Artists Who Have Done Commercials

neil young

 

Elton for Pepsi:


He also did one for Visa in the early 90s and Sassoon Jeans in 1984.

 

The White Stripes - Coca Cola

 

Ray Charles for some sugar water; I think it was Pepsi.
Bob Dylan for Cadillac Escalade
Michael Jackson for Pepsi.

 

Rob Halford of Judas Priest did one for Verizon a year or two ago.

 

Wilco for VW .... several songs.

 

Cocteau Twins-Athol-Brose was used for a Japanese car campaign, even has a picture of the car, Mine says "sample" on the inner ring

 

Depeche Mode in the recent VW ad

 

Lenny Kravitz for Target.

 

Rush's "Fly By Night" used in the current VW Passat commercial in which the driver is caught air drumming to the song.

 

MC Hammer for Pepsi:

 

Ministry in Labbatt's Maximum Ice:



Can't find a vid, but there was a Mazda commercial with 'Dead and Gone' by the Black Keys in it in the past year or so...

 

Kiss in a Dr. Pepper commercial.

 

That Rice Krispies jingle is terrific. We need more commercials like that. (Although I was expecting "Little Red Rooster" before I clicked the link.)

Those were the first ones I thought of: "the night belongs to Michelob". Those were some really, really yuppie ads. And I agree on there not being the same stigma about licensing music for commercials today; it's even encouraged for indie acts that don't sell all that many records as a way to get your music out. Although it has to be for the right product (Apple--yes, Walmart--no, justified or not).

 

Caused me to do a YouTube search of "the night belongs to Michelob." Those were some slickly-produced commercials, probably by some of the same teams that did music vids of the time. Totally forgot that Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" was part of the campaign. Seemed a little out of place, as the other songs were at least more current for mid to late 80's.

The backlash seems quaint with this many years of hindsight.

 

Wonder how Eric Clapton feels about doing this now what with his substance abuse center, etc.




The other EC, Elvis Costello....

http://www.tvspots.tv/video/50706/LEXUS--ELVIS-COSTELLO

 

Was looking for the Levi's commercial which featured original Grateful Dead music and found this little Garcia ditty:

 

I discovered a couple of modern artists by way of TV commercials. Mojave 3, thanks to several Hummer ads, and Of Montreal from a NASDAQ commercial.

 

Adrian Belew Budweiser ad. (thanks to web.archive.org, since the link no longer exists at its old location)

 

Frank Sinatra Michelob / Anheuser-Busch..he owned a distributorship in Long Beach CA. at the time.

 

Clapton mentioned in a interview that the commercial was shot before he decided to sober up. It first aired while he was in rehab.

 

Ringo:
Oldsmobile (with his daughter too):
Sun County Cooler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6O6W0KH0Ek
Charles Schwab: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkzdX5qJOm4
Pizza Hut (w/The Monkees): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RpPFeoOto
Suttar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcdeVCV-OvI
Private Issue Credit Card: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkXFGwSspJg
Century 21: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wmXzRC0qiI
Schweppes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ykm8CziPE
Aviva: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDjHirbRS4
Simple Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDNI8WmuOnc

George Harrison:
Opus Foundation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbGgdGRQdZ0

Sean Lennon:
Honda Freed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUR8EFB8zvM
Honda Freed (Different): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2oLzUDXHbk

 

Ray Charles for Scotch magnetic tape. As heard on the King Biscuit Flower Hour.

 

There's also the soundtrack to a never made commercial for Remington Electric Razor he did with Linda Ronstadt as heard on boots.

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