Beatles Music in Advertisements
Adam W. H. Lowry
I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
Any others?
SSoren9001
Nike/Revolution pairing was done by that conniving, pernicious Michael
Jackson, as if he needed the money. I haven't heard of "A Day in the
Life" being used in a coffee commercial, but MJ was probably also behind
that, too, and I'm sure it was even worse than the Nike abomination.
Michael, if you're reading this in Neverland, please, PLEASE, not the
dogfood or the personal cleansing wipes!
Jeffrey Mills
It wouldn't be a problem if their songs were used for something cool.
I don't see the big deal in using a song for a product but then it isn't
my song either.
I suppose if someone used mine I might be pretty angry but it would
really depend on how they did it.
I want to write a script about this kid who flies and I'd love to call
it "Off The Ground" and have that as the theme.
Deepak M Sampathu
: I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
: If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
: used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
: Any others?
NIKE used instant karma, but that i don't know if you excluded that one
because it was a solo effort.
Michael Yeoman
>
>The Beatles always rejected requests for use of their music in ads. The
>Nike/Revolution pairing was done by that conniving, pernicious Michael
>Jackson, as if he needed the money. I haven't heard of "A Day in the
>Life" being used in a coffee commercial, but MJ was probably also behind
>that, too, and I'm sure it was even worse than the Nike abomination.
>Michael, if you're reading this in Neverland, please, PLEASE, not the
>dogfood or the personal cleansing wipes!
Hasn't anyone seen the new commercial about drinking and driving out
there. Starts with Phil Collins singing dive my car, goes to a few other
artists the goes to Paul McCartney. I saw it two days ago.
Katy Demcak
> I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
> If you can think of any, please respond.
John Lennon's Instant Karma was in a Nike commercial (and it was really
a fabulous commercial!) This was only 2 or 3 years ago, I think.
And there was a Raisinets commercial that used a Beatles song - I want
to say it was "Good Day Sunshine" -- with different singers, of course,
and maybe different lyrics...
And there is a Hallmark card (not an advertisement, but still) that
says on the outside "Here comes the sun, doo doo doo doo, here comes
the sun, and I say" and when you open it up it says "Oh, it's only the
candles on your birthday cake."
Katy
sarah bodah
: I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
: If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
: used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
: Any others?
Yeah, I remember hearing "Get Back" on the radio for some car
commercial...."Get back...get back...gat back to where the deals are
hot..." Does anyone else get really annoyed by this? I suppose if
they did good versions of the songs I wouldn't have a problem,
but...this was just inane...
BTW, who authorizes these companies to use the songs? Is it
(gasp) Michael Jackson? Or someone else? I want to know who to be
annoyed at!
Sarah
--
"...it's only me it's not my mind that is confusing things..."
--George Harrison
Mike Drozdowski
>
> > I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
> > If you can think of any, please respond.
>
> a fabulous commercial!) This was only 2 or 3 years ago, I think.
>
> And there was a Raisinets commercial that used a Beatles song - I want
> to say it was "Good Day Sunshine" -- with different singers, of course,
> and maybe different lyrics...
>
> And there is a Hallmark card (not an advertisement, but still) that
> says on the outside "Here comes the sun, doo doo doo doo, here comes
> the sun, and I say" and when you open it up it says "Oh, it's only the
> candles on your birthday cake."
>
> Katy
do you know who tire kingdom is? i don't know if they're only in the TB
area or not but they have a new tv commercial, with men wearing beatle
wigs, and have guitars that look like the beatles. every time i hear or
see that ad, i cringe, knowin michael j is making money off of that
abb...@best.com
by a lawsuit. One of the songs used was "Good Day Sunshine."
steve
sarah bodah wrote:
>
> Adam W. H. Lowry (alo...@dcn.ryerson.ca) wrote:
>
> : I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
> : If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
> : used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
>
> : Any others?
> Yeah, I remember hearing "Get Back" on the radio for some car
> commercial...."Get back...get back...gat back to where the deals are
> hot..." Does anyone else get really annoyed by this? I suppose if
> they did good versions of the songs I wouldn't have a problem,
> but...this was just inane...
> BTW, who authorizes these companies to use the songs? Is it
> (gasp) Michael Jackson? Or someone else? I want to know who to be
> annoyed at!
