If all musicians "sold out" - what products could they sell?

Cafe Society
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For the purpose of this thread only, “sold out” will be defined as using a song to sell a product. It is not necessary for the song to have anything to do with the product. So play nice.

U2:

“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” - Google
“Sunday, Bloody Sunday” - Tampax

Grateful Dead:

“Touch of Grey” - Grecian Formula for Men
“Casey Jones” - AMTRAK

ELO:

“Telephone Line” - AT & T
“Shine a Little Love” - Eveready flashlights

Rolling Stones:

“19th Nervous Breakdown” - Prozac
“Satisfaction” - Viagra

Prince:

“Little Red Corvette” - Corvettes, of course
“Purple Rain” - Nexium

Neil Young:

“Computer Age” - Dell
“Old Man” - AARP

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Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow’s Parties - corporate entertainment

Beatles: She’s Leaving Home - student loans

Nick Cave: Mercy Seat - Stannah Stairlift

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Alanis Morissette:

“You Oughta Know” - The Straight Dope

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Rod Stewart:

Every Picture Tells A Story Donut

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I’m pretty sure The Who could sell Heinz Baked Beans, Charles Atlas fitness programs, Odorono deodorant, and Medac acne cream…

The Rolling Stones: “Paint it Black” – uh, paint.
Pearl Jam: “Betterman” – dating service.
The Stooges: “Search & Destroy” – for some geeky reason, I’ve long associated this with spam/virus protection.

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Police –

Sally – Inflatable dolls

Eric Clapton –

Cocaine – Cocaine

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Madness:

“Baggy Trousers” - Gap
Badly Drawn Boy:

“Everybody’s Stalking” - Bodyguards
Elbow:

“I’ve Got Your Number” - Directory Enquiries

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Funny you should mention The Stooges and that particular song. At the library I work at the anti-spyware program is called Search & Destroy. When I first started working here I thought it was a song someone had left on the computer. Man was I surprised when I opened it.

Television-See No Evil - for the US armed forces.

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This is painful for me, but too good to pass up:

Bruce Springsteen (not that he’d ever sell out!):

Born to Run - Nike or Reebok or whoever

Glory Days - Classmates.com

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Sir Paul McCartney would be a superb spokesman for Ex-Lax.

Because he really needs a John.

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Fugs – Coca Cola Douche. I think the commercial possibilities are obvious.

Alice Cooper – Refrigerator Heaven – Frigidaire

Kinks – All Day & All of the Night – Viagra

Police – Don’t Stand So Close to Me – Right Guard

The Who – Heinz Baked Beans (obvious)

Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – any hotel chain

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I think I must have seen that program before and semi-forgotten it…I felt sure I had some reason for the association!

The Eagles: “Hotel California” – obvious enough. There is actually a hotel in Osaka by this name. I couldn’t find it last time I was in town, though. Maybe they had to close down. I heard there was “always plenty of room” there, so maybe business wasn’t too good. :wink:

Toni Basil: “Hey Mickey” – Disney World.

Leonard Cohen: “Death of a Ladies Man” – MetLife.

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Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Fudgy the Whale (Slim Fast)

Tilly and the Wall - Fell Down The Stairs (Penzoil)

The Robot Ate Me - Angel in the Snow (Remington Turkey Loads)

Thank God for Astronauts - Can’t Stand the Druggist (CVS Pharmacies)

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I’ve been waiting over a year to use this line.

Elvis Presley, X-Lax.
“A little less constipation, a little more action.”

-lv

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Suicidal Tendencies – “Institutionalized” for Pepsi

“All I wanted was a Pepsi…”

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That’s…just wrong. :smiley:

ZZ Top:
Pearl Necklace - For Zales jewelry chain stores
Sharp Dressed Man - Men’s Wearhouse discount clothing chain
Cheap Sunglasses - Ray-Bans
Woke up with Wood - ummm, Viagra

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Everclear

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“Centerfield”, John Fogerty- Major League Baseball
“Talk Dirty to Me”, Poison- 1-900 phone sex service
“Have a Cigar”, Pink Floyd- cigars, if they could be advertised on TV
“Shout”, Tears for Fears- Shout laundry spray
“Land Down Under”, Men at Work- Australia vacation/travel promotion
“I Can’t Drive 55”, Sammy Hagar- PSA promoting obeying the speed limit
“That Smell”, Lynyrd Skynyrd- air freshener or Beano

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“Hi, I’m Beck, the musician. And when I need to get me a Devil’s Haircut, that’s when I reach for my Flow-Bee.”

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“land down under” and…umm…another one of those songs could double as douche soundtracks.

i apologize in advance.