Has everyone forgotten that the Cocteau Twins had actually written music for commercials in the past. Have you not heard the two fruitopia tracks that are floating around the net? I used to be very much against musicians using their songs in commercials but as an adult I've come to find that any way you can make a living, I'm totally cool with. I worked in a Hollywood hotel for a while and saw quite a few old school punks spending thousands of dollars staying in fancy rooms and riding in limos while getting on stage in torn t-shirts and acting all anti-corporate. You know, a job is a job. And while I enjoy their music, if they want to make extra cash by signing a document letting someone use their music then more power too them. I wish I could do it. LOL!

This does remind me of a story that Laurie Anderson used to tell at her shows. She heard one of her songs being played in a GM car commercial, O Superman (which is quite a bizzarre song to be played in a car commercial, I must say). She had not signed any agreement for them to use it so she called the company and said that while she was flattered that they liked her song so much to use it in their commercial, she had not given them the right. The told her they didn't care and if she was so upset about it she could sue them. After looking into legal costs she decided that it would not be worth the time or money for her to sue them and dropped the case. But the thing about the whole story that she found really amusing was the fact that the commercial in which they had stolen her song for was to advertise their cars' newest anti-theft device. LOL!

talk about your snap judgments and conclusion jumping...jeeeezz stuart.