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It is , but that's what I thought when I first heard Link Wray ,The Buzzcocks , of course , The Ramones , then , later still , The Stooges and even the monks and The 13th Floor Elevators in TV commercials. It has'nt changed my view on the music , and , if the artists are getting their due royalties , I'm all for it. It's a pretty sure - fired bet that Poison Ivy does'nt have a big , sweet retirement package to sit on (Though , of course , I hope she has yet to retire.) , so opportunities like these should'nt be scoffed at as "Sellouts" , unless the artist can afford to refuse them , in which case , they've probably already sold out , anyway. I remember Jello Biafra bellyaching over the over - saturation of "Blitzkrieg Bop" in TV commercials , saying he does'nt know if he can ever listen to the song , again. Seems to me "Holiday in Cambodia" was in a Nike commercial , or something similarly reprehensible....Not that I blamed the monks for doing it , not that I'd blame him , either. But , really...... I think both " I Was a Teenage Werewolf " AND "I'm Cramped" are in separate ads. I heard one , I could swear , and saw the other....This is where the Advertising Industry is taking us , because we have younger people , some with hipper tastes , visualizing on TV , music that could'nt even get on late night radio in many markets , when it was new....Of course , if I'd got that Advertising degree I originally shot for , who knows? Might have happened sooner.
