Re: Pop Songs In Commercials

["Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com>]

>>This morning on WBZ, I heard two new commercials using Top 40 songs as background.  Toyota is using "Get The Party Started" by Pink and GMC used what sounded like a sound-alike remake of a Meatloaf tune.

Artistic Integrity?  Nay Nay! Show Me The Money!<<

Uh-huh.  Such indignation over nothing.  Since when is this a matter of artistic integrity?  Did you protest as loudly when Microsoft and Ford used "Start Me Up" by the Stones?  Are these musicians and writers not entitled to make a living wherever they can?  Are we pretending this hasn't been going on for decades?



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