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

You beat me to it!

When the Beatles Anthology first aired in 1995, my mother taped it off TV for me (I was born in 1987, that's my excuse). And I used to watch it over and over again. As it was taped off TV, I saw all of the commercials a bunch too. I distinctly remember this being one of the commercials they aired.

 

Kid Rock

 

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to lick one another's fingers
Right now

 

Ha ha, very clever. I have mentioned I work in the foreign affairs sector, right? Have fun on your next trip to England, it shouldn't be too hard to get a middle-aged man who likes Lady Gaga and Katy Perry onto a NORAD watch list...

 

It was over, 45 years ago, with the Jefferson Airplane singing about revolution from their limos.

 

Oh, please. You're all so tipsy on Molson that you couldn't explain a can opener, much less prevent my free transit!

 

Pat mAcDonald, once half of Timbuk 3, was allegedly offered $500,000 by McDonalds for the use of his best known song, The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades.

He said not at any price.

 

Maybe if the Raiders ( and the Beatles for that matter) had sold more of their songs for commercials, the could have at least afforded to purchase a 50 Star flag, instead of these 48 star versions that were outdated for at least 5 years before the photo was shot.

 

Valenti sold the rights to the song somewhere along the line...I'm not sure if his estate ever recovered ownership. I really like the version by H.P. Lovecraft, also the We Five did an early cover of it.

 

Too bad! This is a great rendition of this song. They must have needed the money.

 

ArtistSongCommercial
AC/DCBack In BlackGap, Cingular RAZR
AC/DCRock & Roll Ain't Noise PollutionNike
AerosmithWalk This WayThe Gap (Jeans)
AerosmithThe GrindSony
AerosmithJust Push PlayDodge
AerosmithDream OnBuick
Allman BrothersMelissaAT&T
AnimalsWe Gotta Get Out Of This PlaceHonda
Bachman Turner OverdriveTakin' Care Of BusinessOffice Depot
Bad CompanyCan't Get Enough Of Your LoveLevi's (501)
BeatlesGetting BetterPhillips
BeatlesCome TogetherNortel Networks
BeatlesHello, GoodbyeTarget
BeatlesHelpLincoln Mercury
BeatlesTax ManH&R Block
Beatles Revolution Nike
Billy IdolWhite WeddingSony
Black SabbathIron ManNissan Titan
Bob DylanForevery YoungApple iMovie
Bob SegerLike A Rock Chevy Trucks
Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA Chevrolet
Bruce Springsteen Santa Claus Is Comin' To TownBurger King
Canned Heat Let's Work Together Target
Cars, The You're All I've Got Tonight ABC (new season)
CreamI Feel FreeHyundai
CreamWhite RoomApple iMac
Creedence Clearwater RevivalFortunate SonWrangler
David BowieHeroesMicrosoft, FTD
David BowieYoung AmericansFidelity Investments
David BowieMoonage DaydreamDunlop Tires
David BowieRebel RebelAudi
David Bowie Modern Love Pepsi
Deep PurpleSmoke On The WaterStrongbow, HP, & Dodge
Don Henley End of the Innocence Phillips
Donovan Mellow Yellow The Gap
Donovan Happiness RunsDelta Airlines
Edgar Winter BandFree RideCitgo Gas Giveaway
Edgar Winter BandFrankensteinBuick Rendezvous
ELODo YaMonster.com, Kohl's
ELOMr. Blue SkySears
Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much) Sassoon
Elton John Rocket ManMicrosoft
Eric ClaptonWonderful TonightSBC
Eric ClaptonAfter Midnight ('88)Michelob
FacesOoh La LaNike
Fleetwood MacAlbatrosHeineken
Fleetwood MacChainMerril Lynch
Fleetwood MacGo Your Own WayNational Car Rental
Fleetwood MacDon't StopBill Clinton
FoghatSlow RideAce Hardware
Foreigner Cold As IceWeakest Link (US version)
Foreigner Urgent Burger King, Verizon
Foreigner Double VisionBurger King
FreeAll Right NowWrigley's Gum
Gary WrightDream WeaverFederated Department Stores
George Thorogood and the Destroyers Bad to the Bone Cadillac
Grand Funk RailroadSome Kind of WonderfulKraft
Guess Who American Woman Tommy Hilfiger, Nike
Jefferson AirplaneVolunteersE-Trade, Tommy Hilfiger
Jethro TullThick As A BrickHyundai
Jim CroceOperatorAT&T
Jimi HendrixCrosstown TrafficWrangler
Jimi HendrixVoodoo Child Toyota
Jimi HendrixAre You ExperiencedReebok
Jimi HendrixPurple HazePepsi, Apple
Jimi HendrixFoxy LadyM&M's
JourneyDon’t Stop Believin’Fedex/Kinko’s
Judas Priest You've Got Another Thing Coming Burger King
KansasDust In The WindSubaru
Kenny Loggins Danger Zone Nissan
KinksDaysYellow Pages
KinksPicture BookHP
KinksYou Really Got Me The Gap, Chevrolet
KinksTired Of Waiting For YouBarclay's Banking
Knack, TheMy Sharona Tropicana
Led ZeppelinRock & RollCadillac
Lynyrd SkynyrdSimple ManBusch
Mark KnopflerGoing HomeFolgers
Marshall Tucker BandCan't You SeeGM
Meat LoafI’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)Dr Pepper
NazarethHair Of The DogDodge
NazarethLove HurtsNorelco
Norman GreenbaumSpirit In The SkyKellogs (Bran Flakes)
OrleansStill The One I LoveApplebees
Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train Mitsubishi
Pat Benatar Hit Me With Your Best Shot Prestone
Paul McCartneyBand On The RunFidelity Investments
Pete TownshendLet My Love Open The DoorJC Penney
Peter GabrielSolsbury HillCingular
Phil Collins In the Air Miller Light
Police, TheDon't Stand So Close To MeRight Guard
Pretenders Message Of Love Dockers
QueenBohemian RhapsodyMountain Dew
QueenI Want to Break FreeCoke
Queen I Want It AllTwix
Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love The Gap
Queen A Kind Of MagicMobil
Queen Another One Bites The DustAiwa
Queen (Sung by drummer Roger Taylor)I’m in Love With My CarJaguar
Ram JamBlack BettyFidelity Investments
Rare EarthI Just Want To CelebrateGatorade
Rascals, ThePeople Got To Be FreeVerizon Wireless
Rick DerringerRock & Roll Hootchie KooAttorneys.com
Robert PalmerSimply IrresistibleApplebees
Robert Plant Tall Cool One Coca-Cola
Rolling StonesI'm FreeChase
Rolling StonesNot Fade AwayScotch Video Tape
Rolling StonesShe's A RainbowApple iMac
Rolling StonesYou Can’t Always Get What You WantCoke, Motorola
Rolling StonesJumpin’ Jack FlashChevrolet
Rolling Stones Start Me Up Microsoft Windows 95 launch
Rush Tom Sawyer Nissan (Maxima)
Simon & GarfunkleHomeward BoundMicrosoft (MSN)
Sly & The Family StoneEveryday PeopleToyota
Spencer Davis BandGimme Some Lovin'Ameriprise
SqueezeTemptedBurger King
Status Quo Pictures of a Matchstick Man Saturn
Stealers WheelStuck In the Middle With YouPromise Internet Mortgages
SteppenwolfBorn To Be WildFord (Cougar)
SteppenwolfMagic Carpet RideDodge, Chevrolet, Wendy's
Steve Miller BandFly Like An EagleUS Postal Service
Steve Winwood Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? Michelob
Stevie Ray Vaughn Voodoo Child Nissan
StyxMr. RobotoVolkswagen
StyxRenegadeHeineken
StyxLadyCalifornia Cheese
SurvivorEye Of The TigerStarbucks
SweetBallroom BlitzMitsubishi
T. Rexx 20th Century Boy Nissan, Levis
Talking HeadsOnce In A LifetimeHMV Record Stores
The BandThe WeightCingular/AT&T Wireless
The Beach BoysFun, Fun, FunCarnival Cruise Lines
The KinksPicture BookHP
The WhoI Can See For MilesSylvania
The WhoI'm FreeSaab
The WhoWon't Get Fooled AgainNissan
The WhoBaba O'ReilyNissan, HP, Ciscco
The WhoHappy JohnnyHummer
The WhoWho Are You?Gateway
The WhoVariousAll The CSI TV themes
The YardbirdsOver Under Sideways DownChevrolet
The YardbirdsFor Your LoveZales
Thin LizzyThe Boys Are Back In TownWrangler Jeans
TroggsWild ThingNissan, Burger King
TurtlesHappy TogetherClinique
Twisted Sister We're Not Gonna Take It Comtrex
Van HalenRight NowPepsi
Van Halen You Really Got Me Nissan
Van MorrisonBrown Eyed GirlNorthern Ireland Tourism
WarWhy Can’t We Be Friends?XM Satellite Radio
Zombies, TheTime of the SeasonTampax, Fidelity
ZZ Top Legs Legg's Pantyhose

