Video: rolling stones - rice krispies

Perhaps i shouldn't be surprised that such a well-oiled touring & merchandising machine as the Rolling Stones started doing TV ads in 1963, but... Really? Rice Krispies? I wonder if they'd consider a Just For Men spot nowadays... [via Fark ]

A friend of mine asked me last night if I had seen the Rolling Stones Rice Krispies commercial. I thought the Stones-in their waning years-had finally shilled for a cereal ad. Turns out it was recorded back in 1964. Of course, this was very early on in what would become a looooong career for Mick and the boys. I must say it rocks ... we need more bluesy bar bands doing cereal commercials. And the lyric: "Pour on the milk-a-licious to the crackle of that rice." Brilliant.

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Every band has its price. Of course, Mick & Keith probably complained about the Rice Krispies to Andrew Loog Oldham right up until the day they fired him. Musicians are like that.