On Aug 16, 2012, at 22:58 , John Francis wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:51:58AM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: >> I hadn't heard that one before. Knopfler is almost as good a culture >> critic as he is a guitarist. Almost. > > I'm still trying to get my head around Knopfler's music being used > for a Burger King commercial. Princess Bride? OK. But Burger King? > > There again, if The Who's back catalogue can provide theme music for > a TV series, why shouldn't Dire Straits pick up a bit of extra cash?
Even the Beatles and Pink Floyd are becoming affordable to be jingoeyed to sell products or background a TV series. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
