When General Motors opted to use Louis Armstong's "What A Wonderful World" to advertise its 2005 Buick LaSabre, Tom Waits apparently hit the roof. "I had been approached to do the ad, and after I declined they apparently used a soundalike," said Waits. At a baffling press conference, Waits also said:
"I am diametrically opposed to the use of my work in advertisements. It's like sticking a catalytic converter into my spleen: It's painful and you won't get much mileage on unleaded."Most of Waits's speech was rendered unintelligible due to his speaking through a very large pencil sharpener as a makeshift megaphone. GM refused comment. DEVELOPING.....
- Waits Wails over Car Ad [Yahoo! Music]
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