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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: princessofcairo on August 16, 2005, 03:15:03 PM
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Febreze + George Benson = Febreezin'
Charmin + Outkast = Toilet Tisha
and so on...
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John Lennon + Louis Rich = Cold Turkey
I also envisioned a commercial with Ace Frehley offering his support to the NY mayoral campaign of Michael Bloomberg: "I'm back! - backin' a New York Jew ..."
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I also envisioned a commercial with Ace Frehley offering his support to the NY mayoral campaign of Michael Bloomberg: "I'm back! - backin' a New York Jew ..."
ROTFL!
I always thought "Love Is Like An Itchin' in My Heart" would be great for selling Vagisil...
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Outkast + Mr. Clean = Mr. Fresh and Clean
Traffic + Garbage Containment = GladBags
Squeeze + Friskies = Cool for Cats
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I guess this thread will work for this.
Meatloaf's "I Will Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is used to pretty good effect in a Dr. Pepper add I saw the other day. Basically, a guy doing all kinds of romantic stuff with his girlfriend, only to balk at sharing his Dr. Pepper with her.
Pretty well done, and made a lot more sense than the Meatloaf video...
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and then there's Sir Paul's commercial for Fidelity...
http://www.slate.com/id/2126568/?nav=tap3
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Madeleine Peyroux's "Don't Wait Too Long" is now a Dockers commercial...
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Madeleine Peyroux's "Don't Wait Too Long" is now a Dockers commercial...
feh. at least *she'll* be getting the royalties. methinks that's one of the two songs on the album she co-wrote.
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The Airplane's "Volunteers" strikes again -- this time for Tommy Hilfilger. :roll:
which always remingds me of the Spike Lee parody, from Bamboozled: Timmy Ill-Nigga.
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"Daydream Believer" is now an e-Bay commercial (part of the new "it" campaign).
oh, yeah, it's the Monkees version, not Anne Murray.
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This doesn't involve a specific song, but it makes me very sad to report that Queen Latifah is appearing in a commercial for the evil Wal-Mart. :cry:
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This doesn't involve a specific song, but it makes me very sad to report that Queen Latifah is appearing in a commercial for the evil Wal-Mart. :cry:
Does she have a line of clothes or makeup there?
Cosmetics to bring out the Queen in you!
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This doesn't involve a specific song, but it makes me very sad to report that Queen Latifah is appearing in a commercial for the evil Wal-Mart. :cry:
Does she have a line of clothes or makeup there?
Cosmetics to bring out the Queen in you!
Queen Latifah Muu-Muu's for the big-boned gal!
It's a spot with Queen L & her mother (or an actress playing her mom) Xmas shopping at da 'Mart. The Pizza Hut voice-overs are bad enough -- sheesh, Latifah, if yer gonna sell out, at least go upscale!
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This doesn't involve a specific song, but it makes me very sad to report that Queen Latifah is appearing in a commercial for the evil Wal-Mart. :cry:
Does she have a line of clothes or makeup there?
Cosmetics to bring out the Queen in you!
Queen Latifah Muu-Muu's for the big-boned gal!
It's a spot with Queen L & her mother (or an actress playing her mom) Xmas shopping at da 'Mart. The Pizza Hut voice-overs are bad enough -- sheesh, Latifah, if yer gonna sell out, at least go upscale!
"The Dana Owens Album" didn't pay for itself. And Teef isn't ready to shill for Olivia cruises ... yet.
"Who you callin' a thick?"
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Teef isn't ready to shill for Olivia cruises ... yet.
Oh no you DIH-NT!
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"The Dana Owens Album" didn't pay for itself. And Teef isn't ready to shill for Olivia cruises ... yet.
"Who you callin' a thick?"
u-know-u-ain't right!
u-know-she-ain't-bi!
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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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Cher's "Song For the Lonely" is now a Weight Watchers commercial.
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The UPS Store is using Stevie's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing".
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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.
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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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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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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.
THPBPBPBPBPBPBP!
(That was a Bronx cheer, if you couldn't tell.)
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Inevitable, I suppose... but the Psy Furs' "Pretty in Pink" is shilling the new Pink Razr phone.
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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.
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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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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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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".
Cheezy in more ways than one...
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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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Homer Simpson: (watching a chimp scratch its ass on a tree) Sooo like us....
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Grand Funk's version of "Some Kind of Wonderful" is now selling Kraft Mayo.
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OK, now that I've seen that damn KFC commercial a total of, like, 352 times, I must ask the nagging question: What does "Sweet Home Alabama" have to do with Kentucky Fried Chicken? I know those ad agency people do a LOT of coke, but really...
