Some media wag recently said: “We all know those mythical days of corporately untainted music are over and have given way to overly commercialized, manufactured pop groups.”

Was he thinking of Morning Musume? Or, God forbid, SMAP?

No, he was referring to British advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi “packaging” four sexy women in their 20s to “perform” as a girl group who will “completely give themselves over to the whim of the advertiser who chooses to cough up the dough to sponsor them.”

There’s more, according to the press release from London: “Everything from the name of the band, musical style, lyrics, clothing, the food they eat and the liquid they drink will be under control of the advertiser.”

This inspires a media pundit to write: “So…here come the iPodders, the Cokettes, the McDonald’s Munchers, the Trojans, Victoria Secret, the Scions, the Dunkin’ Double D’s, the Hummers, Krispy Kremers, Subway Girls, Hot Wheel Honeys, Billabong Babies, Taco Bell Tease, the Coors…oh wait…that’s already a girl group, the Juicy Girls, Prada.”

He forgot to mention the Mr. Donuts Doppelgangers, the Doutor Drippettes and the Ometesando Christmas Lites!