> Sarah
> --
> "...it's only me it's not my mind that is confusing things..."
> --George Harrison
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dave eichenstein
>
> SSoren9001 wrote:
> >
> > The Beatles always rejected requests for use of their music in ads. The
> > Nike/Revolution pairing was done by that conniving, pernicious Michael
> > Jackson, as if he needed the money. I haven't heard of "A Day in the
> > Life" being used in a coffee commercial, but MJ was probably also behind
> > that, too, and I'm sure it was even worse than the Nike abomination.
> > Michael, if you're reading this in Neverland, please, PLEASE, not the
> > dogfood or the personal cleansing wipes!
>
> I don't see the big deal in using a song for a product but then it isn't
> my song either.
> I suppose if someone used mine I might be pretty angry but it would
> really depend on how they did it.
>
> I want to write a script about this kid who flies and I'd love to call
> it "Off The Ground" and have that as the theme.
maybe i'm just hallucinating, but does anyone else remember John
Lennon's Instant Karma! being in a Nike commerical?
-dave-
Tony Cole
a group of kids.
TC
Jim Hanner
>I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
>If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
>used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
>Any others?
During the Anthology publicity, George was quoted as being heavily
pissed-off about Michael Jackson sanctioning the use of Revolution on
the Nike ad. He suggested that their legacy would be harmed by being
associated with washing powder, baked beans, etc. I'd be surprised if
they let any other songs out to advertise *anything* - they don't need
the money.
Jim
Peter Vesuwalla
>
> I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
> If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
> used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
I remember hearing Help in a song for a gas station a while back. Also Hello,
Goodbye was used in a commercial for Air Canada.
Peter Vesuwalla
Joe Caldwell
>
> maybe i'm just hallucinating, but does anyone else remember John
> Lennon's Instant Karma! being in a Nike commerical?
The only Beatle-related song I can remember in a Nike commercial was
"Revolution". But then I don't watch that much commercial TV and could
easily have missed it.
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Rob Hedges
Juliano) wrote:
>>
> >I haven't heard of "A Day in the Life" being used in a coffee commercial,
>
> Gad, I'm glad I haven't seen that one.
It was actually a print ad, I believe (may have been on TV too).
Just the words "Woke up, fell out of bed/Dragged a comb across
my head/Found my way downstairs and drank a cup" and a Maxwell
House can. Relatively tasteful, as ads go.
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colo...@leland.stanford.edu
David J. Coyle
Columbus, Ohio has a radio commercial with "I Feel Fine" sung as "Come
and deal with us and you'll feel fine."
It's almost identical to "I Feel Fine" in a "Get Back/Get Up and Go" sort
of way. No feedback at the beginning, but whoever's doing it has the riff
down pat.
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Edward S. Chen
sarah bodah <sbo...@saims.skidmore.edu> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I remember hearing "Get Back" on the radio for some car
>commercial...."Get back...get back...gat back to where the deals are
>hot..." Does anyone else get really annoyed by this? I suppose if
>they did good versions of the songs I wouldn't have a problem,
>but...this was just inane...
Actually, I'd much rather have the worst-possible sounding cover used in
advertisements. No mistaking that for the original :-)
> BTW, who authorizes these companies to use the songs? Is it
>(gasp) Michael Jackson? Or someone else? I want to know who to be
>annoyed at!
If it is a national spot, it was an official deal (and it should be noted
that *no* Beatles songs have been licensed for commercial use since EMI
started their lease-ship of the catalogue). If it is a local spot,
likely no permission was granted, and the shop/dealer/whatever is betting
that the publishing company (or record company, as I've seen some of those
local spots that have the audacity to use Beatles recordings) either won't
find out, or will only issue a cease and desist order.
<ESC>
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formed the Crickets, how they'd broken through to success, and how John and
his band could launch themselves. -- Ellis Ambrun, _Buddy Holly: A Biography_
Edward S. Chen
Michael Yeoman <yeo...@cdsnet.net> wrote:
>In article <4gbd8l$a...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ssore...@aol.com says...
>
>there. Starts with Phil Collins singing dive my car, goes to a few other
>artists the goes to Paul McCartney. I saw it two days ago.