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OK, now that I've seen that damn KFC commercial a total of, like, 352 times, I must ask the nagging question: What does "Sweet Home Alabama" have to do with Kentucky Fried Chicken? I know those ad agency people do a LOT of coke, but really...
KFC specifically doesn't want to be thought of as "Kentucky Fried Chicken" anymore, and if they can further the dissociation in any way, they'll try it.
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Parker Posey in a Pepsi commercial? with Jimmy Fallon??
Isn't this a sign of the apocalypse?
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Parker Posey in a Pepsi commercial? with Jimmy Fallon??
Isn't this a sign of the apocalypse?
indie queens gotta eat too
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so can Ray.
Saw an IBM commercial last night that used a cover (don't know who) of the Kinks' I'm Not Like Everybody Else.
:roll:
Just remembered that this is not the first Kinks song to be co-opted this way--Picture Book turned up in that HP campaign last year.
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so can Ray.
Saw an IBM commercial last night that used a cover (don't know who) of the Kinks' I'm Not Like Everybody Else.
:roll:
Just remembered that this is not the first Kinks song to be co-opted this way--Picture Book turned up in that HP campaign last year.
I don't know if it's good advertising, but I kinda dug it when I saw it!
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No music involved, but i just saw a commercial for a new cellular calling plan called My Circle, featuring lookalikes for the Sprint Guy, the "can you hear me now?" guy and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Paging poc!
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now selling Ritz crackers: "I'll Melt With You".
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No music involved, but i just saw a commercial for a new cellular calling plan called My Circle, featuring lookalikes for the Sprint Guy, the "can you hear me now?" guy and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Paging poc!
that's pretty funny. but a czjones look-alike? i'm sure.
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Dave Matthews' "Stay" is being used by the Virginia Tourist Board. Shouldn't they be using Bruce Hornsby?
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Dave Matthews' "Stay" is being used by the Virginia Tourist Board. Shouldn't they be using Bruce Hornsby?
Not while the deathwatch is on him. Curses and all.
Meantime, a guilty pleasure that gets stuck in my head a lot lately:
The backs of my LEGS!!!
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Stickin' to the PLEATHER!!!
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Meantime, a guilty pleasure that gets stuck in my head a lot lately:
The backs of my LEGS!!!
Stickin' to the PLEATHER!!!
I had to google that to find out WTF it was -- a Dunkin Donuts commercial, apparently. They don't advertise out here.
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maroon 5's, "this love" is pimping lipton tea out here. do you have that there?
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maroon 5's, "this love" is pimping lipton tea out here. do you have that there?
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Don't think so, but when I was in England they had Santana's Samba Pa Ti on ads for...uhhh...cars? Food? Can't recall but it was an ad I haven't seen here.
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Saw a commercial for Marshall's dept store, and the voiceover sure sounded like it was by Annalisa -- first time I've heard a KFOGger on a spot since Renee voiced that Chevron car some years back.
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Saw a commercial for Marshall's dept store, and the voiceover sure sounded like it was by Annalisa -- first time I've heard a KFOGger on a spot since Renee voiced that Chevron car some years back.
I've been thinking that myself for awhile now--it doesn't sound exactly like her radio voice, but it's too close to be someone else.
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meant to mention this the other day: I've seen that Heineken commercial featuring Li'l Jon several times now, and really, once you've been mercilessly satirized by Dave Chapelle, shouldn't your career be over? Or at least your credibility?
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meant to mention this the other day: I've seen that Heineken commercial featuring Li'l Jon several times now, and really, once you've been mercilessly satirized by Dave Chapelle, shouldn't your career be over? Or at least your credibility?
Lil Jon, like malt liquor, transcends "credibility." He just gets a job done.
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Comcast just added Sacramento's Channel 50 to the SF lineup -- Why?. But it means extra opportunities to see Ebert & Roeper.
So I'm watching the show (Kevin Smith subbing for Ebert!), tons of cheezy local Sac'to commercials, and there's a commercial for "G & S Auto Body", and the guy doing the voiceover is the same guy who does the voice on those "Professional Auto Body" spots on KBCO! Same line about "shmooshing your car" and everything. Small world.
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Of particular interest to Urth: vintage Nuggets track "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators is flogging Dell computers. Roky Ericson's retirement fund just got a lot bigger.
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Of particular interest to Urth: vintage Nuggets track "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators is flogging Dell computers. Roky Ericson's retirement fund just got a lot bigger.
Much needed. I remember conducting an interview with Henry Rollins in summer 2001 in which he told of how he was staging some benefit concerts for Roky; and he's continued to do such work in the years since. "Roky needs teeth," Hank explained then.
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Of particular interest to Urth: vintage Nuggets track "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators is flogging Dell computers. Roky Ericson's retirement fund just got a lot bigger.
