Althouse: "The Nick Cave skateboard – and five other bizarre musical endorsements."

January 6, 2015

"The Nick Cave skateboard – and five other bizarre musical endorsements."

The weirdest one isn't Smokey Robinson's "the soul is in the bowl" seafood gumbo. It's the Rolling Stones' Rice Krispies:

11 comments:

Fernandinande said...: Cream advertised Falstaff beer - or at least had a song (61 sec).; 1/6/15, 10:12 AM
Nonapod said...: For a second I thought they were talking about Scott Walker the politician rather than the eccentric avant garde crooner.; 1/6/15, 10:51 AM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Nick Cave is one of very few rockers who got better with time. It is remarkable how rare it is that someone improves on their first few albums.; 1/6/15, 10:55 AM
Ron said...: They perhaps could use some Brown Sugar! How come they taste so good?; 1/6/15, 11:06 AM
Ron said...: It is remarkable how rare it is that someone improves on their first few albums.

Most of us are just one trick ponies anyway...; 1/6/15, 11:07 AM
Ron said...: God, what a shame the DKs didn't do that "Holiday in Cambodia" Levis ad!; 1/6/15, 11:11 AM
mccullough said...: The Stones ablated musical endorsements when they let Apple use She's A Rainbow after letting Microsoft use Start Me Up.; 1/6/15, 11:14 AM
Bob R said...: It is remarkable how rare it is that someone improves on their first few albums.
It's known as the 6/6 effect. You spend 6 years working on your first album: reworking material, playing it before a live audience. Six months preparing your second trying to follow up a hit.; 1/6/15, 11:28 AM
Danno said...: The Stones are one of my favorite bands from the 60s,70s,80s, etc. but that is one song I haven't heard. It is always great to point out the sexual innuendo in so many of their songs, so I can say the Stones were doing this 40-50 years before any of today's "bad boys" in rock-and-roll.; 1/6/15, 3:58 PM
George M. Spencer said...: Nothing could be wilder than Louis Armstrong's promotion of the laxative Swiss Kris which he took daily. And gave as gifts to friends. And posed for an ad for it...with his pants down...on the can.

And, incidentally, not only did he smoke pot every day, he actually wrote President Eisenhower a letter urging him to legalize it. Bet that got a chuckle in the Oval Office.; 1/6/15, 6:48 PM
mikee said...: Let's not forget Tommy Bolin's "Don't let your mind Post Toastee, like a lot of my friends did."

Not exactly a product endorsement, but darn good advice.; 1/7/15, 10:03 AM