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urth

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The merging of art and commerce
« on: May 25, 2005, 09:57:27 AM »
I've been noticing a new rash of popular songs in commercials of late. Specifically:

Curtis Mayfield-Move On Up (Ford)
Devo-Uncontrollable Urge (another car manufacturer)
Bruce Hornsby-Gonna Be Some Changes Made (Lowe's)

Anyone else notice anything?
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Re: The merging of art and commerce
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2005, 10:43:06 AM »
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I've been noticing a new rash of popular songs in commercials of late. Specifically:

Curtis Mayfield-Move On Up (Ford)
Devo-Uncontrollable Urge (another car manufacturer)
Bruce Hornsby-Gonna Be Some Changes Made (Lowe's)

Anyone else notice anything?


The Mayfield is for Toyota, I think -- and it depressed me greatly to hear that. Luckily CG plays the whole song quite often. And the Hornsby -- jeez, it was on the Lowe's spot almost as soon as the record was released.
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Re: The merging of art and commerce
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2005, 10:54:56 AM »
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I've been noticing a new rash of popular songs in commercials of late. Specifically:

Curtis Mayfield-Move On Up (Ford)
Devo-Uncontrollable Urge (another car manufacturer)
Bruce Hornsby-Gonna Be Some Changes Made (Lowe's)

Anyone else notice anything?


The Mayfield is for Toyota, I think -- and it depressed me greatly to hear that. Luckily CG plays the whole song quite often. And the Hornsby -- jeez, it was on the Lowe's spot almost as soon as the record was released.


Ah, I think you're right about the Mayfield tune. All those car manufacturers look alike.
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2007, 06:09:49 PM »
(Wow, have any of you tried to find an old thread? Like walking in by the third page!)

So this article's a month old, but very interesting as I read it now for the first time:

Wu-Tang 'sampling' Beatles?
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