Much needed. I remember conducting an interview with Henry Rollins in summer 2001 in which he told of how he was staging some benefit concerts for Roky; and he's continued to do such work in the years since. "Roky needs teeth," Hank explained then.
Now THERE'S a name for a band: Roky Needs Teeth.
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Of particular interest to Urth: vintage Nuggets track "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators is flogging Dell computers. Roky Ericson's retirement fund just got a lot bigger.
Much needed. I remember conducting an interview with Henry Rollins in summer 2001 in which he told of how he was staging some benefit concerts for Roky; and he's continued to do such work in the years since. "Roky needs teeth," Hank explained then.
Now THERE'S a name for a band: Roky Needs Teeth.
BAHAHAHA! In the novel I'm pretending I'm writing, I have a band called Lou Reed's Mullet. Maybe Roky Needs Teeth should be on the same label.
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The Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" is now a Chevy commercial. Watching the A's Pregame and I've seen it 3 times already!
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just heard "All You Need is Love" (not the Beatles) used in an ad for Chase credit cards.
:cry:
That one's been around for a while. And BTW, we have a separate thread for songs in commercials :wink:
I can't find it!
This one:
http://10at10club.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=902
That's not a thread about real commercials, but hypothetical commercials!
It started out that way, but trust me, that premise only lasted for a couple of posts and it soon became the "Songs in Commercials" thread.
Well, I used my janitorial prerogative to slightly alter the name of this thread!
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Have y'all seen Audrey Hepburn dancing to AC/DC (!) in that GAP ad?
Brilliant? Sacrilige? Both?
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Have y'all seen Audrey Hepburn dancing to AC/DC (!) in that GAP ad?
Brilliant? Sacrilige? Both?
I vote "brilliant sacrilege."
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Have y'all seen Audrey Hepburn dancing to AC/DC (!) in that GAP ad?
Brilliant? Sacrilige? Both?
I vote "brilliant sacrilege."
It sure is brilliantly put together. I just have issues with dead people advetising companies that didn't even exist when they were alive & well.
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1) what sounds like T.Rex for Coke.
2) Chase is using the Stones' orig version of "I'm Free".
3) Donovan's "Happiness Runs (in a Circular Motion)" is flogging Fruity Cheerios -- Cheerios' answer to Froot Loops.
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That new Iggy Pop song, the one that goes "I'm a Punk Rocker, yes I am" (it's actually some band with Iggy as Guest Vocalist) is already a Cadillac commercial.
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A rather odd alt-rock cover of the Beatles' "From Me To You" (the melody has been thrown out the window) is being used for Macy's Xmas ad campaign.
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Teegan & Sarah's "Walking With the Goat", er, "Walking With The Ghost", is being used on spots for the NBC series Medium.
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Now, for some companies (McDonald's, for instance) it makes sense to do hip-hop commercials. But tonight I saw the new Greyhound bus campaign, flashy graphics + hip-hop sndtk. And I laughed out loud when I saw that their new wbsite is... letsgodog.com
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Anyone noticed the backing track on the new Amex radio spot?
The Thamesmen (aka Spinal Tap), Gimme Some Money
You can't make this shit up...
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not so much about music, but last weekend we were watching something on Discovery Channel, and saw ads for both Crown Royal & Johnny Walker Black.
Since when can hard alcohol be advertised on TV again?
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not so much about music, but last weekend we were watching something on Discovery Channel, and saw ads for both Crown Royal & Johnny Walker Black.
Since when can hard alcohol be advertised on TV again?
It was sort of a gentleman's agreement not to advertise hard liquor, but it's been happening for years now, mainly on cable. Tons of Captain Morgan, Malibu Rum, Jack Daniels, etc. ads.
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not so much about music, but last weekend we were watching something on Discovery Channel, and saw ads for both Crown Royal & Johnny Walker Black.
Since when can hard alcohol be advertised on TV again?
It was sort of a gentleman's agreement not to advertise hard liquor, but it's been happening for years now, mainly on cable. Tons of Captain Morgan, Malibu Rum, Jack Daniels, etc. ads.
What about the ban on cigarette ads on TV? That was legislated, wasn't it? I remember when stations still aired them (maybe til the early 70s?), then they all stopped.
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I'm tired of hearing the John Melloncamp song during the Chevy commercials. When that song comes on KFOG, I turn the station.
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not so much about music, but last weekend we were watching something on Discovery Channel, and saw ads for both Crown Royal & Johnny Walker Black.
Since when can hard alcohol be advertised on TV again?
It was sort of a gentleman's agreement not to advertise hard liquor, but it's been happening for years now, mainly on cable. Tons of Captain Morgan, Malibu Rum, Jack Daniels, etc. ads.
