zombywoof Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Does anybody remember when Johnny Winter showed up in a Tijuana Smalls commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Hell, Jefferson Airplane did Levis commercials. In the mid-1980s the Long Ryders and Del Fuegos did commercials for a beer company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Hell, Jefferson Airplane did Levis commercials. In the mid-1980s the Long Ryders and Del Fuegos did commercials for a beer company. Yeah, that Jefferson Airplane Levi's commercial was weird. It's even on the 2400 Fulton Street compilation album. Of course, we wore white Levi's when I was in high school in the early 60's, but by the time that commercial came out, I didn't even know they still existed. Let's face it: performers are out there to make money. God bless'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelDeVille Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I keep trying to sell out, but nobody’s buying.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Well.. at least Dylan wont ever Oh I think there is a commercial using the song 'The Times They Are a changing". The one I am talking about is current but I can not think of what they are selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Gibson has certainly sipped from the Yoko approved Kool-Aid: - Assorted John Lennon Gibson J-160 models - Epiphone EJ-160 John Lennon model - '65 John Lennon Epiphone Casino - Inspired by John Lennon Epiphone Casino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I totally plug into the thought that songs are icons of dreams, , , sometimes collective, but primarily individual dreams and memory-cards of peoples lives and trail. To suddenly see a song that covered your first love-affair or a Holiday or an entire madjik summer hi-jacked by a soap-, food- or car-product is a downer. Have been offered several deals in my wild youth - one huge for soft beverages - and it didn't take 10 seconds to refuse. Would rather eat spaghetti, tomatoes and dead flies than to dip the music in brand-glue that sticks forever. That decision was never regretted - even though the ketchup sometimes ran dry. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 well didn't Budweiser use Dylans' Blowing in the Wind recently? A missed opportunity to promote 'Baked Beans'...… V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Sting.....the great songwriter, world spokesman and eco-warrior..... Has attracted much unintended laughter and some derision For advertising Automobiles..... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Let them sell what they want... if whoever is supposed to give the nod to using lennon, and they give the nod then so be it. There's very few musicians (or any people) that measure up to the eye of public scrutiny. Back in the day where information was scarce there was a sort of reverence about these people, 'they must know something special... ' now in the age of information where you know what they had for breakfast, much less a brain fart they had and something stupid they did, you realize they're all just regular people capable of making unwise decisions with the best of us, maybe with a lot of money and success, but still regular people, so I say - make a buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Exactly WTF is this thread about? Who is using John Lennon for advertising? But, whatever, why would it matter? The Beatles were about as commercial as it gets. And some heir probably owns the rights to his name and image, so it's no wonder that they would want to continue to profit from it. I was a huge Beatles fan in the 70's and 80's. Today, I'm just not interested. Every now and then I start to listen to one of those old albums and end up switching to something else after a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 think john-think peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 If I am not mistaken, Yoko now is getting a song writing credit for "Imagine." I believe though that was by Lennon's own wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 If I am not mistaken, Yoko now is getting a song writing credit for "Imagine." I believe though that was by Lennon's own wish. Shes not using the money for singing lessons that's for sure Have you heard her murdering gig in the sky by floyd ?? Man alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Yoko has been unfairly kicked enuf buddy - she is a great human ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Shes not using the money for singing lessons that's for sure Have you heard her murdering gig in the sky by floyd ?? Man alive While the whole record was pretty raw and loose, she sure as heck destroyed Side 2 of Live Peace in Toronto. It is one of those albums where I could not even name a song on the second side without actually pulling out the LP. The only other LP I can think of where you would be hard pressed to name a song on the B side would be In A Gadda Da Vida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 The only other LP I can think of where you would be hard pressed to name a song on the B side would be In A Gadda Da Vida. I didn't even know there was a B side to In a Gadda Da Vida. I've only made it through the A side a couple of times. It cured me of ever wanting to listen to heavy metal. I needed a dose of James Taylor afterward to clean out my brain. You could use it as a form of conversion therapy to convince kids heavy metal comes straight from Satan. (Wait a minute. Isn't that what the Louvain Brothers did?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7V7qh8u4AQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronx Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I like Yoko's music when she's not cackling. Approximately Infinate Universe and feeling the Space are decent albums, as are her songs on Sometime in NYC and Double Fantasy, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I kind of agree. Sometimes her voice has a certain sweetness to it that grows on ya. I heard some stuff on YouTube from her latest album, and it’s got a sincerity and sweetness to it that is actually kinda good to listen to. And, some of her lyrics are kinda good, too. Just my two cents. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Speak of the Devil, I just heard "Help" on a Google commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I didn't even know there was a B side to In a Gadda Da Vida. I've only made it through the A side a couple of times. Best use of that song was in the ending of the movie Manhunter which was the first film adaption of "The Red Dragon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Speak of the Devil, I just heard "Help" on a Google commercial. That's what inspired this thread. And it's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 But back to the Bob Dylan thing, he has done commercials with him in it for Pepsi , IBM, Chrysler, and others ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 But back to the Bob Dylan thing, he has done commercials with him in it for Pepsi , IBM, Chrysler, and others ... Dylan is alive, CHOSE to do them, and was compensated. That's cool. It's capitalism and Bob is a GREAT capitalist. He was getting $40.00 for t-shirts when I saw him last. John's voice being used for advertisements after his death and without his permission feels wrong to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I like that scene in the Oliver Stone Doors film, where Jim sees a TV commercial with a big production number of "Light my fire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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