From: nobody@location.org.NOSPAM   
      
   Hello international Beach Boys fans,   
   The release of Smile has re-brought to the surface the issue   
   of bastardizisation of Beach Boys songs in commercials.   
   In Australia we have an electrical store ad that uses Good Vibrations,   
   'The Good Guys' and Cadbury used 'Wouldn't it be Nice' in their commercials.   
   Both these ads I avoid by switching over immediately.   
      
   Is it not true that this is happening because in the late 60's Murray Wilson   
   sold off Beach Boys material.  I have read the book about the Beach Boys   
   which   
   records this, can't recall the title, possibly the David Leaf one, but it is   
   more than 10 years old.   
   Also, the telemovie about the Beach Boys had this happen in it.  It showed   
   Murray   
   saying that nobody cares about Little Deuce Couple with bands like Vanilla   
   Fudge etc,   
   I think it was about $750,000, a bargain he said.   
      
   wim   
      
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