What about the ban on cigarette ads on TV? That was legislated, wasn't it? I remember when stations still aired them (maybe til the early 70s?), then they all stopped.
I believe you're right about the cigarette ads. It's funny to watch tapes of the early TV shows, sponsored by cigarette companies, with the stars prufusely sending up well-lit plumes of smoke for the cameras.
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I'm tired of hearing the John Melloncamp song during the Chevy commercials. When that song comes on KFOG, I turn the station.
Indeed, this has been a running discussion on the Morning show -- KFOG has gotten a LOT of emails & calls complaining abot the fact that they're playing the JCM song.
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I'm tired of hearing the John Melloncamp song during the Chevy commercials. When that song comes on KFOG, I turn the station.
Indeed, this has been a running discussion on the Morning show -- KFOG has gotten a LOT of emails & calls complaining abot the fact that they're playing the JCM song.
"What if I came hawking?"
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"Oh Happy Day" is now being used to sell Hershey's chocolate.
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Max Frost & the Troopers, "Shape of Things to Come" is now a Target commercial.
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in the most OMGWTF commercial moment in a while, The Buzzcocks' "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" is now a commercial for...
AARP !?!
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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.
Max Frost & the Troopers, "Shape of Things to Come" is now a Target commercial.
Yeah, I'd heard that.
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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.
Max Frost & the Troopers, "Shape of Things to Come" is now a Target commercial.
Yeah, I'd heard that.
oops.
How long ago was yours? I saw the commercial twice last nite; I don't recall seeing it before. Target is also using a cover of "Hello Goodbye" on another spot.
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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.
Max Frost & the Troopers, "Shape of Things to Come" is now a Target commercial.
Yeah, I'd heard that.
oops.
How long ago was yours? I saw the commercial twice last nite; I don't recall seeing it before. Target is also using a cover of "Hello Goodbye" on another spot.
February 7 of last year.
This page, about 5 posts down:
http://10at10club.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=902&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
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Just saw Sally Field (!) doing a commercial for some prescription-only osteoperosis medicine.
"you cured me -- you really cured me!"
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the new Moto Crazr Fire phone, uses "Fire". Sounds great, but sheesh!
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Hey urth -- Ben Folds' "Landed" is now a Hilton Hotels commercial.
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Just saw a Tide commercial featuring a version of "America the Beautiful" that sounds to me like it's being sung by Jill Sobule.
ETA: oops, it's Cyndi Lauper!
But in finding that out, I stumbled upon this interesting tidbit: Ms. Lauper originally wrote "True Colors" for Anne Murray -- who turned it down. Ironically, Cyndi's now using the song to raise money for the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
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But in finding that out, I stumbled upon this interesting tidbit: Ms. Lauper originally wrote "True Colors" for Anne Murray -- who turned it down. Ironically, Cyndi's now using the song to raise money for the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
gosh. anne really screwed that one up!
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But in finding that out, I stumbled upon this interesting tidbit: Ms. Lauper originally wrote "True Colors" for Anne Murray -- who turned it down. Ironically, Cyndi's now using the song to raise money for the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
gosh. anne really screwed that one up!
Well, we know Anne's "true colors" are lavender and pink, but she pretends they're beige and gray.
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"All You Need is LUVS"? haven't actually seen this commercial yet, but predictably some are upset:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/20/entertainment/e101405D56.DTL&tsp=1&type=entertainment
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Tis the season I guess. Last night I saw a Planters Peanut commercial that used the Bay City Rollers' S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night.
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I kid you not: "Viva Las Vegas" has been transformed into "Viva Viagra"! :roll:
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The White Stripes' "Conquest" is now a commercial for eBay. (Personally, I think it sounds like it belongs in an Austin Powers sequel.)
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ELO's "Hold on Tight" is now flogging Honda Accords -- sans the verse en Francais. Accord-ez tois?
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The University of Phoenix--that online diploma factory--has signed on the New Pornographers' Bleeding Heart Show (the best song off their 2005 Twin Cinema) in their latest TV campaign. (The same song is also going to be featured in a soon-to-be-released movie, but I can't recall which one.)
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OMFG! ELP's "Karn Evil 9" in a Dr Pepper commercial!
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Hope Gaz gets to see the Jeep Liberty commercial that has Andy Kim's "Rock Me Gently" performed by singing animals (!).
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I'm sad to report that Joe Jackson's "One More Time" is now a Taco Bell commercial :'(
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I'm sad to report that Joe Jackson's "One More Time" is now a Taco Bell commercial :'(
Gosh, I forgot how much I've been craving Taco Bell. It's sad, I know.
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I'm sad to report that Joe Jackson's "One More Time" is now a Taco Bell commercial :'(
Say it's not so, Joe!
