It's Over Folks. Hippie Anthem Sold To KFC.

Btw, one of the reasons Sports is so lucrative on TV is because no one tapes/dvrs it.

 

I would never have discovered Thunderclap Newman back in the '80s if I hadn't heard their song on a TV ad. So it's not all bad.

 

You people forget,KFC's Parent Company Pepsico,used this in the '80's ads for their Soda,via two truckers,one Coke the other Pepsi,at a Diner..It was being played on a Jukebox..So Big Deal,it's been already done before by them! Big Whoop and Meh...Dunno why it's such a big fat hairy deal now,years later!

 

THAT is disgusting.

 

I say it's about time this song was used in a fast food commercial, 30 or so years overdue it you ask me. Apropos as fast foot will allow everyone, who eats it regulatory, to "Get Together"... at the cardiologists office.

 

Yeah, I'm surprised Jesse Colin Young would support a restaurant chain who serves GMO foods which program the human body to develop cancer and other diseases while heavily targeting low income and minority groups.

 

If it wasn't for adds where would Nick Drake or Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society' be in popularity.

 

I can remember being a little put off by the use of Drake's "Pink Moon" in the car commercial. I had such personal associations with the song that it seemed like a bit of a violation, but as others have pointed out, it certainly exposed more people to his music. At this point, I really couldn't care less if artists choose to use their music in this way and it almost seems quaint to get upset about it. I can't blame Iggy Pop for letting Carnival Cruise use "Lust for Life" as he nears retirement and if it helps to generate more interest in the music, so much the better.

 

Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra turned down a sizeable offer from Levi's to use "Holiday in Cambodia" in an ad about a decade back, even though the other former band members were up for it.

John Mellencamp turned down a few million for a truck ad back in the '80s, although he's since said he should've taken the money and of course has since licensed to ads.

 

Didn't the Doors drummer veto some company (maybe Apple) using one of their songs in an ad? The other two were up for it, I think they offered a million, but he didn't want to, saw it as selling out. Now he probably has all the money he needs now, and saw it as just greed to 'sell out' like this, which I think is a good stance. It annoys me when obviously very wealthy musicians allow their music to be used like this, although I can't blame someone maybe who is skint and maybe didn't make much money back in the day.

 

FYI...advertisers & their clients pay a LOT for the use of these songs. And they should! And I don't blame the songwriters or groups who allow them access. Easy money & possible exposure to new listeners.

 

None of the Grateful Dead's Ice Nine songs have ever been sold.
Though that could change with the new deal with Universal
http://www.billboard.com/articles/n...teful-dead-ink-publishing-deal-with-universal

Neil's another that never sold a tune for commercials, afaIk

 

Signs of things to come after Jim Morrison's death.

 

for those who haven't heard the original.

 

Say a prayer for the Pretender.
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender.
Jackson Browne 1976

 

It was over before it even started

 

Depends what you consider the battlefield.

 

Cash trumps everything eventually.

 

We're still gnashing our teeth and rending our garments over rock songs being used in advertising? I thought the white flag in that war was hoisted about 20 years ago.

And anyway:

 

A very well done commercial, however. Gave me chills every time I saw it.

 

I've never understood why anyone likes this song anyway.

 

maybe it was neil cassadys?

 

That cruise ship ad using Lust for Life just makes me laugh every time. No mention of liquor and drugs obviously. Incidentally, The Onion did a great piece satirizing all of this http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-about-heroin-used-to-advertise-bank,1489/

 

Pretty lousy, that's my point: The hippies didn't lose, they became exactly what they were against.