I just puked

Alas such is life.
As the pension plan era comes up for a lot of artists and the fire in their bellies has quelled they take the extra buck-pure and simple.
My own take has always been that the music buisness is just that... a buisness.
It's nothing new, the most recent of anti-corporate heroes Kurt Cobain renegotiated his recording contract so they he got all the royalties and his previous split with the band three ways was terminated.
The history of rock is littered with such stories.
Of course you really do wonder why the Stones need more cash and why their ticket prices are a joke or indeed a lesson in greed.
I believe in the spirit of music much more than I do human nature and that's what I like to focus on.
If it still moves you or indeed encourages a 12 year old to pick up the guitar and learn it then it's still a magical thing.
Oh and Bono just paid $15 million for an apartment in NY......................

I felt the way you do until I believe it was the Gap or Old Navy can't
remember which used a Donovan song Mellow Yellow in an ad. I work
around 900 or more kids and they really picked up on the song and
wanted to hear more by him. I saw the otherwise "sellout" bring this
great music to more ears that otherwise would have never heard it. I
look at it a little different now.
I also heard Graham Nash comment on selling a song right to either
Teach Your Children or Our House - (it's been awhile) for an underwear
ad. He said hey I wrote this 30 years ago and not many people have
heard it lately. They offered me 1.25 million - what would you do. Now
people are buying our stuff and I can use some of this money to help
with charitable situations.
I am not sure members on this site would turn down these offers.
Also if the music isn't being heard is it really making a sound. We need
to get this music heard in any way we can or we will forever be stuck
with the noise that is now on the radio.

ljgj has a point--i do enjoy when ads turn people on to music that otherwise they wouldn't know about (donovan is a great example). but when demi-gods like the who, the beatles, etc sell out, i'm puking away too.

i have a love/hate relationship w/ pete townsend. i think he's the greatest rock guitarist who ever lived, and understood rock & roll (musically & attitude) better than anyone, but then he goes selling his songs to big business & surfing the web for naked kids...

rhyno

You know I wish they would put a bit of fun into this stuff. Like the Kiss tune "I Want To Rock And Roll All Night" behind a Viagra ad and Ozzy's tune "Crazy Train" behind an Amtrak commercial. There are alot of fun tunes to be used behind ads to give them a bit of a twist, but of course this will NEVER happen. Cheers, Lee

Just because you viewed them as rebels doesn't give you the right to condemm them for making money from their artistic endeavors. The fact that they are artists (for the most part) doesn't mean they should have to pass up an opportunity to make some money. If people are willing to pay $400 for a front row seat to see the Stones why should we condemm the Stones? If someone offered you 10 times what your house is worth and you took it would that make you a whore?

How much money "these rebels turned whores need anyway" is really totally their business and none of ours. I wish I had a song catalog I could sell to advertisers.