I saw that too. From the time stamp on your post, must have been the same time, during the playoff game.
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Within minutes of each other at the Oscars:
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss' "Killing the Blues" for JC Penney and The The's "This is the Day" for... M&Ms.
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The The's "This is the Day" for... M&Ms.
No Freakin' Way! I'm gonna have to eat more M&M's now.
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The The's "This is the Day" for... M&Ms.
No Freakin' Way! I'm gonna have to eat more M&M's now.
love is stronger than reds.
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as discussed on the Morning Show today, MeatLoaf's "Go Phone" commercial -- that's Tiffany playing his wife!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns
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as discussed on the Morning Show today, MeatLoaf's "Go Phone" commercial -- that's Tiffany playing his wife!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns
that is freakin' awesome! Has this been on local TV?
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as discussed on the Morning Show today, MeatLoaf's "Go Phone" commercial -- that's Tiffany playing his wife!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns
that is freakin' awesome! Has this been on local TV?
Not that I've seen. (Which means it hasn't been on Bravo, History, HGTV, Food Network, or Giants games.)
Meat's voice is sounding a little thin these days, although he's dropped a bunch of weight so good for him there. But the kid that plays his son is a dead ringer--I'd totally believe they were related.
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as discussed on the Morning Show today, MeatLoaf's "Go Phone" commercial -- that's Tiffany playing his wife!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns
that is freakin' awesome! Has this been on local TV?
Not that I've seen. (Which means it hasn't been on Bravo, History, HGTV, Food Network, or Giants games.)
Meat's voice is sounding a little thin these days, although he's dropped a bunch of weight so good for him there. But the kid that plays his son is a dead ringer--I'd totally believe they were related.
I saw it in NYC this week, damned if I can remember what channel.
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as discussed on the Morning Show today, MeatLoaf's "Go Phone" commercial -- that's Tiffany playing his wife!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns
that is freakin' awesome! Has this been on local TV?
Not that I've seen. (Which means it hasn't been on Bravo, History, HGTV, Food Network, or Giants games.)
Meat's voice is sounding a little thin these days, although he's dropped a bunch of weight so good for him there. But the kid that plays his son is a dead ringer--I'd totally believe they were related.
I saw it in NYC this week, damned if I can remember what channel.
It's played repeatedly during American Idol (last night was Andrew Lloyd Webber night, very strange). Which says too much about my viewing habits. :-[ Still, there's so many commercials in AI that I still was able to flip back and forth between it and the Sharks game so I saw most of the goals scored...
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I was saddened to see Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up" turned into a commercial for Aleve. :'(
Meanwhile the already ridiculously-overused "Mr Blue Sky" has been tapped yet again, this time by Jet Blue.
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This one's kind of odd: a new Chevy commercial where a chorus of whistlers is whistling a tune in the background. Sounded familiar; I had to see the spot a 2nd time to figure out that the song being whistled is... the Lemonheads' "It's a Shame About Ray". WTF?
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a song from the new Coldplay CD (not "Violet Hill"; I'm guessing the song is called "When I Ruled the World"?) is flogging iPods... and it's the best U2 imitation I've ever heard.
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a song from the new Coldplay CD (not "Violet Hill"; I'm guessing the song is called "When I Ruled the World"?) is flogging iPods... and it's the best U2 imitation I've ever heard.
I've always thought Coldplay sounded like U2 without the soul.
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a song from the new Coldplay CD (not "Violet Hill"; I'm guessing the song is called "When I Ruled the World"?) is flogging iPods... and it's the best U2 imitation I've ever heard.
Though I haven't heard it, I assume you're talking about "Viva la Vida" - and it's up to #3 on the Billboard singles chart this week, their biggest hit to date.
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a song from the new Coldplay CD (not "Violet Hill"; I'm guessing the song is called "When I Ruled the World"?) is flogging iPods... and it's the best U2 imitation I've ever heard.
Though I haven't heard it, I assume you're talking about "Viva la Vida" - and it's up to #3 on the Billboard singles chart this week, their biggest hit to date.
indeed. KFOG has it in rotation now. One for the "songs that don't include the title in the lyrics" list, yes?
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I was pretty floored about the men's hair coloring product called "Touch of Gray." They were using the instrumental guitar riffs from "Sunshine of Your Love." Sheesh!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XXrYD08BL._SS500_.jpg)
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I was pretty floored about the men's hair coloring product called "Touch of Gray." They were using the instrumental guitar riffs from "Sunshine of Your Love." Sheesh!
and speaking of sunshine, some financial-planning company is using "Let the Sunshine In".
