Dylan in Victoria's Secret Commercial: Sell Out?

Some say Dylan sold his soul to Lucifer when he went electric. His dye hard fans held on; Dylan is a genius, they said, there is method to his madness. The debate is flaring up once again as a result of Dylan's Victoria's Secret commercial. Ananova writes:

"Bob Dylan is appearing in a TV advert for sexy underwear and will release a CD of his songs exclusively through the designer's stores.

"The ad, for Victoria's Secret, shows the 63-year-old legend at the Palazzo in Venice leering at a scantily dressed model wearing angels' wings as a remix of his 1997 song Love Sick is played.

"Dylan is dressed in black sporting a pencil moustache, goatee beard and eyeliner in the commercial."

Eyeliner? I can already imagine patchouli-scented fists smashing their sitars in disgust. Hey, the man is a rock star, an eternal adolescent; he has a lot of ex-wives and "love children" to support, cut the man a break. Haven't we all sold out? Didn't we all have IPO shares in our portfolio when we were defending Clinton's blowjob back in the 90s, when the economy was cool? God, I wish we'd all stop playing holier than thou on a man's right to make some money in this economy: by the way, peeps, rock is not art, Monteverdi is art. When Claudio Monteverdi comes out and does a Taco Bell commercial, then you will hear me blog like a motherfucker, until then, I hope these guys pop a lude and cope.

Anyhoo: Ananova continues,

"It is the first time Dylan has appeared in a commercial in his 40-year career although in the past he has lent his music to be used in ads.

"Victoria's Secret creative director Ed Razek told the San Francisco Chronicle: 'We had done some spots last year with Dylan's music, and they got a great response.

"'I can't speak for his motivation, but it certainly wouldn't be commercial.'

"A spokesperson for Dylan's record label, Columbia Records, said: 'We think this is a great way to reach people with Bob's music. We're thrilled that he said yes when we asked him to be in the commercial.'"

Wait a second? There is such a thing as a Creative Director at Victoria's Secret? What the fuck?! I've got some very creative and, well, athletic ideas for those girls.

I'll sell out this blog in a heartbeat for that job (sorry, dear readers): Ed Razek (makes hand signal) ... call me?

Other Dylan song sell outs:

The Times They Are a Changin' to sell Jayson Blair's Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life at the New York Times

All Along the Watchtower to sell Jehovah's Witness publications.

Get Your rocks off to the Carmen Electra's Absolute Strip Tease "excecise" (wink, wink) video.

Joey will be the theme song for the Friends Spin Off.

Masters of War will be Condi Rice's theme song before her 9/11 Commission testimony.

In other news: Ad Executive Holden Caulfield has been indicted for spending $3 million in company funds for a lavish birthday party for his wife and mistress on the island of Mallorca.