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I just puked

The rockers and heroes of my anti-establishment youth, and the psychedelic days of the 1960's and 1970's have all "sold out" by selling their music copyrights, either directly or indirectly, and classic songs are now being used as commercial beds for all kinds of corporate CRAP, usually cars, trucks, or SUV's. Just heard the Who's "Happy Jack" used as a bed for the Hummer H2. Talk about incongruity!!! Think John and Keith are turning over in their graves?!! Excuse me, gotta run...after writing this post, I feel the urge to vomit again. B.T.W., anyone familiar with the Fools song "Sold Out"? It should be an anthem for the aging rockers of the 21st. century. How much money do these rebels turned whores need anyway?
fatparrot
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rhyno
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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
spindrifter
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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
herman
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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.
jdombrow
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Perhaps the problem is not what these artists do with their material, but with those of you that are offended or disappointed by their behaviour. Do you think any of these people (or any of us) care what you think about their decisions?

jd
ben_campbell
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The other side of course is that many artist do good work.
Dave Gilmour donated his £3 million mansion to the homeless in London a few years back and recently gave another £5 million or crazy amount to another charity....
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