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Here's a weird one: Scandal's semi-hit "Goodbye to You" is being used to sell a birth-control product called YAZ. (I guess Yaz weren't willing to license their songs).
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Marvin Gaye's sexy take on the "Star-Spangled Banner" is being used in a Nike/US Olympic Basketball Team spot.
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Oh. My. GAWD... a cover of Morrissey's "Every Day is Like Sunday" is being used by the NFL to flog their mobile and internet incarnations.
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The Fixx's "Saved by Zero" is being used by Toyota to promote 0% financing.
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I was pretty floored about the men's hair coloring product called "Touch of Gray." They were using the instrumental guitar riffs from "Sunshine of Your Love." Sheesh!
That's funny - I've been waiting for that product! But I always imagined they would use the Dead song.
So does it add grey to your hair? Or remove what little you have? And if you have a lot?
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I was pretty floored about the men's hair coloring product called "Touch of Gray." They were using the instrumental guitar riffs from "Sunshine of Your Love." Sheesh!
That's funny - I've been waiting for that product! But I always imagined they would use the Dead song.
So does it add grey to your hair? Or remove what little you have? And if you have a lot?
Basically, it strikes a middle balance so older men don't look like Marv Albert.
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I was pretty floored about the men's hair coloring product called "Touch of Gray." They were using the instrumental guitar riffs from "Sunshine of Your Love." Sheesh!
That's funny - I've been waiting for that product! But I always imagined they would use the Dead song.
So does it add grey to your hair? Or remove what little you have? And if you have a lot?
Basically, it strikes a middle balance so older men don't look like Marv Albert.
"More power!" Maybe Biden should consider using it. He looked awfully orange the other day.
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The Fixx's "Saved by Zero" is being used by Toyota to promote 0% financing.
Another car ad: the Mercury Milan is using Morey fave, Tones on Tail's "Go" (aka "the ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya song"). And why is the instrumental intro to 3DN's "Shambala" (but not the vocal) currently being used to flog at least 3 different products?
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And why is the instrumental intro to 3DN's "Shambala" (but not the vocal) currently being used to flog at least 3 different products?
Because whoever owns the publishing is selling it cheap? It couldn't have passed into public domain yet, could it?
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
SNL did a bit last week about a new game that's meant to be a hip-hop version of GH, in which players pretend to scratch records like hip-hop DJs. "Its for kids who are too lazy to pretend to play guitar!" was the line.
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
I've played it for a minute or two -- my nephew loves that game. But I'm not much of a gamer, and didn't care enough to figure out what I was supposed to do. If I was going to put some time into learning something musical, I'd dust off my guitars and really learn to play them beyond the 3 chords and 4 riffs I know now.
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
Nope. The CNET news department had one while I was there, but the jerks would always insist on playing it (loudly) while we were on deadline in reviews, so that just put me off it altogether.
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
I haven't, but the Beatles thing is supposed to be different in that in takes you thru the creative development of their songs, from '63 to '70!
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
I haven't, but the Beatles thing is supposed to be different in that in takes you thru the creative development of their songs, from '63 to '70!
Then it should come with weed and amphetamines!
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I'm throwing this item in this thread:
Beatles music to be in new video game
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_en_mu/music_beatles_video_game)
and here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081030/en_top_eo/66358)
Have any of you ever played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? I've been curious.
I haven't, but the Beatles thing is supposed to be different in that in takes you thru the creative development of their songs, from '63 to '70!
Then it should come with weed and amphetamines!
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
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Save Us From 'Saved By Zero,' Toyota:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/05/financial/f085107S07.DTL&tsp=1 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/05/financial/f085107S07.DTL&tsp=1)
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During tonight's ep of Top Chef, there was an ad for LL Bean featuring Valley Winter Song by Fountains of Wayne.
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Save Us From 'Saved By Zero,' Toyota:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/05/financial/f085107S07.DTL&tsp=1 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/05/financial/f085107S07.DTL&tsp=1)
another example of the weird way music makes it into my students' lives. They now know this melody!
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Everyone's fave, Todd's "Bang On the Drum", is flogging Carnival CruiseLines.
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Bowie music plugging the new Lincoln MKS
Major Tom!
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Bowie music plugging the new Lincoln MKS
Major Tom!
(Uncle) Major Tom!
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C'mon, get happy! The Partridges (and their TV theme) are flogging DishNetwork.
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I really don't watch live TV enough to see many commercials, but last night there was one that had Smashing Pumpkins "Today" playing over images of people doing fun stuff, and then Morgan Freeman's voice came on & asked if you ever wanted to do all this fun stuff, and I'm thinking, "Okay, they pulled out the big guns, but what is the product?"...after 45 seconds of this it finally reveals itself to be a Visa commercial.
