Now that Bruce Springsteen has sold his music catalog to Sony for $ 500 million, imagine that the music giant will want to start getting that money back and doing a lot more with it. One way is to allow the songs to be used in commercials.
There was once an uproar when Michael Jackson allowed Nike to use the Beatles’ “Revolution” in a television commercial to sell sneakers. Paul McCartney, speaking with Bob Costas, said that it bothers him “a lot.”
“With the Beatles, we had all those offers, anyone who publishes those songs gets those offers, we had offers from the big soda companies, but we always turned them down because we thought it would devalue everything. To be seen as selling out, which we didn’t want to do. that our fans believed in us and we owed them some kind of integrity. “
“So something like ‘Revolution’ means more than just a pair of sneakers,” says McCartney, “and I think commercially it’s not such a good decision.”
With that being said, Beatles songs continue to be used in commercials, which you can view here. So if Sony were to go that route with Bruce’s songs, what songs do you think they would use to sell what products? These are some of my listeners and Facebook friends:
Walt wormann
Born to run … Pepto Bismol
Chuck homler
Born to run by Imodium AD
Robert Michelin
Blinded by the light for Coors light beer
Noelle Rose Lisa
Pink cadillac
Brian brown
Perfect song. Yes, this is for Pennsylvania and PennDot. Happens all the time. 🎶 Working on the road
Jeffrey Paul
“Show it all night: Duracell batteries”
John Norton
“Shining Disguise: Max Factor Makeup”
Steve Odabashian
“I’m on fire for Preparation H”
Ron Cori
The uprising … Viagra
Jane Marks Biunno
Born in the USA ~ Buy Products Made in the USA
Kevin Kearney
Glory days for AARP.
Laura Jensen Lezynski
1. Blinded by Light-Ray-ban sunglasses
2. She is the One- DeBeer Diamonds
3. Drive All Night: Ford Motor Company
4. Long Walk Home -AAA
Harry spivak
Freezing of Tenth Avenue. Prestone antifreeze
Garth H. Raymond
Jungleland for a great adventure animal safari
Bob O’Brien Leszczak
Cover me for an insurance company
Jim Somogyi
Lost in the Flood – Allstate Homeowners Insurance
Donna D’Antonio Hull
Better days for tourism on the coast … or the new jingle for The Villages
The above post reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Steve Trevelise. All opinions expressed are those of Steve. Steve Trevelise is at New Jersey 101.5 Monday through Thursday from 7 pm to 11 pm. Follow him on Twitter @realstevetrev.
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