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Date Posted: 01:13:15 10/21/03 Tue
Author: juji
Subject: Re: VH1's top 100 songs of the last 25 years: comments anyone?
In reply to: Mt. Healthy Mountaineer 's message, "VH1's top 100 songs of the last 25 years: comments anyone?" on 19:16:20 06/17/03 Tue

"The last thing I ever wanted was for my music to be used in a commercial. I'm still sick about it", The Verve's lead singer Richard Ashcroft said in a recent interview. So, that's exactly what Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein did. Capitalizing off the success of the song, Klein licensed The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" to Nike, who proceeded to run a multi-million dollar television campaign using The Verve's song over shots of its sneakers. Klein also used the song to hark Vauxhall automobiles. Additionally, though the song was authored by The Rolling Stones, the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra performed the recording and also filed suit upon the success of the song. To add even more insult to injury, when "Bittersweet Symphony" was nominated for a Grammy this past year, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were named the nominees and not The Verve. What could be more "Bittersweet" than your song reaching the top of the charts and not being able to enjoy a cent of its success?

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