LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 22, 2019…OKAY HERE’S A WEIRD ONE FOR YOU. ON THIS DATE IN 1978, ‘THE POLICE’ FILMED A TV COMMERCIAL FOR WRIGLEY’S SPEARMINT GUM. WRIGLEY’S ASKED THE BAND TO DYE THEIR HAIR BLONDE, TO LOOK MORE “PUNK ROCK”. THE BAND LIKED THE LOOK SO MUCH THEY KEPT IT AS THEIR SIGNATURE STYLE. HERE’S THE BAND BEFORE THE DYE JOB, WHEN THEY WERE ALL BRUNETTES.
NOW HERE’S THE WEIRD THING, THE COMMERCIAL NEVER AIRED ! NOT ONCE. WRIGLEY’S HAD THE NUMBER ONE BAND IN THE WORLD IN THEIR VAULTS, AND NOT ONCE AIRED THE COMMERCIAL.
HERE’S THE POLICE, ALL BLONDE, WITH MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.
