In the erly days of MTV, musicians did some spots for it. I can only remember **Pete Townsend **and Mark Knofler, but there were probably others.
Does anyone else get a slightly dated, possibly racist, vibe to the hockey reference in there? Like, of course Bo could not possibly know anything about hockey, being black? I mean, they could’ve played it like the tennis scene…
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They don’t appear, but here are the Rolling Stones pushing Rice Krispies.
[/QUOTE]Damn, that’s fun. I’ve never heard that.
Itzhak Perlman for the American Express card.
Ella also plugged Triscuit.
Sung to the tune of A-Tisket A-Tasket:
A Triscuit a Triscuit,
Delicious whole wheat Triscuit,
(Something…)
Made only by Nabisco!
I just remembered another one.
Pomplamoose did several car commercials during the Holiday season
Related to the Blurred Lines thread, that Beats pill speaker thingie with the Blurred Lines video knock-off.
On the flip side, Neil Young refuses to sing for commercials. He even wrote a song about it.
Ain’t singin’ for Pepsi
Ain’t singin’ for Coke
I don’t sing for nobody
Makes me look like a joke
This note’s for you.
John Densmore also refuses to allow Doors songs to be used for commercial purposes. And they could have made a shit tonne of money doing so.