Just watched in horror a television commercial using Flash song to promote Flash cleaning product.Who allows this ? Are Brian and Roger short of a bob or two? Our is it the record company?
Brian said on his website that Freddie actually said, on his deathbed, while watching Wayne's World, that he wanted a dog with a CGI mouth to sing "Flash".
I read somewhere a while ago, I think on Brians site, that he was aware of this being used and that he was surprised that they hadn't been asked before. Seems he was OK with it.
philip storey wrote:
Just watched in horror a television commercial using Flash song to promote Flash cleaning product.Who allows this ? Are Brian and Roger short of a bob or two? Our is it the record company?
Some time ago, last year, Brian said on his site he thought it was quite amusing.
Back in the day Brian claimed he wasn't sure about writing Driven By You for an advertising campaign because he felt advertising was a dirty word. Changed his tune now hasn't he? That "Another One Drives A Duster is horrific.
Don't be so bitter. We can still enjoy the original songs, most ads are pretty much harmless (and when they aren't, Brian does something about it - see him reacting to Trump's usage of WATC for politics) and if Queen didn't let them use their music, they'd just find someone else who does, rather than give up on advertising their products on TV.