Quoted from Buttmunker

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.

Paul wasn't happy with the Nike ad:  “the song was about revolution, not bloody tennis shoes.”


Speaking of commercials, does anyone remember the Pizza Hut commercial Ringo did back in '95?

Ringo is seen in a commercial talking about a reunion with the lads.   In the end, it is not the Beatles, but 3 of the Monkees, eating their pizza crust first for Pizza Hut's stuffed crust pizza.

It's here:

Ah, yes.. that's the one, thanks.

Me and my mom were watching TV together and i just finished hearing The Hippy Hippy Shake on a commercial about losing weight. so i said, "i wonder how many people actually know where that song is from. . ." and my mom responds "they've been playing alot of music i grew up with lately!"  so after that commercial we started to really pay attention to all the ads and any type of old song references. We heard Let Em' In on a commercial about old people and health. then we saw the Luvs diaper commercial where the slogan was 'All you need is Luvs!'  

It's hello goodbuy

Quoted from Mairi

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

Damn you Michael Jackson!

^^^^^^I know............saw that in the '80's...........that's that darn "Jacko" 's fault...........

i just dont like it when they RUIN the songs! the originall songs would be OK, i guess, but the redone versions freak me out!

Target'. as we say down here...............(my husband works for the Target warehouse here in town, and I worked there, too, when I worked)............had to do the song a little more "modern-trippy" sounding, I think.

Target will never amount up to The Beatles.

I think a Beatles song is not to be exploited for any kind of commercial. The Beatles saw each of their songs as a personal/group statement. Such is not to be used to sell tennis shoes, toilet paper, or even rolls royce automobiles.

I am not sure who owns their song catalogue right now, but I really think this commercial use is in poor taste. All the more so, considering that the meaning of the songs does not relate in any way to the products advertised.

Absolutely agree with the above clever post.

Agreed, Spier.  That's why the late Neil Aspinall saw to it that none of this would ever happen..........."cheapens the Beatles' image" as Neil once put it.........

I think the Target commercial is cute.  It brings the song to the attention of two new generations....

So what's wrong with that........?  

Quoted from Spier

I think a Beatles song is not to be exploited for any kind of commercial. The Beatles saw each of their songs as a personal/group statement. Such is not to be used to sell tennis shoes, toilet paper, or even rolls royce automobiles.

I am not sure who owns their song catalogue right now, but I really think this commercial use is in poor taste. All the more so, considering that the meaning of the songs does not relate in any way to the products advertised.

Sorry, but that made me smile. The Beatles and exploitation? Never! Now3 where is my Beatle ash tray, lunchbox, wig, square inch of bed sheet (personally authorised off course), pencil case.......
The Beatles practically invented exploitation when it comes to popular music.

I don't like that it isn't the Beatles singing the song, but I do like that it does open the door for the new generation to discover the Beatles.
I saw one comercial with the Jonas Brothers singing Hello Goodbye for a Target commercial, that I wasn't to fond about.

The Come and Get It song was used for a Department store, like Lazaurus or, Macy's or Kauffman's something like that. I remember seeing it to. But it wasn't the Beatle version.

That Pizza Hut comercial cracked me up. But I wonder what they are going to do with two drummers?