Any band who allows the Halifax to use their music in their rubbish adverts should be taken out, put up against a wall and shot.
That means you, The Lightning Seeds. Shame on you you, you corporate prostitutes!
I hope you are proud of your thirty pieces of silver.
I am deeply surprised that the disgrace of Iggy Pop's complete and utter sell out, and for something so mundane as feckin' car insurance (for god's sake), has not featured as a mega rant. I recently had to renew my car insurance, and specifically excluded the Iggy Pop company (sell out), and Admiral (the Freddy Star lookalike in the rubbish admiral outfit is really annoying), despite them coming through cheapest, on grounds of (illogical) principle. I also refused to use Go Compare as a search engine because of that eejit 'opera singer' they have and the fact that their TV and radio ads consistently blight my happiness... Now that is the power of the people in action...
ReplyDeleteWell I was never that into Iggy Pop, so if he wants to sell out his credability, that's his affair. But if Angus Young and Brian Johnston ever come on TV trying to sell me a Stannah stair-lift, I will be sorely disappointed.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's not because I live in a flat, and I don't even have any stairs!
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, Lemmy's appearance in a financial services advert in the past at least had him cast as being overheard talking about pensions advice, and when he realised the camera was on, ordering 2 cases of tecquila... That I can forgive. If Brian Johnson started touting Cillit Bang, I think I'd have to put a contract out on him....
ReplyDeleteWell, I think Lemmy got away with that because it was funny.
ReplyDeleteBut if Kate Bush ever appears in a commercial, waxing lyrical about Findus Crispy Pancakes, I should say, "Oi! Bush! NO!
I admire the quirky, offbeat nature of your music, and I respect your unconventional and uncompromising attitude towards the recording industry, but this shameless promotion of unhealthy junk food is a bridge too far!"
I should most probably go round to her house and give her a stern talking to.