It s downright subversive, juxtaposing the wholesome lyrics and manly imagery of blue jeans with the disgust of the song s message. Even funnier is a song about trust fund babies being used to sell what aren t designer jeans. Methinks the ad copywriter got away with one, here. There s more sell-outs running around. I see the Back Street Boys pushing Burger King, but since I can t take those teenyboppers seriously as musicians, I really couldn t label them as sell-outs.
Endorsements don t seem to be as big a deal in other professions as they do with rock and roll.
It s more a product of the music s spirit, I suppose. Endorsements and commercial use seem to come as the rockers get older. All we have to look forward to is David Lee Roth and Meatloaf extolling the benefits of a hair-removal system.