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The skippy-dippy-doo bopping of Jazn Mraz's "I'm Yours" just spotted accompanying a
Vrizn Verizon ad
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I really don't watch live TV enough to see many commercials, but last night there was one that had Smashing Pumpkins "Today" playing over images of people doing fun stuff, and then Morgan Freeman's voice came on & asked if you ever wanted to do all this fun stuff, and I'm thinking, "Okay, they pulled out the big guns, but what is the product?"...after 45 seconds of this it finally reveals itself to be a Visa commercial.
The great Freeman is voicing a whole series of these Visa spots -- the one I saw last nite featured Rick James' "Super Freak". People get funky with Visa, or something.
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Somebody tell Beej! Sir Mix-A-Lot is doing a Burger King commercial -- BK is giving away SpongeBob toys and there's a customized "Baby Got Back": "ah like square butts and ah cannot lie!"
Oh, wait, Beej is on Facebook; I'll tell him myself.
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Yikes -- "Instant Karma" is flogging JP Morgan/Chase. We all shine on, indeed.
"Did you understand the music, Yoko -- or was it all in vain?"
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Yikes -- "Instant Karma" is flogging JP Morgan/Chase. We all shine on, indeed.
No small amount of irony there. Goes to show that just about anything can be bought (or licensed) for a price.
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Yikes -- "Instant Karma" is flogging JP Morgan/Chase. We all shine on, indeed.
No small amount of irony there. Goes to show that just about anything can be bought (or licensed) for a price.
is it Michael Jackson that owns the rights?
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Yikes -- "Instant Karma" is flogging JP Morgan/Chase. We all shine on, indeed.
No small amount of irony there. Goes to show that just about anything can be bought (or licensed) for a price.
is it Michael Jackson that owns the rights?
MJ owns the Lennon/McCartney catalog, I believe; I assumed John solo was a different deal, hence my Yoko comment.
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Yikes -- "Instant Karma" is flogging JP Morgan/Chase. We all shine on, indeed.
"Did you understand the music, Yoko -- or was it all in vain?"
Yoko's become increasingly willing to license his work if it's for something she supports/thinks John would have supported. "Imagine" appeared a few months ago in a laptop ad - that indirectly supported "one laptop per child," or somesuch? I forget ...
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Yikes -- "Instant Karma" is flogging JP Morgan/Chase. We all shine on, indeed.
"Did you understand the music, Yoko -- or was it all in vain?"
Yoko's become increasingly willing to license his work if it's for something she supports/thinks John would have supported. "Imagine" appeared a few months ago in a laptop ad - that indirectly supported "one laptop per child," or somesuch? I forget ...
well then here's hoping Chase made a big donation to her foundation...
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one outta two ain't bad: "Let Your Love Flow" is being used to flog Toyota's Prius (sorta makes sense) but a baseball-themed Pepsi spot uses a pretty awful rap version of Dylan's "Forever Young". Yeesh.
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I can't believe they're still showing Billy Mays' commercials! Here he is on the Weather Channel, hawking the "Fix-It" pencil (that thing that erases scratches on cars and furniture).
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I can't believe they're still showing Billy Mays' commercials! Here he is on the Weather Channel, hawking the "Fix-It" pencil (that thing that erases scratches on cars and furniture).
I agree, but if they quit showing his work, most of these "amazing miracle product" companies would be dead in the water as far as TV ads. He did tons of 'em, and probably got paid a lot for his efforts, so they are reluctant to accede to a little thing like common decency just because he's dead.
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I really, really hate the new Taco Bell commercial for the "Pina Colada" drink. All of you could guess what song was used for this commercial.
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I really, really hate the new Taco Bell commercial for the "Pina Colada" drink. All of you could guess what song was used for this commercial.
"One Mint Julep"?
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I really, really hate the new Taco Bell commercial for the "Pina Colada" drink. All of you could guess what song was used for this commercial.
"One Mint Julep"?
"99 bottles of beer on the wall?"
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MasterCard has a new promotion involving jeans -- the TV spots use (of course) "Jean Genie"
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It had to happen: Aqua's "Barbie Girl", which Mattell once tried to sue them over, is now being used to sell... Barbies!
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"Be My Baby" for Cialis. Not the Ronettes version, however. Which is funny because Ronnie Spector cured a lot of guys my age of any ED they may have had, back in the day.
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Mr MeatLoaf Aday is doing commercials for A-1 Steak Sauce, singing "I'd Do Anything For Love". The tagline: A-1 Makes Meat Loaf Sing, har har.
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If, like me, you were wondering who does that song on the iPod Nano commercial, EW reports the song is "Bourgeois Shangri-La" by a Swedish singer named Linda Carlsson (aka Miss Li). No mention in the EW item whether she is either sampling or ripping off "Count Me In" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, which is sure what it sounds like to me.
