I'm shocked! I'm truly shocked! Imagine somebody using music for crass commercial purposes. In a way this is a variation of hero worship. Just because someone is talented, athletic or beautiful, we as fans assume that these people share our politics, our interests or our ethics. There's a tremendous amount of money to be made in music for advertising. We should not be disappointed if people we truly admire have a price. I read that Microsoft paid up to $2.5 million each for the music rights associated with Windows XP. David Bynre is very talented and he is obviously no fool.
Great music in bad commercials - what can you do?
I have mixed feelings about this, but I just heard a great Nico song - "these days" - used in an ad for a KMart/Disney children's clothes joint venture. God it made me pissed! I usually don't mind the songs in ads, it's alot better than radio, but I have a feeling Nico's rolling in her grave about this one. What commercial songs do you consider sacrilege??