I don't know. . . but have you actually seen and heard the commercial? I hadn't until just now. . . and found what the poster of this thread claimed was IN the commercial simply is not true.
Yes, the full version of the song may include the claimed lyrics but the commercial does not. It contains only 22 seconds of the lyrics, heavily edited. appropriate to the idea of "change" to another product, and only those who have actually heard the entire song, separate from the commercial and understood the lyrics, would know about the rest of the song. I have never heard the song before. I don't listen to that kind of music. . . and I would not have picked up on "forefathers" as even being sung.
i just listened again. It opens on some soldiers in a troop carriers then moves to others who are not troops. I heard as they skateboard, paint, mount an iPad in a motorcycle fuel tank, do science, build a surfboard, play basketball, dance, throw a pumpkin off a wall, paint a graffiti mural, run a business, surgery, raise sheep, do dentistry, race, and a host of human activities. . . which as i mentioned even apparently included soldiering.
"You won't pledge allegiance,"
"You're not the only one,"
"Listen up you fathers, I am not your son"
"You better help the children,"
"Let them have some fun."
Fade to ad for Apple iPad 2.
Given the background of the song, I would not have chosen it. The Ad Agency apparently did. . .
There are lots of great songs out there that would have been better choices, and would not have required censoring.
Everybody makes mistakes. I hope Apple realizes this one, pulls the ad, and makes their ad agency do better next time.
Apple's done some of the best ads in history. They can regain the high ground.