# The Doors and advertising

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-and-advertising/116794>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 1, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-and-advertising/116794 "2002-07-01T06:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![UWmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UWmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UWmite)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-and-advertising/116794/21 "2002-07-04T19:53:23Z")

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If I’m ever pissed at popular music being used to sell a product, it’s just because advertisers usually _miss the point entirely!_ For example, when The Guess Who’s song American Woman (although I believe they played the Lenny Kravitz version) was used for a Tommy jeans commercial. The song is about American cultural imperialism! This is not a celebration of attractive, expensive-jeans-wearing 'Mercan chicks! Sheesh.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-and-advertising/116794/22 "2002-07-04T22:54:06Z")

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or when they use How Soon is Now for an automobile commercial…geesh

then again its been done to death by everyone else so why not?

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-and-advertising/116794/23 "2002-07-04T23:11:12Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by mobo85 \*  
> \*\*Just thought of a good slogan that could have been used if the Doors _did_ sell out:
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> Kingston® Charcoal. Come on baby, light my fire. \*\*

Adult undergarments: “These are Depends, my friend…”

Breakfast cereal: “Mr. two scoops of rasins… It’s got two scoops of Rasins… RASINS, RASINS!”

Endless possibilities.

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