> -Faux "just because someone gets a haircut doesn't mean they've sold out" Pas

The concept of "selling out" interests me, since it's entirely subjective whether or not someone has "sold out" - to my way of thinking, only by allowing people to vampirize your music and use it as the background for commercials is truly selling out. I think that's just horrible. I saw a commercial awhile back - I don't remember what it was for or what the song was - but they used exactly *one line* of the lyrics from the song, and played it over and again with instrumental riffs repeated in between. It was awful. Truly awful. Had I any desire in the first place to buy this product, that disgusting misuse of a song license would have killed it right there.

The one case in which I actually *appreciated* the commercialization of a song, and actually could respect the result, was, ironically enough, a song I can't stand - Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," used to sell golf clubs. Celine comes out in front of the camera and talks to us about how superior the clubs are, and how, with these clubs, "my drive will go on, and on." It was absolutely hilarious. Though, now that I think about it, the reason I liked it may be exactly *because* I have exactly no respect for either the song of the vocalist to begin with.

Oh, and, Faux Pas - when I saw the title of your post, I thought you were going to choose as your favourite song the ubiquitous 80s romp "Bang Your Head." :-}

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