Another bubble popped

It's a sad thing when your heroes sell out. Courtesy Metafilter:

Jack White has just written a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts. I don't believe in adverts. He's meant to be the posterboy for the alternative way of thinking.

Coca-Cola man. Fucking hell. And OK, you want to spread your message of peace and love, but do us all a fucking favour. I'm just not having it. It's like doing a fucking gig for McDonald's.

It must be even worse when you're a 1980s rock star whose 2000s rock star hero has sold out. The speaker was Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher attacking White Stripes member Jack White for writing a song for a Coke ad.

Unfortunately the article goes on to point out that Gallagher himself is not above accepting a little coin from sponsors:

Noel and his brother Liam are believed to be pocketing a six-figure sum from Toshiba for endorsing its 803 MP3 mobile phone. Toshiba is sponsoring the current Oasis tour and the phone is being sold with a memory card carrying the video of Oasis' single 'Let There Be Love' and five songs recorded at an Oasis gig.

And that "six-figure sum" is in pounds sterling, which means you can double whatever it is. Let's all sing:

Money changes everything
Money, money changes everything
We think we know what we're doin'
That don't mean a thing
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything