I just puked

The other side of course is that many artist do good work.
Dave Gilmour donated his £3 million mansion to the homeless in London a few years back and recently gave another £5 million or crazy amount to another charity....

I say if corprate america is willing to dish out major bucks on music to sell their wears,To all my Rock heros as I was growing up " Oh Oh ,Take the money and Run"!!-Steve miller band. :-)

"Oh and Bono just paid $15 million for an apartment in NY". Ben_campbell you really can't get much in Manhattan these days for less. I bet the air still smells bad when he opens the window.

"We need to get this music heard in any way we can or we will forever be stuck with the noise that is now on the radio". Ljgj I never saw it your way but I must say you're right. Let them be whores just as long as we gain some better listeners. I, for one, have actually "found" a few tunes through commercials. (I even think there's a web site that lists them). My favourite, so far, is Tony Bennett's "The Best Is Yet To Come" from Chevy. I had never heard that song before. What a great arrangement! And I don't go for "that" sound. (Was listening to old Uriah Heep box set all weekend).

The one that kills me is Led Zeppelin hawking Cadillac.

Partial solution: BLOW-UP THE TV....TURN-UP THE STEREO.
Hear only what you want to.