05.12.11

Music to piss your rubber pants to

Posted in Imminent Catastrophe, Rock 'n' Roll at 7:36 pm by George Smith

In the last few seconds, the live footage of Booker T & the MG’s doing “Green Onions” fades away to Jeff Beck calling it a milestone in rock ‘n’ roll records.

Today, in primetime television, there’s this — “Green Onions” as backing music for Depends rubber pants.

From standing in front of Marshalls and pounding out crunching organ for the young and middle class to selling incontinence products to them.

Words fail. The brain turns to mush. Everything is spoilt.

Green Onions has been used extensively in radio, television, film and advertising,” reads Wikipedia, it’s listing not yet updated to include the Depends commercial.

1 Comment

  1. DD said,

    May 12, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    Retitle: The Sodden Pants Strut