Miggy D
War Child
MrBrau1 said:
The Sex Pistols reformed in the mid 1990's and Johnny Lydon made it very clear they did it for the $. Then he recorded a song for a Mountain Dew commercial.
The Clash have had several songs appear in car commercials.
The Foo Fighters (Nirvana relative) had their song "Next Year, used as the theme son for NBC sitcom "Ed." I've also seen numerous TV spots promoting the "Nirvana Boxset." Call now and Order!
My question about the Clash - did they even have a choice whether or not their songs appear in car commercials?
U2 have the rare privilege of controlling their master copies. That means they can decide where their music is played and for what purpose. 90 percent of artists do not have that privilege. Probably more like 95 percent. The record companies can pick and choose where these artists' music is played, and the artists have no say. It sucks, but it's the biz. U2 lucked out. Also - the Nirvana boxset was probably advertised by the record company. The record company probably paid for the commercial advertisements - in the end it IS their money going into pressing and distributing the boxset - they have a right to advertise. Simply advertising an album's existence is not comparable to the things being discussed in this thread. Though Nirvana DID play SNL. (But I think there is absolutely nothing WRONG with playing SNL. Many respectable, legendary artists play that show.) When U2 played TRL, I did cringe (even though the performance totally rocked).
-Miggy D