Commercial Tragedies - Great songs used to sell diapers, cars and ED pills

Music Wed - The other day I was in the mood for a lil Southern Blues, so I cranked up the Allman Bros. and shortly one of my favorite songs started playing. My good mood was destroyed when I realized that the first thing that popped in my head was NOT all the great elements that I love about this particular song. No, the immediate image I had in my mind was of a couple outdoors, sitting in side by side tubs, gazing off into the woods. Yep, I was thinking of Cialis, and I was dismayed to realize my children and their generation would forever associate the classic tune "Stormy Monday" with erectile dysfunction and not with Gregg Allman's growling vocals and snarling Hammond B3 organ, Duane Allman's inimitable slide guitar work or Dickie Betts' incomparable rhythm guitar support. Ugh! (Here's a smoking version featuring the AB Band with Eric Clapton jamming with Derek Trucks -  http://youtu.be/7npHnA3KbfA). This made me lament two of the greatest crimes in rock history - the first was Michael Jackson's exploitation of the Beatles catalogue he owned by selling a number of classic tunes for commercials, starting with "Revolution" for Nike and reaching its nadir with "All You Need is Luv" for Luvs Diapers. I have always suspected MJ did this partly for money and partly as a tweak on Paul McCartney who originally advised the King of Pop to buy music publishing rights (which Michael then used against Macca to the latter's lasting regret). Any way u look at it, it's just wrong. The other great crime came after David Bowie securitized the revenue stream from his classic music catalogue and cashed out in the late 1990s, after which he forfeited any control over his early music, which lead to the abomination of having to hear "Space Oddity" used to advertise Nissans. Really? Please purge that from your memory and listen to the original tune in its pristine state -   http://youtu.be/pXSGocWifAg  - this version has Bowie in full Ziggy Stardust glory and features the late rock guitar legend Mick Ronson. Try to forget the commercial abominations and remember these songs for the classic tunes they are. Enjoy!