:/...

And "Like A Rock" by Segar for Dodge (?). Ugh.

Chevy, I think is the truck that's "like a rock" isn't it?

I don't see much of a problem with using classic songs for advertising, but then again they aren't songs I grew up with and really love, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Depends if I like the advert or not.

But blanket hatred of the concept is just snobbery

vn_Tanc wrote:Depends if I like the advert or not.

But blanket hatred of the concept is just snobbery

I freely admit my snobbery in this and I can live with it...

*emphatically agrees with Arbor*

Hi, my name is Anders and I'm a music snob.

So you're against a commercial product being used to sell another commercial product??

I didn't care when MS used "Start it up" to promoteo Windows 95 and I don't really care if someone else uses it now.

I don't care.

Doesnt really bother me. Since it costs me a lot to go buy it might as well listen to it for free!

Neziroth wrote:

And "Like A Rock" by Segar for Dodge (?). Ugh.

Chevy, I think is the truck that's "like a rock" isn't it?

I don't see much of a problem with using classic songs for advertising, but then again they aren't songs I grew up with and really love, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Yeah, you're right it's Chevy.

Imagine then, using a Nirvana song for advertising McDonalds happy meals or something. I'm sure Kobain would have loved that.. assuming of course that his wife ho didn't blow his head off.

I don't have a problem with it.

Siji wrote:

Neziroth wrote:

And "Like A Rock" by Segar for Dodge (?). Ugh.

Chevy, I think is the truck that's "like a rock" isn't it?

I don't see much of a problem with using classic songs for advertising, but then again they aren't songs I grew up with and really love, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Yeah, you're right it's Chevy.

Imagine then, using a Nirvana song for advertising McDonalds happy meals or something. I'm sure Kobain would have loved that.. assuming of course that his wife ho didn't blow his head off.

No! It was Dave Grohl!

I'm going through my whole Nirvana playlist trying to find the best song for the Happy Meal commercial...

By the way, pick up this month's issue of Spin magazine. Big tribute issue to Cobain and the Grunge scene in Seattle.

MooZilla wrote: I'm going through my whole Nirvana playlist trying to find the best song for the Happy Meal commercial...

Rape Me ?

I'm thinking more along the lines of "I Hate Myself and I Want To Die"

"Magic Carpet Ride" for cadillac made me want to cry...

Arsecn wrote:

MooZilla wrote: I'm going through my whole Nirvana playlist trying to find the best song for the Happy Meal commercial...

Rape Me ?

Lithium

"Smells like McDonalds" would be teh ubarest.

Hating selling music for commercial use is pretty pointless considering music today is mostly commercial anyways. I do have a problem with artists saying they hate the commercialism and people betraying "the music" and then later that day hearing their latest hit advertising the latest Adam Sandler movie (Hi Outkast!)

That is the record companies fault, not the artist.