Doors drummer still won't sell out

LA Times: Doors' drummer John Densmore's still won't allow Doors' songs to be used in TV commercials: "People lost their virginity to this music, got high for the first time to this music," Densmore said. "I've had people say kids died in Vietnam listening to this music, other people say they know someone who didn't commit suicide because of this music…. On stage, when we played these songs, they felt mysterious and magic. That's not for rent." When Cadillac offered $15 million for the rights to use "Break On Through," the surviving members of the band wanted the money, but Densmore held out. "Everyone wanted him to do it," said John Branca, an attorney who worked on the Cadillac proposal. "I told him that, really, people don't frown on this anymore. It's considered a branding exercise for the music. He told me he just couldn't sell a song to a company that was polluting the world (via BoingBoing).

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[brett]

go densmore!! i wouldnt do it either hes right you know.jim morrison was upset with the group for the buick incident.jim was about the music i think and not the $.so one must be the keeper i think john densmore is proving he deserves a huge part of that honor i believe hes trying to protect jim morrison