Please please please don't sell our music to advertisers | Adam Boult

Advertising is a necessary evil, but it's galling to see music commercially tainted, as the Smiths' has been by John LewisThe department store chain John Lewis has announced that its Christmas advertising campaign will prominently feature the Smiths song Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want. Singer-songwriter Slow Moving Millie will be performing a cover of the track for the festive ad, which apparently celebrates "the anticipation and joy of giving".While few of us can claim to have a...

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