Dream Police re-cut as Green Police

Rerecorded classic set to air as part of Audi commercial during the Super Bowl.

By Fred Mills

Time was, a cool band letting their music be used in a commercial was considered selling out to THE MAN, but no longer - it's called "alternate revenue streams" nowadays, and in truth, the music industry is such a stacked deck anyway, nobody should begrudge and artist for trying to find a way to survive financially.

And here's one such placement we can get behind: the mighty Cheap Trick went back into the studio to redo their classic anthem  "Dream Police" and renamed it "Green Police".

This new version will be featured in the Audi A3 TDI clean diesel Super Bowl commercial, and you can already view a clip at the Audi Facebook page. We won't spoil the news, but it's a pretty damn clever video, and the redone Trick song playing in the background is icing on the cake. What's more, you can become a fan at the Audi page and nab a free MP3 of the "new" Cheap Trick song.

Now that's some green advice from your friendly neighborhood BLURT.