those bastards at cadillac used rock and roll…for the longest time i couldn’t listen to zeppelin without thinking about miles per hour

Anything The Cult
CFFC

“Pulling Mussels from a Shell”-Squeeze

anything by AC/DC would be sick.
ps. props 2 the RHCP 4 dissing artists who sold themselves to adverts

Anything by The Beatles. For the love of GOD, people, is anything sacred anymore? They’re ruining my generation’s music! (*is 14*)

they could play that commercial with Cat Power’s cover of Cat Steven’s ‘How Can I Tell You’ because it’s the only way I’m gonna hear it.

bands are commercial, so it’s fallacious, this whole thing….
but…
the cure’s catalog…
the smiths’ catalog….

and ’she sells sanctuary’ by the cult…

‘how soon is now’………

Let’s see…I’m an evil CEO, am I?

Let’s use “How Soon Is Now?” by The Smiths, “They’ll Need A Crane” by They Might Be Giants, “Lips Like Sugar” by Echo and The Bunnymen, and “She’s Crafty” by the Beastie Boys.

I say go to town! It’s a blast to hear my favourites in ads. In a perfect world all these great songs would have been top 40 hits anyways, so what if it’s taken the rest of the world so long to fall for these songs. And if you think you’re hearing them too much maybe turn off your TV and listen to some music that will be popular in 20 years.

REM, Smiths and Joy Division (because it’s not nice to commercially exploit dead people who create sub-genres) come to mind, but I really can’t think of any song from that decade that transcends commerce. I agree with “Pride” by U2, because of the King subject matter.

The safety dance

Too bad that The The’s This is the day sold out, it’s just wrong to see a bunch of M&M’s dancing around to it.
That, the Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Madness…the list goes on.

I agree w/ not using the Psych. Furs Love My Way. The other song that gets me is West End Girls. The song is one of the most evocative songs ever, and it is one of the few songs that actually gives me chills (rather inexplicably, but….)

Theodor Herzl,

Sorry to say but KRS-One already pimped himself out to a Nike commercial in the 1990s. Something about the revolution will not be televised.

Nothing by the Talking Heads should ever show up.

How about Madison ave just keeps it’s hands off all my music

When Cadillac did “Rock n Roll” by zeppelin, that was a month ruiner.

nothing beatles ever, thats a given. dont even cover them. i dont like the commecial that used “dream a little dream of me” by mama cass, even though thats from the 60s not 80s. i remember a commercial a while ago which used “times are a changin” by bob dylan. that made me weep for our society.

Anything from Double Fantasy.

“Love my way” by the Psychedelic Furs, Any song by the Smiths or The Cure. I remember that Kodak commercial that used “Pictures of you”, but the day I hear “catch”, “Close to me”, or “Lullaby” for Hallmark, or Zales, or whatever, I’m leading an armed uprising against capitalism. The revolution will be televised.

I would say the Cure catalog, but Kodak already got hold of “Pictures Of You” (albeit a cover version). I will blow up any corporation that touches the Replacements.

“where the streets have no name” U2. In fact anything on that album… growing up i honestly could never believe in anything (spiritually) but I desire to be able to, and something about that alvum… it’s like the search for something to believe in, and well, the terrain Bono explores.. the journey he makes on that album, that’s the only ting I have been able to believe in.

G.R.I.T.S., it’s spelled B-E-A-T-L-E-S, and I’m pretty sure none of them were homosexual.

Leave the only hit Grateful Dead album alone. “In the Dark” is not their greatest work, but can you imagine “Throwin’ Stones” as the background for Kodak or Busch beer? Let’s not blasphemize!

Don’t touch Love Will Tear Us Apart or anything else by Joy Division. Also, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police - their whole catalogue should be preserved in its entirety without any money hungry
leach of a music head hunter getting their unrighteous hands on it. Hey Baron, Donnie Darko was definitely an exception as far as using 80s songs in a soundtrack. That movie is like a portal in itself

Does the author of this section actually get paid for this?

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Warrant

-just kidding

charlie, I’m almost sure that “Tempted” was used by Burger King or something. This is when you start writhing.

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Divison. It was in Donnie Darko but it belong there.

Prince’s Kiss. Back off, Hershey!

“This Must Be the Place” by Talking Heads or “Just Like Honey” by The Jesus and Mary Chain

“Tempted” by Squeeze.It has that smooth,late night feel to its approach.It’s what you would expect from a typical r&b song.Since eventually it was a crossover hit,it could’ve made the Quiet Storm.Needlesss to say,it’s perfect for lovemaking.

Who cares

Pride (in the Name of Love)–U2

cure, run d.m.c, KRS One, PRINCE
PRINCE
PRINCE
PRINCE

I have to agree with Dan. Anyt commercial using Prince’s tunes would be sacrilege.

hey RS; why don’t you get a spell checker built in to this thing to help us all become better spellers - my typos make me cringe…

Would have to agree with Elchivo too

I agree with the guy who mentioned “Love Will Tear Us Apart” again. Definitely better not touch A Flock of Seagulls’ “I Ran” — so cheesy but it embodies 80s brilliance.

When Cadillac used “Rock n Roll” for their promotion of the Escalade, I wanted to drop dead. I still can’t listen to that song without envisioning a monster truck.

Tom Sawyer by Rush…it should not be touched, but it’s probably already been violated and I’m just not aware.

elchivo, you’re the best!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Every Breath You Take” by The Police. Damn anyone who even thinks of such blasphemy. I’ve already forgiven Sting for committing high treason with the sacrilegious crap he did with Puffy or whoever rapper it was.

The Who have been selling out since their 60’s prime so it’s kind of a moot point. The one 80’s song that should never be touched due to its purity is Heat of the Moment by Asia.

‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by Joy Division. Bastards better not touch that ‘un.

I would have to say without hesitation that anything by The Police would be off limits. Can’t see driving that car along a coastal road to “Canary in a Coalmine”…
But I would pay money to see someone do a Pharmaceutical ad to “Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths

I would say any of the Who’s songs, but they’ve all gotten beaten into the ground in commercials already that it’s just too late.

I must say I’m always afraid some cell phone co. is gonna come out with a purple phone and call it “Purple Rain” and that would just be wrong.

I’d have to say “Take On Me” by AHA. Anyone who lived during the 80’s knows that song whether you liked it or not. Hopefully that song will never-ever be bastardized……..If any of you are in the NJ area tonight come out and see 15 KEYS at Brewed Attitude in Hamilton NJ!!!!!!!!!

All them Beatle covers just shouldn’t be done. Only live by sweet people who knew them, like Dylan, the Stones, Oasis and what not.

i had a breakfast buritto at burger king yesterday and it was awful! jack in the box actually has pretty good breakfast now - 24 hrs a day! - i can only eat that crap once a week though - no more than that…good hangover remedy…

Thank god Tom Waits is safe from commercial ads. He got his first million $ for sueing frito lay for using just an imposter Tom Waits.

Hey my names kristee, how cool

i think the beetles, all the commercials just make them sound gay.

Anything by the Cure. Lots of bands like to cover these songs and turn them into some evil version of what they once were. It’s sad to me.