 

Normally, songs used in ads do not bother me; this time, it did.

 

Cool. I would have thought that Yoko Ono's Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow) would have been on that list.

 

On the contrary. The great part about being American is having the freedom to respect companies which embrace consciousness with Capitalism and to dislike those who don't. There is nothing wrong with our Capitalist system . It all comes down to how special interest lobbyists influence and control Congress. For KFC, their targeted demographic is both ethnic minorities and low income earners. When used in a commercial for this company, the message of Jesse Colin Young's song loses meaning. The lyrics are simplified and reduced to the image of people coming together at a KFC for the best interest of the people. Having customers eating junk food and being manipulated by a company's ads is not going to solve many societal problems. Sure, it will create jobs in foodservice and healthcare, but that's about it. I believe that Jesse Colin Young's messages of freedom and equality should encourage us to ask questions and separate right from wrong, instead of blindly accepting everything we're told by ads.

 

I can't believe you took me seriously. I'm on your side. I was indulging in satire.

 

nothing beats Cream's Fallstaff commercial..

 

Maybe not the Grateful Dead, but Jerry Garcia did.....................


The tune is "Eep Hour" from his first solo album.

 

Thank you!

 

Saw the Dire Straits ad again tonight and thought I'd throw it in here, just for kicks...
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7NDH/farxiga-all-walks-of-life

 

Now THIS is a commercial:

 

That's a food turn off.

 

Sorry but that song sold out a long time ago.

 

Well, the Beatles' "Revolution" was so politically namby pamby that it could probably have been co-opted by "the man" to sell Alka-Seltzer in 1968. By the way, I came across something cool on the internets....a high school (in Fulton County, GA if the web address is any indication) history lesson using the lyrics of that song.

http://www2.fulton.k12.ga.us/teacher/FloydR/Documents/TCL II Lesson 24 Revolution.pdf