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[Christy]

...when songs that you like are used to advertise completely unrelated products? Recently, i've heard Muse, the 22-20s and Primal Scream songs blaring out over ads for perfume and cars and other such nonsense. it really gets on ma flange. especially muse and the scream - both of whom are successful bands who surely can't need the money desperately.

love from christy

[psydoll]

I do not watch TV and never listen to radio and hence cut this problem off from myself.

Sometimes I do find myself glancing at posters advertising coffee and idly singing Muse 'Sober' in my head but I just make sure I find at least 20p on the ground over the course of the day and put it in my 'royalties' jar in the corner of my room.

On a more serious note if I'd written a fucking beezer of a tune and was in the more 'popular' genres that Muse, The 22-20's or Primal Scream frequent then I'd be more than chuffed to get my song out to people for more moneys than I was getting originally and would sit at home in my baffies 'selling out' as long as said advert would run!

Mince.

It's major label mainstream commercial music, thats what they sign away there credence for....

[daveofficer]

the bands are probably the last people to find out about the adverts. it's probably all done through publishing companies and the like.

[Jan Deal]

Originally Posted by Neubeatz

It's major label mainstream commercial music, thats what they sign away there credence for....

I think you'll find its "their" [/grammar police]

[Steven Milne]

Blue Monday - Mars Advert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leftfield - Inspection (check One) - Cheesestrings!!!!!!!!!


The Worlds Gone Mad!

[delboy]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

the bands are probably the last people to find out about the adverts. it's probably all done through publishing companies and the like.

i dunno i think a band/artist need to give permission for their music to be used. the one that cracked me up was the fall allowing touch sensitive to be used in a car ad. i believe the money is incredibly good if your music is used in an ad so you cant blame them.

[Free Korps]

if jim morrison was against it then so am I.
still doesnt explain why i end up having something in common with him and the hoff.

[Teabags]

fucking black flag in the wannadoo advert.

[Old Gold]

I'm sure the regular money-baths make it somewhat less frustrating for the artists in question.

It must be nice to get a shitload of cash for doing essentially fuck all.