Early ,'Objects In Space'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I've given up being saddened by it, and am just counting the days until U2's "One" turns up in an ad for tampons or fried chicken.
Well they own all the rights to all their songs and turned down $40 million to use "Beautiful Day" in a car campaign, so just wait until they are desperate for the cash.
earwormed with Billy Idol - Got to be a Lover.
Forgot To Be A Lover. I'm very insistent about this, as I love this song.
Did anyone see the Ben Stiller Show parody of "One" being used to sell breakfast cereal? Ben does a fine, fine Bono.
Joe, gotcher email! Thanks! I will never, ever be back on the Lopate show again. Because my cell turned itself on in my bag and rang on-air. (To keep this on-topic, the caller was MC Paul Barman ...)
so sorry bt - I stand corrected.
eta - and now Prince/Sheena Easton take over the music in my head.
Sue, I chose U2 because I was pretty sure they'd never really had a song in an ad, though I know "Beautiful Day" was used to promote the broadcast of the 2000 Olympics. I googled it, and their hands really are relatively clean on the issue -- the most commercial thing is "Electrical Storm" in a New Zealand spot about yacht racing.
But as you point out, they aren't exactly hurting for the money.
eta - and now Prince/Sheena Easton take over the music in my head.
Which one? I have unreasonable love for Strut, especially since me singing along is deeply inappropriate on so many levels.
It's my high school nightmare, on a cruise ship!
"Come Sail Away" (how apropos!) was the big spotlight dance in "The Virgin Suicides" and "Freaks and Geeks".
It's my high school nightmare, on a cruise ship!
Leonard's loss. Mine, too. Guess which one I care about.
Article about bands that won't allow music to be used for ads. it's from 2002- have any of the artists named in it changed their minds since?
Though this passage:
R.E.M. The jangly strains of the seminal '90s alt-rock band have become so well known, they're instantly recognizable: Think It's the "End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" and "Losing My Religion". Advertisers could have a field day with R.E.M.'s repertoire. Stick "Everybody Hurts" on an aspirin commercial. "One I Love" is perfect for a Hallmark Valentine's Day campaign.
(emphasis mine)
Makes me wonder if the writer could find irony in a dictionary.
I always wanted Budwiser to use Oingo Boingo's "No Spill Blood" for a commercial.