Brown: It's classic case of musical irony
"A lot of music fans have gotten over the trauma, real or imagined, of hearing their favorite songs in TV commercials.
It's a practice that used to be a cultural line in the sand - either you sold out your songs to peddle products or you didn't. When a classic song turned up as a jingle, music fans moaned about their memories being sold, never being able to hear the song the same way again . . . wah, wah, wah...
Aerosmith's Dream On - a song about aging, death, oblivion - is the latest high-profile entry into the scene, shilling for a new line of Buicks. One could argue it's the perfect midlife crisis song, I suppose. "
It's a practice that used to be a cultural line in the sand - either you sold out your songs to peddle products or you didn't. When a classic song turned up as a jingle, music fans moaned about their memories being sold, never being able to hear the song the same way again . . . wah, wah, wah...
Aerosmith's Dream On - a song about aging, death, oblivion - is the latest high-profile entry into the scene, shilling for a new line of Buicks. One could argue it's the perfect midlife crisis song, I suppose. "
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