Put me in, coach

While watching wrestling Monday night, they were running the ad for EA Sports‘ MLB 2007 with disturbing regularity. That’s not odd – every two-hour episode of RAW has a tendency to show the same six or seven commercials to death. What grabbed my attention was the music that the ad featured – Nirvana‘s “Breed.” Yep, Nirvana. In a commercial.

Now, I’ve heard Iggy Pop‘s heroin ode “Lust For Life” used to shill cruises, the Specials‘ “A Message to You Rudy” selling diapers, and the Kinks pushing printers. However, I officially feel old now. Christ on a crutch – I think I understand so many older folks’ outrage regarding the whole John Lennon / Nike “Instant Karma” hoopla.

I mean, I oughtn’t be surprised – Pitchfork had this as news weeks ago. I’m just shocked, that’s all. Even as distastefull as I find her, I never in a million years thought Courtney Love would stoop this low. Yes, the botched With the Lights Out box set ought to have signalled something was amiss, especially considering the commercials they were running for the damn thing.

However, this is about as surprising as the first time I saw that commercial with the Circle Jerks. At least in that case, they were selling sneakers. Nirvana and baseball? It just doesn’t mesh…

Nirvana – “Breed

Stream all the tracks from MLB 2007.

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