Hardly new. A video was done awhile back, and the spots are excerpts from
the video. Among the artists involved were:
Paul
Ringo
Harry Nilsson (in one of his final appearances before he died)
Julian Lennon
Weird "Al" Yankovic in triplicate in Beatle wig and collarless jacket.
Edward S. Chen
>
>There was also a series of Lincoln-Mercury commercials which were halted
>by a lawsuit. One of the songs used was "Good Day Sunshine."
Nope. The car ads were perfectly legal to all concerned. The only
threat of lawsuit was against EMI for allowing use of the Beatles version
of "Revolution."
Susan Juliano
ssore...@aol.com (SSoren9001) wrote:
>The Beatles always rejected requests for use of their music in ads.
George allowed "Something" to be used in a car commercial, but he wouldn't
let them use the original. They had to use a cover version. I'm pretty sure
he's had second thoughts about even going that far.
>I haven't heard of "A Day in the Life" being used in a coffee commercial,
Gad, I'm glad I haven't seen that one.
>Michael, if you're reading this in Neverland, please, PLEASE, not the
>dogfood or the personal cleansing wipes!
Just minutes ago I heard a cover version of "Help!" being used in a GTE
commercial. I hope we don't have to listen to much more of this.
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Damian Bariexca
>
> In article <4gbd8l$a...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
> ssore...@aol.com (SSoren9001) wrote:
> >The Beatles always rejected requests for use of their music in ads.
>
> George allowed "Something" to be used in a car commercial, but he wouldn't
> let them use the original. They had to use a cover version. I'm pretty sure
> he's had second thoughts about even going that far.
>
> >I haven't heard of "A Day in the Life" being used in a coffee commercial,
>
> Gad, I'm glad I haven't seen that one.
Maxwell House coffee. It is two coffee "rings" (like the ones coasters
prevent) side by side, with a little artwork done to make them look like
John's granny glasses. On a stark white background, it just has the lines
"Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head, found my way
downstairs and drank a cup." It's a cute ad, and I have it hanging on my
dorm room wall, but it always struck me as a little odd that they used John's
imagery with Paul's lyrics...Unless it was intentionally done that way so
that one would compliment the other...But more than likely the ad was put
together by corporate pinheads who woudn't know a Beatle from a beetle. :)
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Luc Landry
"Adam W. H. Lowry" <alo...@dcn.ryerson.ca> wrote:
>I'm wondering how many Beatles songs have been used in advertisements.
>If you can think of any, please respond. I can remember Revolution being
>used by NIKE, and A Day In The Life being used by some coffee company.
>
>Any others?
Air Canada uses Hello Goodbye in their present ads. The song is sung bye
groups of children all over the world. Pretty emotional stuff for an
airlines company...
Luc Landry
lla...@saglac.qc.ca
"I want to tell you, my head is filled with things to say..." - G. Harrison
David J. Coyle
believe Folger's put out a print ad once that showed a cup of coffee and
the words "I went downstairs and drank a cup..." I believe the powers
that be put that ad out of commission.
Bob Stahley
: On a stark white background, it just has the lines
: downstairs and drank a cup." It's a cute ad, and I have it hanging on my
: dorm room wall, but it always struck me as a little odd that they used John's
: imagery with Paul's lyrics...Unless it was intentionally done that way so
: that one would compliment the other...But more than likely the ad was put
: together by corporate pinheads who woudn't know a Beatle from a beetle. :)
As David Coyle states, that advert campaign was stopped as soon as it
begun. Which is what usually happens with these local advertisers. They
use a song (often using the actual recording) and it's there and gone
before the lawyers catch wind of it. By the time the "cease and desist"
order is writ, the campaign is over.
A local TV station here in Phoenix used to use Beatles songs in their
promos all the time. They got away with it in just the scenario described
above. And they were so small-time, it just wasn't worth the hassle to
sue them.
As far as I know, there's been only four high-profile national advertising
uses of Beatles songs: Oldsmobile's use of "Drive My Car", SunChip's
"Good Day Sunshine" campaign, TGI Friday's recent use of "Birthday," and
Nike's infamous "Revolution" spot. Of those, the only one that actually
used a Beatles recording was the Nike spot.
Tben there's the two uses of Beatles songs as TV theme songs, _Life Goes
On_'s use of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" and Aretha's killer version of "Lady
Madonna" for _Grace Under Fire_. In my mind, I really don't have a
problem with either of these, since they're both class shows. First,
there's got to be _some_ use of the catalog to keep the value intact. And
more inportantly, both of these are an excellent way to keep interest in
the catalog alive among the general public.
