I think this has to be a FIRST in Beatle History!!  They never used Beatles songs for commercials...

...oh, wait.  I'm remembering Getting Better was used for a light bulb commercial a few years back...or for GE, something like that.

Well, anyway, "Hello, Goodbye" is being used for Target.

That's news to me.  I'm Buttmunker, goodnight.

Guess you never saw this one then:


The infamous Nike ad. Ah, the '80's. When capitalism and poor taste ruled the world.

At least they didn't use the original for the stupid Target ad.

Damn you Michael Jackson!

Quoted from Buttmunker

...oh, wait.  I'm remembering Getting Better was used for a light bulb commercial a few years back...or for GE, something like that.

It was a Phillips flatscreen TV ad, I remember because my niece heard me playing the song one time and said, "that's in a Phillips commercial." haha

Now they're playing Come and Get It in some commercial constantly. Which is technically a Beatles song right? I've seen the commerical a million times and I can't even remember what it's for. That's how effective it is. Also, last Christmas didn't Target play another Beatles song? Love Me Do or Please, Please Me? One of the early ones. I can't remember.

What's wrong with using Beatles song for commercials anyway?

Quoted from Bobber

What's wrong with using Beatles song for commercials anyway?

I have no problem with it, and I don't understand why anybody does. I don't think it belittles the music or the group. If it wasn't a great song then it wouldn't get used. So it's to their credit isn't it?

If you go in a Target store now, there's signs everywhere that say, "hello, goodbuy".

Quoted from Flaming Pie in the Sky

"hello, goodbuy".

*falls spasming to the floor*

That's hysterical!  

--you know, when I started this thread, I was confusing the Beatles with the Doors.  It was the Doors who refused to let their songs get used for commercials.  My bad.

Quoted from harihead

*falls spasming to the floor*

Although it is rather sad to admit, I have discovered a lot of good music via commercials over the years! The most notable being The Sonics whose "Have Love Will Travel" nearly made me fall off my chair when I first heard it - it was on a Land Rover advert!!

I was horrified at the use of Revolution in the notorious Nike advert some years back. But I think that maybe it's time to stop being so protective of The Beatles' catalogue - if the music is being played it wont be heard, and adverts are are a huge commercial for the music they utilise as well as the products they promote.

Quite right. We shouldn't slag off advertisers for using Beatles songs, and then on the other hand be quite happy for them to use the music of other artists. If we do, it has a bit of the arrogant, stuck up or own arses 'we're better than you are' attitude.

I don't like it when they use other artists, either! BRING BACK THE JINGLE!!

I'm fairly pissed off myself...I first saw the Target commercial right after seeing a clip on an on-TV movie that featured someone singing 'Back In The USSR', so it was pretty bizarre. I found the ad itself not very tasteful and quite saddening. Save Darfur and all that I can understand...but...toilet paper? Come on. They deserve better. *shakes head*