No, Alanis -
But in good old NZ there is an ad for a bank on TV at the moment that uses The Verves "Bittersweet Symphony" as its background music.
The fact the lyric contains the line "your a slave to money then you die" obviously passed them by.
Isnt it Ironic?
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Well you see it's like this...
That orchestral/violin riff/motif on BSS is a sample from Andrew Loog Oldham's orchestral version of Jagger/Richards' The Last Time. The sample was used without permission and Alan Klein came looking for his money with the end result that Bittersweet Symphony is now credited to Jagger/Richards and published by ABKCO.
Thus The Verve, as well as losing all the lovely royalties, lose the control over whether the song (or more specifically, accurate rerecordings) can be used in ads.
Life's cruel, non?
DrJ
That orchestral/violin riff/motif on BSS is a sample from Andrew Loog Oldham's orchestral version of Jagger/Richards' The Last Time. The sample was used without permission and Alan Klein came looking for his money with the end result that Bittersweet Symphony is now credited to Jagger/Richards and published by ABKCO.
Thus The Verve, as well as losing all the lovely royalties, lose the control over whether the song (or more specifically, accurate rerecordings) can be used in ads.
Life's cruel, non?
DrJ
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