As of a few years ago, it was probably the conventional wisdom that the
catalog was so ancient that, if the value was to be kept at the high level
it was at, a commercial use or two could actually help keep it fresh. Of
course, since _Anthology_'s sales exceeded anyone's expectations, I
wouldn't be a bit surprised if the executors of the catalog (and, no,
silly: Michael Jackson doesn't personally approve or disapprove each and
every request) are a _lot_ more careful about the use of the catalog in
advertising.
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John Hopkin
>do you know who tire kingdom is? i don't know if they're only in the TB
>area or not but they have a new tv commercial, with men wearing beatle
>wigs, and have guitars that look like the beatles. every time i hear or
>see that ad, i cringe, knowin michael j is making money off of that
>>I've seen that advert here in S.Florida, and I think it's great. M.J. isnt getting
any money from it; it's a parody of She Loves You. The over the top
accents on the line, "Lowest Proices GAARONTE-E-EED.." are hysterical.
That aint 4 guys, it's the one guy, the President of Tire Kingdom. He
does it all the time. By the way, the clip is done in B&W, and is well
done. You can;t begrudge him that.
jhopkin
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>
>There was also a series of Lincoln-Mercury commercials which were halted
>by a lawsuit. One of the songs used was "Good Day Sunshine."
Nope. The car ads were perfectly legal to all concerned. The
only
threat of lawsuit was against EMI for allowing use of the Beatles
version
of "Revolution."<<
Ed: The reason these were halted was not because the songs used as
such, but because the songs in the ad were made to mimic the Beatles'
sound. There have been a number of lawsuits in recent years on the same
grounds (Bette Midler comes to mind).
steve
Travolta
YE>dave eichenstein wrote:
YE>>
YE>> maybe i'm just hallucinating, but does anyone else remember John
YE>> Lennon's Instant Karma! being in a Nike commerical?
YE>The only Beatle-related song I can remember in a Nike commercial was
YE>"Revolution". But then I don't watch that much commercial TV and could
YE>easily have missed it.
YE>--
YE>- Joe Caldwell
YE>yell...@ebicom.net
YE> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
YE>> "I'd like to see more of America...it's the kind of place
YE>> that might blow up someday."
YE>> - John Lennon in "Melody Maker" / 3 Sept. 1966
YE>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
actually, instant karma was used in a commercial,it was the first time i
ever heard that song and thats how i remember.
George Martin
for a GTE commercial. It was such a shock the first time I heard it. This
sort of thing just cheapens the songs. Michael Jackson should be ashamed
of doing this.
Dave Haber
George Martin <cpg...@earthlink.net> wrote (among other things):
>Michael Jackson should be ashamed
>of doing this.
Michael Jackson, ashamed of one of his own actions.
What a revolutionary concept.
guy easterbrook
so, hi and welcome, if not welcome anyway. ps. where has your note gone ?
guy easterbrook
welcome anyway.
Clare
has been running a television advertisement using a version of
"Help!". It's sung by someone other than the Beatles, and slowed down
beyond recognition, so I didn't notice it the first time around.
Fortunately (or unfortunately, as the case may be) my sister, Rowena,
did.
Clare
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." -- John Lennon
Michael Crawford
drives me batty. It's a stupid rendition.
George Martin (cpg...@earthlink.net) wrote:
: The most recent one in Southern California is a cover version of "Help"
: for a GTE commercial. It was such a shock the first time I heard it. This
: sort of thing just cheapens the songs. Michael Jackson should be ashamed
: of doing this.
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Beth Nichols
in the fall of '94 for an insurance company or something that used
"Imagine" (a cover version, I'm pretty sure-- yeah- it was only the song
on piano and no lyrics) and they had nice pictures of people on picnics
and such... I was really surprised to see that on French TV! Does anyone
else remember seeing this?
Beth Nichols
jni...@emory.edu
Peter Vesuwalla
movie "Die Hard." They had a really cool promo for it. They played
the song "Hard Day's Night" over footage of Bruce Willis getting
shot at and falling off of exploding things. It was really, really funny
(and, if you've seen the movie, appropriate).
Peter Vesuwalla