New Wave Outpost Forum

We all know companies are using new wave music in their commercials to sell products. What about the reverse--songs that mention companies or products in either a positive or a negative way?

Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized (Pepsi)
Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers (Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, 7-11)
Social Distortion - Story of My Life (7-11)
Sparks - Mickey Mouse (Disneyland)
Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy (Disney World)
Faith No More - We Care a Lot (Garbage Pail Kids, Transformers)
Prince - Little Red Corvette (Corvette)
Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro (Camaro)
Bollock Brothers - Harley David (Harley Davidson)
The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women (Perrier)
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (Drano)

Can anyone think of any others?

Does TV Party by Black Flag count?

Lots of network TV "products" mentioned in the show.

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D'oh I got another-blotto-I wanna be a lifeguard-allied van lines

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Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (gonna drive past the Stop n Shop)
British Sea Power - The Lonely (I'll drink all day & play by night, upon my Casio electric piano)
British Sea Power - A Lovely Day Tomorrow (halt the devil's Mercedes Benz)
Suburban Lawns - Flying Saucer Safari (station wagon full of Fritos, Coke and Twinkies, stale Doritos)

[b]•Stray Cats "Look At That Cadillac" -Cadillac®
•Haircut 100 "Loves Got Me In Triangles" -Toblerone®
•The Beautiful South "When I'm 84" -Vodaphone®
•Kraftwerk "Computer World" -Deutsche Bank®
•Pavement "Passat Dream" -Passat®
•The Pogues "Fiesta" -Corona®
•Primus "Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver" -Taco Bell®
•Swervedriver "Son Of Mustang Ford" -Mustang®, Ford®

Does this count ... ?

Soft Cell - Secret Life (now i'm reaching for my valium) [:D]

Billy Joels "Big Shot"
"They were all impressed with your Halston dress...

Mr. Roboto - Styx ~ "....my brain's IBM"

The one that kicked it off:

<em>E.M.I.</em> The Sex Pistols

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[quote][i]Originally posted by highway1pch[/i]
<br>The one that kicked it off:

<em>E.M.I.</em> The Sex Pistols
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Genius!

Forgot Mercury Blues by David Lindley

MDC(Millions Of Dead Cops) - Corporate Deathburger (McDonald's)

Some mentioning of particular vehicles comes to mind.

B52's

Planet Claire - She drove a 'Plymouth Satellite'

Love Shack - Jump in my 'Chrysler'


Aretha Franklin

Freeway of Love - In our pink 'Cadillac'


Bruce Springsteen

Pink Cadillac - Have a party in your 'Pink Cadillac'



and..going back a number of more years..


Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

Hot Rod Lincoln - If you don't stop driving that 'Hot Rod Lincoln'


Linda Ronstadt

Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Just Like a 'Waring Blender'


Pink Floyd

Welcome To The Machine - Drive his 'Jaguar'


And a mention of a particular model aircraft..

Steve Miller Band

Jet Airliner - As I get on the '707'

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"Talking With People That Agree With You Is Like Jogging In A Cul-de-sac" - Bill Moyers

Do the ads on the debut Sigue Sigue Sputnik album count? If not, then Atari Baby counts....

That Sigue Sigue Sputnik lp was the 1st thing that came to mind.

Tom Robinson Band - Grey Cortina

The Clash - Koka Kola

The Jam - Saturday's Kids (mentions alot of English products I was unfamiliar with, like "smokes Capstan non-filters" and "works in Tesco's and Woolworths" and "drink Babycham")

Land Down Under, "She just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."