Steve Israel: Songs that moved a generation corrupted to sell
juice, sneakers  Steve Israel  I winced when I heard one of the
best songs of Sunday's Grammy awards telecast.  That song, the
Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine," was used to sell orange juice —
orange juice.  Just like the Beatles' "In My Life" is used to
sell mattresses — mattresses.  Is nothing sacred?  Oh, I know.
All sorts of quality rockers sell stuff with their music.  Bono
— Mr. Social Consciousness — sells iPads.  John Mellencamp — Mr.
Man of the People — sells Chevys.  Even Bob Dylan — Mr. Voice of
a Generation, or two, or three — sells Victoria's Secret, and
Pepsi.  And, yes, Michael Jackson bought most of the Beatles
catalogue, much to the dismay of the Beatles and their
survivors. That's why other Beatles songs that Jackson bought,
like "Revolution," have been used to sell stuff like sneakers.
But c'mon. Lennon and McCartney didn't write those songs to sell
OJ or mattresses.  As Paul McCartney said after "Revolution" was
used to sell those