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Who Has Sold Out?

Today,

These Days did a segment on the concept of selling out. We talked about musicians who have sold their music to companies for use in advertisements. Examples are Fiest, Bob Dylan, Beyonce, U2, and,

Have they sold out and compromised their art? Did Bob Dylan sell out when he lent his music to a Victoria's Secret ad - and appeared in

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The staff around These Days has been arguing about this for weeks now -- and these arguments have been heated. The suspects mentioned as sell-outs: Fiest, Bob Dylan, Beyonce, U2, and many others. Frankly, I was hard pressed to think of a musician who hasn't sold their music for use in a commercial.