Sadly Ecstatic, Our Heroes Are Commercials
Who Sells Out? Everyone, eventually. Some more willingly than others. We tend to think of our Sixties Icons as Staunchly Anti-Commercial but, as you will see below, almost anyone can be bought.
Prepare to have some myths shattered.
First up: Cream!
The Thirst Slaker! Jesus, Jack Bruce really puts his heart into this…
We actually kinda love this Rolling Stones Rice Krispies Jingle:
But, this Turtles Pepsi Jingle kinda sucks. They seem to be enjoying themselves though (no doubt thinking about the checks they’ll be cashing).
The Who, of course, embraced ad jingles even before their 1967 album Who Sell Out which featured fake (and, some actual) jingles between the songs. Pete Townshend has always stated he reserves the right to make money off his songs anyway he sees fit. Heck, we could do a whole post just on re-licensed Who songs but, let’s just stick with their rockin’ Coca-Cola Jingle.
A LOT of Artist did Jingles for Coke, often times combining their current hit with a Coke jingle. Here is the Moody Blues…
And, Marvin Gaye…
And, Otis Redding for gosh sakes…
We have many, many more Coke Commercials in the Infinite Jones Archives including ones by Ray Charles, Aretha Frankin, Roy Orbison, Lee Dorsey! But, that’s enough for now.
Let’s move on to this actually pretty cool commercial for the Pontiac GTO by Paul Revere and the Raiders:
However, this Ban Deodorant Jingle by Iron Frikkin’ Butterfly is just insane:
And, here is a Super Psychedelic Levi’s Commercial by Counter Culture Icons, Jefferson Airplane!
And of course we have to include Bob Dylan. A long time hold out, Dylan finally went “commercial” in 2007:
And, who can forget Bob’s controversial Chrysler Super Bowl ad:
Crazy stuff, huh? Well, we warned you. And, remember Things Go Better with Infinite Jones!
