EVOL! Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Something I have been meaning to get off my chest: Who the hell licensed Howlin' Wolf's Smokestack Lightnin' for a Viagra commercial? If that cat were alive, he'd destroy both the drug company and the ad firm that made it. Legendary blues men don't need no ED drug. They got the Johnny Conqueroo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm still trying to figure out why KENTUCKY Fried Chicken uses Sweet Home ALABAMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm still trying to figure out why KENTUCKY Fried Chicken uses Sweet Home ALABAMA. That one is a head scratcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Didn't Viagra start with Muddy Waters I am Ready? Another sacrilege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 How bout "Got my mojo workin" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Oh brother... <grin> I've thought roughly the same, though - plus the way the ad suggests one needs a pill to remain ... uhhhhh ... attached to life and creativity. I think not. Without getting too gross or graphic, my understanding is that the over 70 crowd has had one of the highest increases in stds in the past decade or so, and I doubt seriously that any pills on either side were involved since they weren't necessarily required. <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yeah. I was playing "Smokestack Lightning" on my guitar a while ago and my wife asked me why was I playing the Viagra music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychonaut69 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Something I have been meaning to get off my chest: Who the hell licensed Howlin' Wolf's Smokestack Lightnin' for a Viagra commercial? If that cat were alive, he'd destroy both the drug company and the ad firm that made it. Legendary blues men don't need no ED drug. They got the Johnny Conqueroo! Public domain territory at this point? FWIW.........love Howlin Wolf but I'll take a version the Dead did back in the late 60's with Pigpen on vocals anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tackiness and impertinence can often be found in advertisement from my point of view. I think the public relations people often provoke deliberately. I don't care about that except for making my children aware of those mechanisms. When educating children, one will find out that sadly there's one thing that politics and economy have in common: the share of truth in their publications is rather small. I guess this is one of the reasons why they want to take education out of the parents' hands here and move it to public authorities from earliest childhood on, i. e. starting when the little ones are one year old. Same thing happened in fascist and socialist regimes before. It seems we live under a dictation of economy due to global turbo capitalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darling67 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm still trying to figure out why KENTUCKY Fried Chicken uses Sweet Home ALABAMA. When MJ allowed for the use of Beatles songs for Oreo cookies and Nike(?) commercials, all was fair game following those atrocities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Without getting too gross or graphic, my understanding is that the over 70 crowd has had one of the highest increases in stds in the past decade or so, and I doubt seriously that any pills on either side were involved since they weren't necessarily required... Yeah, that's what my step-mom was telling me. Hot times in the assisted living communities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Frank's "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" could have been pure marketing gold for Trojan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Frank's "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" could have been pure marketing gold for Trojan. I was thinking Frank's song would be great for the pharmaceutical de jour for std antibiotics? Stand Tall for ED. (The dirty heads version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I forgot that there's another viagra commercial that uses a John Lee Hooker song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Oh brother... <grin> I've thought roughly the same, though - plus the way the ad suggests one needs a pill to remain ... uhhhhh ... attached to life and creativity. I think not. Without getting too gross or graphic, my understanding is that the over 70 crowd has had one of the highest increases in stds in the past decade or so, and I doubt seriously that any pills on either side were involved since they weren't necessarily required. <grin> m funny but true Mills.........in '02 or '03, in Miami Fl. there was a HUGE "retirement complex" housing 3 large buildings worth of folks....of which 80% had contracted syphillus thanks to "the little blue pill". Swingin' in Miami indeed....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Public domain territory at this point? My point was the choice of artist. Cats like Howlin Wolf and Muddy Waters had super mojo. It's insulting to link them with a drug you take when your junk doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My point was the choice of artist. Cats like Howlin Wolf and Muddy Waters had super mojo. It's insulting to link them with a drug you take when your junk doesn't work. Howlin Wolf has(maybe had) quite an estate and a foundation in his name as well. The heirs or owners prolly bought back or always had the rights and need some money. It usually is just that simple. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 When MJ allowed for the use of Beatles songs for Oreo cookies and Nike(?) commercials, all was fair game following those atrocities. that MJ even was able to be in the position to make that decision,,, -- I have no words... never mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-bud Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 10 Years After, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. For Viagra ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I played the "Viva Viagra" song at a guy's 60th birthday party once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Love Gun by KISS should be used for Viagra commercials.... Quite frankly, I'm surprised Gene hasn't thought of it yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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