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2007-02-14 - 9:15 a.m. So, the other night, Cindy and I are sitting on the couch watching TV. I believe it was "How I met your mother" on CBS with that cute chick from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the guy from Doogie Houser. It was a cute episode about looking back to see who was to blame for Ted missing his flight and in the end, it turned out to be his own fault because he picked up a 1939 penny on the subway. Cleverly written show. But I digress. During the show, a commercial for American Express comes on. I really don't remember the content of the commercial because I was drawn to the song being played. Now, I love listening to popular songs in commercials. Yeah, I know. Lots of people bitch that the band or songwriter is "selling out". I figure, it's the music business. Everyone focuses on the music that they forget about the business. If bands didn't "sell out" to some extent, you'd never hear them. Let's face it, releasing a song is about as commercial as it gets. A true artiste would stand on the sidewalk playing for free. If people tried to give him money, he'd kick their money away and spit on them. He'd live in his parents basement and devote all of his time to writing the best songs. He'd starve to death. Where was I? Oh, yes, the American Express commercial. Like I said, I have no problem with an artist allowing their music to be used in a commercial. This one, however, was a bit odd. Ya see, the song was "Gimme some money" and the group singing it was Spinal Tap. Sorry, I can't put the phony umlah over the N in Spinal Tap. Here's a legitimate company using a song written and performed by a fake band. The song is a guy lamenting that his girlfriend doesn't give him enough money and that if she wants to keep him, she'd better start buying him stuff, paying his bills, and forking over the pound notes pronto. While I love the song, does it really say "You need to use American Express financial services."? Or does it say "Find a rich dumb girl and get everything you want."? Somewhere out there, David St. Hubbins is laughing his arse off. 
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