I will not buy the products and services of companies that use Beatles songs in their commercials.

[onehandle]

Even if they are remakes recorded for the commercial.

So far this year, Target and Hampton Inn are dead to me.

[donheld]

1. What is the purpose of this?

[onehandle]

2. Gotta draw the line somewhere.

Using their songs in advertising is inappropriate and fucks with my soul.

[donheld]

3. Ok I hear ya,

I just didn't want you boycotting this without knowing why. I actually agree with you. Especially since Michael Jackson is probably the one getting the royalties off the songs.

[FloridaJudy]

4. Yeah. Using "Imagine" to promote American Express

What was Yoko thinking?

[WildEyedLiberal]

5. Not the Beatles, but... I'm really goddamn tired of that MacBook Air song

I hear it EVERYWHERE now. The world does not need another warbling quavery-voiced indie songstress. One was too many.

[JANdad]

6. I totally agree...

no accounting for taste in some music selection...sheesh...

[onehandle]

7. Add "Luvs" Diapers to the list.

"All you need is Luvs"

ugh.

[Auggie]

8. Blame lazy ad people.

It starts there. Then their idiot clients. They approve it.

[Elidor]

9. It's been my experience that the customers are the ones who insist on the most awful stuff

Like a used-car dealership that forced me (very much against my will) to put three frogs on lillypads across the top of their ad, saying:

"Gas" "Save" "Urrr"

I'm going to hell for even participating in that one.

[Auggie]

10. LOL

You're in the ad biz, no doubt. True, it happens at both ends.

I've worked with writers whose first words upon getting a new assignment were "what song can we use?" Pathetic.