303kk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

@303kk Oh, yeah. Truly "a song of great social and political import."

303kk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

-@pac26 Well, DUH! They are here to SELL MB's! They certainly don't care about Janis Joplin, even if they know anything about her. You'll notice, however, that they were careful not to name or make direct reference to her. Wise choice, considering her life style. No one unfamiliar with her work will identify the "That's it -- ha, ha, ha" at the end as quite possibly her own voice.

taleydaley2012 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

By making this commercial using this song, they completely contradicted what this song is really about. Thus, proving Janis' point.

PatKasprik (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Obviously that heroined out druggie's family was running low on cash, and Mercedes-Benz had the fix they needed.

kakaphotos (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

See the BMW ad on YouTube: D3a49yjevA

kakaphotos (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

See the full story of the ad here: Jack Doyle, "Selling Janis Joplin, 1995," PopHistoryDig [dot] com, March 10,2008.

phlogopit (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

it's funny anyway, there is no reason to be more popely than the pope!

UsedMercedesBenzSale (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Best Wishes from West Palm Beach Florida, USA - Really Hot video by the way!

RaggaJuh (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

FUCKING SHAME ON THIS !!!!

bazzabaz (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

@andyb901 Janis Joplin has been dead for 41 years.