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Advert deal won't wash with Minds.


Byline: MIKE MERRITT Michael Monroe "Mike" Merritt (born July 28, 1955) is an American bassist best known for playing with The Max Weinberg 7 on the late night television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  

ROCKER Jim Kerr turned down a multi-million pound offer to use a Simple Minds song in a shampoo shampoo

a cleaning agent, usually liquid, for hair; usually consists of a detergent and perfume. Some, usually referred to as medicated shampoos, contain therapeutic substances such as parasiticides, antimicrobials, ketatolytic agents, and antiseborrheic compounds such as selenium
 advert.

Cosmetics firm chiefs wanted to use Someone Somewhere In Summertime after hearing it sampled in French DJ David Guetta's smash hit, The World Is Mine.

Kerr, 49, refused because the song means too much to fans - even though other tracks have starred in beer promos.

He said: "People grew up with it. I don't really think they want it to be on a shampoo.

"Alive And Kicking alive and vigorously active.

See also: kicking
 has been great for us - every football show in the world plays it.

"I'm not a puritan - when it works well, that stuff is great."

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Publication:Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Jun 28, 2009
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