Whereas Steven Tyler Makes A Burger King Commercial... And I Die A Little Inside

Oh my. No one can accuse Steven Tyler of not working hard to hustle for a buck. Between Aerosmith, American Idol and greasy hamburgers, Tyler must be sweating cash.

If the rest of Aerosmith is resentful of Tyler's work on Idol, I can't imagine how this burger deal went down between the iconic rockers. Alas, watch the singer of my favorite band of all time hock heart attacks, er, chicken tenders.

Comments

[sinner]

Here are some things people are missing... coming from a musician.

All music is a business.. it always was.. every form of it.. from rock'n roll to pop. A band is a BRAND. Don't get fooled into thinking "that's not rock n roll" bull#@it..

There is no such thing as true rock n'roll. It was always a business.. those who understood that made it.. when record companies sign a band.. it is like selling your soul to the devil.. they basically own your music and give you penny royalties.. (like 35 cents an album)... while they keep the rest...

So when you sign to a major label.. it is the same as a bank giving you a loan.. they want their money back with interest and 5x to 10x profit....

So what we know as rock n' roll is simply media fed, tailored, altered, radio friendly, manipulated music... all of it... 100% of it.. really..

with that being said... if you don't compromise, you don't get a record deal.. if you don't compromise further.. the label drops you and you owe them huge amounts of money for their losses.

So by definition a band really sells-out the minute they sign to a major label. So when big bands come out of this kind of environment... they see nothing wrong in doing commercials..

You hear me.. ? Selling-out = compromising!

besides Tyler probably got like 1.5 mil easy for this commercial.. I bet it is at least 1 mill.

[Him]

I suppose Sinner has a point . . . to a point. And I have to respect his view as a musician as well.

I guess the final word on all this should go to the band that has most blended the music and merchandise sides of the business:

http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2786&Itemid=52

My payola (and long live rock and roll) indeed!