Nominees for the worst commercio-corruption of a good old rock song?

[tmooses]

I was thinking of the "Wrangler" commercial that came out a while back where it plays the first few chords of CCR's "Fortunate Son" to make it seem like some flag-waving ditty. They come on with a tight shot of a tight ass in blue jeans with CCR playing , "Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
ooh, they're red, white and blue " and then stop before the song goes on to




"And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief",
oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no senator's son,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no,"


I know, I know it means our heroes of the past have sold their lyrics to the highest bidder-but it still pisses me off.

[JimmyJazz]

1. I'm not sure, but I think the album the Who Sellout was

pretty prophetic. Yuck on them and they used to be my favorites

Let My Love Open the Door - (I know it Pete only, but still) for a JC Penney commercial!

[tigerbeat]

25. i was just about to mention the JC penney ad....

....it may not be the most grotesque sellout...but i must've seen the ads a gazillion times now and it never fails to get me to change the channel.

it almost makes me want to throw out "all the best cowboys have chinese eyes".

[one_true_leroy]

2. Bob dylan and vikki's secrets

shudder.

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. Actually, there's an interview of him in 1965

where he's asked what he'll be doing in 30 years, and his answer is something like "selling ladies underwear"

[Bluzmann57]

3. As a huge Led Zep fan

It is a bit distressing to me when the song, "Rock and Roll" comes on advertising Caddillacs. Especially since they are Caddillac SUV's.

[Political_Junkie]

5. Yeah, I went off when I saw that one.

[Walt Starr]

4. When Jacko sold "Revolution" to Nike

:puke:

that was the first worst!

[nostamj]

6. you KNOW you're getting REALLY old...

when the music your parents wouldn't let you listen to when it came out is being used to sell you shit now.

i was listening to a WHO CD last night, but I kept wanting to turn on the Home Shopping Channel... <sigh>

[hatrack]

7. "How Soon Is Now?" for Nissan

:puke: :puke: :puke:

And, of course, "Revolution" for Nike. Nauseating.

[Waistdeep]

8. I've gotta go with "Fortunate Son"

although I was pretty upset to hear Hendrix in a commercial recently.

I can recall the first time I heard a popular tune corrupted on television. It was the theme from The Bridge on the River Kwai and it was used in a Malt-o-meal commercial:

Winners warm up with Malt O Meal
Winners warm up with Malt O Meal
.......
Yech

[eternalburn]

9. Dream On (Aerosmith)-car ad or Melt With You (Modern English)-cracker ad

[Phillycat]

21. Yes, "Dream on" for a fucking BUICK ad.

What's wrong with this picture??

[KitchenWitch]

10. It has gotta be

The opening to The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" in the HP business commercial. Really torqued my arse.

[Bertha Venation]

11. Anticipation for a ketchup commercial

I was still a kid when that happened and even then I was pissed.

[offcenter]

12. Heroin by Velvet Underground

in a car commercial

[motely36]

13. Even though I don;t like the song

it's gotta be Zepplin for Cadillac

[Feathered Fish]

14. Levi's/Holiday in Cambodia

That made Jello really happy.

[micrometer_50]

15. Look what they've done to my song

by Melanie
Advert. for Mustang

[AuntiBush]

31. Heard it the other day

I agree! Where's Melody when you need her!?!

[Batgirl]

16. John Fogerty didn't give Wrangler permission

to use his song -- he doesn't own the publishing rights to his Creedence Clearwater Revival songs "Fortunate Son" included -- lost them because of a bad contract with Fantasy Records and was famously bitter about it. Fogerty also hates that the song is misused/misinterpreted as being a flag-waving anthem.

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. John Densmore of the Doors

Wrote a great piece in Rolling Stone a couple years ago, stating his refusal to sell out the Doors' music. Apparently the other surviving members wanted to sell "When the Music's Over" to Apple for an obscene amount of money, but he was the lone holdout. I guess the Doors, from a legal standpoint, are a democracy, so everything must be decided unanimously. It's admirable that he sticks to his principles.

[Wind Dancer]

18. John Fogerty was in litigation for years

over ownership rights with CCR. He was emotionally devastated over the loss and didn't sing those songs for years until Dylan encouraged him to reclaim the music.

He recently wrote a great anti-war song, Deja Vu - All Over Again, and toured with Bruce for "Vote For Change". Fogerty is not a sell out, but disgusted with how the music industry works.

[johnnie]

19. Someone is doing "Across the Universe"

I don't know what it is for, but it sucks.

[Phillycat]

20. It's for Kodak, I think. I've seen it. It makes me want to die.

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. Revolution for Nike, and London Calling for

Jaguar, I think

[BurtWorm]

24. Iggy Pop's Lust for Life for

Carnival Cruises? :wtf:

Honorable mention to The Dandy Warhol's "Bohemian Like You" for a car commercial? :wtf:

[Left Is Write]

26. Yup. That's pretty bad.

[Left Is Write]

27. This isn't the worst, but it bothers me immensely.

Devo's "Whip It" being used to hawk Swiffer dusters.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

28. The Pretenders' brilliant "My City Was Gone"

as the them for oxyrush Limabughs's show

can't chrissie do something about that?

also, i find it funny that the right was calling for a boycott of her when she nmade antiwar remarks, yet didn't realize that rush has to pay her royalties three times a day

[Danmel]

29. London Calling for Jaguar

Could it get anymore bourgeois?

[Eugene]

30. We're not Gonna Take It for an allergy medicine ad.

Won't Get Fooled Again in a car commercial
comes a close second.

[Not_Giving_Up]

32. This one didn't happen, but it almost did

After Johnny Cash died, Preparation H wanted to use "Ring of Fire"

His kids responded with a resounding HELL NO!