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princessofcairo

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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2005, 02:05:12 PM »
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"The Dana Owens Album" didn't pay for itself.  And Teef isn't ready to shill for Olivia cruises ... yet.

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« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2005, 03:47:47 PM »
A cover of Elvis C's "Pump it Up" is being used to shill some video game website.  First time I've heard one of his songs in a commercial.
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« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2005, 08:09:21 PM »
Cher's "Song For the Lonely" is now a Weight Watchers commercial.
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« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2006, 08:36:33 PM »
The UPS Store is using Stevie's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing".
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« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2006, 01:00:18 PM »
Meant to post this last week--Target has co-opted Max Frost and the Troopers' "Shape of Things to Come."

Honest ta god.
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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2006, 01:20:28 PM »
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Meant to post this last week--Target has co-opted Max Frost and the Troopers' "Shape of Things to Come."

Honest ta god.


Yes! I saw that.  more $$$ for Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.
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« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2006, 12:48:18 PM »
TANC:  apropos of Gaz's comments about the song earlier this week, Macca's "Fine Line" is now a commercial for the new Lexus hybrid.  So which is more annoying? This, or Kermit doing "Bein' Green" for the Ford Escape hybrid?
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« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2006, 02:05:52 PM »
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TANC:  apropos of Gaz's comments about the song earlier this week, Macca's "Fine Line" is now a commercial for the new Lexus hybrid.  So which is more annoying? This, or Kermit doing "Bein' Green" for the Ford Escape hybrid?


I vote for the latter--the Macca song is brand new and not of any particular sentimental value to most people. Meanwhile, Bein' Green holds a significant memory for most of us who grew up with Sesame Street. I'm fine with Van Morrison and Frank Sinatra doing it, but hearing it used for hawking cars somewhat grates.

But I guess the whole point of this thread is that NO SONG is out-of-bounds for commercial exploitation. Guess we just better get used to that.

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« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2006, 08:52:45 PM »
Inevitable, I suppose... but the Psy Furs' "Pretty in Pink" is shilling the new Pink Razr phone.
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« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2006, 08:54:56 PM »
The oft-covered (Robert Knight, Love Affair, Carl Carlton, Rachel Sweet & Rex Smith, U2, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Cullum...) "Everlasting Love" is being used to flog Pringles.
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« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2006, 09:50:11 PM »
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The oft-covered (Robert Knight, Love Affair, Carl Carlton, Rachel Sweet & Rex Smith, U2, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Cullum...) "Everlasting Love" is being used to flog Pringles.


I love that you can name every single major cover without blinking.
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« Reply #26 on: February 17, 2006, 07:12:15 AM »
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The oft-covered (Robert Knight, Love Affair, Carl Carlton, Rachel Sweet & Rex Smith, U2, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Cullum...) "Everlasting Love" is being used to flog Pringles.


I love that you can name every single major cover without blinking.


I had help from the British Chart db.  I'd forgotten about Gloria.
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« Reply #27 on: March 14, 2006, 08:37:45 PM »
Just saw the commercial for Kraft's new "Crumbles" -- bags of little bitty cheddar chunks. And the song they've appropriated for the sales pitch? EMF's "Unbelievable" -- transformed into (yes) "Crum-believable".

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« Reply #28 on: March 15, 2006, 10:02:52 AM »
no music, just monkeys. anyone notice how many advertisements feature monkeys these days? i saw one last night: a bunch of people made up as monkeys dressed in suits, beating on laptops, trying to eat the laptops, jumping on the laptops...then one monkey man logs onto ask jeeves! and starts reading the site. then he transforms into a human. the tagline: "use tools. feel human." i have no idea if it was an ask jeeves! ad, or a microsoft ad, but it was a little strange....
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« Reply #29 on: March 15, 2006, 10:13:54 AM »
Homer Simpson: (watching a chimp scratch its ass on a tree) Sooo like us....
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