For 364 days a year, America avoids television commercials. Video herpes. Stay away from the those yuckies. Madison Avenue is not going to indoctrinate me

Then somehow the modern day Don Drapers got America to care about commercials one day a year. “Gotta see the Super Bowl Commercials. They might have horsies playing football or a monkey doing something awesome.” One person watching was guitar’s living blowtorch and renaissance man, Jack White III.

There was Jack is on his couch in Nashville, eating his legendary homemade 7 Layer Dip when an Air Force commercial came on. “Wait a tic, that’s our freaking song.” Yep, The Air Force used an unauthorized re-recording of “Fell In Love With a Girl” to show the Air Force look like an 80′s beer commercial.

The commercial in question starts 7 seconds in:

The Stripes released a statement that reads:

We believe our song was re-recorded and used without permission of the White Stripes, our publishers, label or management. The White Stripes take strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserve presenting this advertisement with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during a war that we do not support. The White Stripes support this nation’s military, at home and during times when our country needs and depends on them. We simply don’t want to be a cog in the wheel of the current conflict, and hope for a safe and speedy return home for our troops. We have not licensed this song to the Air Force Reserve and plan to take strong action to stop the ad containing this music.

I played the chords along with the commercial. They’re to same. B, A, D, E. Some reports say the Air Force is already pulling the ad. Judge for yourself:

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