Ameriquest, you can’t always get what you want

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To appreciate the awkwardness of the teaming of the Rolling Stones and Ameriquest, the sponsor of the band’s newly launched tour, look no further than the commercials currently hyping the concerts. The financial institution wanted the Stones to appear in the spots, but they refused, even as they cashed the company’s checks. So Ameriquest had to settle for shots of their pinstriped mortgage specialists trying to get attention for their sales pitch against background footage of the geriatric rockers, before the Ameriquest reps are “surfed” toward the stage by concertgoers.

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