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If, like me, you were wondering who does that song on the iPod Nano commercial, EW reports the song is "Bourgeois Shangri-La" by a Swedish singer named Linda Carlsson (aka Miss Li). No mention in the EW item whether she is either sampling or ripping off "Count Me In" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, which is sure what it sounds like to me.
yeah, I was wondering was it was riffing off of. Thanks!
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If, like me, you were wondering who does that song on the iPod Nano commercial, EW reports the song is "Bourgeois Shangri-La" by a Swedish singer named Linda Carlsson (aka Miss Li). No mention in the EW item whether she is either sampling or ripping off "Count Me In" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, which is sure what it sounds like to me.
I saw that ad for the first time tonight and instantly made the same connection!
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I just found some snazzy Crest dental floss in my mom's bathroom. Why has no one used "Switching to Glide" yet? :)
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I just found some snazzy Crest dental floss in my mom's bathroom. Why has no one used "Switching to Glide" yet? :)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0Z9IxqxSMXU/RuV5M75-bbI/AAAAAAAAB2w/sMO5BSwzuN0/s200/glide_dc_floss.jpg)
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"All You Need Is Love" ... for BlackBerry?
These are irreverent times because there is nothing left to revere.
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"All You Need Is Love" ... for BlackBerry?
These are irreverent times because there is nothing left to revere.
Just heard that one. Also another ad that used part of Yes' Your Move (the first half of I've Seen All Good People) as a music bed. Can't recall what the product was.
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Also another ad that used part of Yes' Your Move (the first half of I've Seen All Good People) as a music bed. Can't recall what the product was.
Those are for some new card from Chase; "Chase Signature" or something equally unoriginal.
Weirdest pairing I've seen lately: Macy's is using "Come On-a My House" in all their ads, made famous 50+ years ago by Rosemary Clooney. Who's their target demo? 75-year-old gay men?
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State Farm commercial using Kansas' Point Of Know Return, it's cute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpfbbfanOJs
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OK, this is the cheeziest one EVAH: Silver Convention's immortal "Get Up and Boogie" has been transformed into...
"Get on your Snuggie" :o
(http://www.signonsandiego.com/entertainment/street/snuggie.jpg)
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anyone else think we've reached a new nadir with the J. Geils Band's "Love Stinks" being used in a - wait for it - Swiffer(!) commercial?
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cig4yXYxbphTSM:http://rubroadcastnewswriting.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/swiffer.jpg)
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Bad enuf that some car company is using a cover of the Church's "Under the Milky Way" -- but it's sung by some Feist-alike. Horrors!
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one that I actually like: Palm Pre has an ad now that uses Freuer's "Doot Doot".
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"One More Time" in support of cheesy gorditas!
(http://www.foodfacts.info/blog/uploaded_images/taco-bell-gordita-crunch.jpg)
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"One More Time" in support of cheesy gorditas!
(http://www.foodfacts.info/blog/uploaded_images/taco-bell-gordita-crunch.jpg)
Funny, I had that tune in my head all yesterday, probably because of that ad!
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BÖC's Godzilla and Autötrader.cöm.
Average guy shopper picks and compares cars as if thy were toys, to the ominous strains of Buck Dharma's guitar!
I think this one appeared last year, btw, but I just saw it.
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Inevitable, perhaps: Biz Markie, whose "Just a Friend" is also flogging Heineken, is appearing in spots for Radio Shack, er, I mean The Shack, selling digital cameras and (naturally) repeating "Oh, snap! Guess what ah saw?" endlessly.
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Most unexpected combo evah: Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata" is being used in spots for a new Honda SUV.
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Most unexpected combo evah: Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata" is being used in spots for a new Honda SUV.
My jaw dropped at that. I can't help thinking Makeba was pitched this previously and said, "Over my dead body."
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Most unexpected combo evah: Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata" is being used in spots for a new Honda SUV.
My jaw dropped at that. I can't help thinking Makeba was pitched this previously and said, "Over my dead body."
TANC: Barry Scott's playing this song now on the Lost 45s.
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oh, and that FOX promo for the Simpsons 20th Anniv featuring Coldplay's "Yellow": very clever.
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Yikes, it's Crapton himself in a T-Mobile commercial for their new "Fender" phone, as his "Rock'n'Roll Heart" plays.
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An Audi commercial has turned Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" into "Green Police"
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Yikes, it's Crapton himself in a T-Mobile commercial for their new "Fender" phone, as his "Rock'n'Roll Heart" plays.
I think the idea of a collectible phone is kind of oxymoronic, but I understand the appeal.
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Yikes, it's Crapton himself in a T-Mobile commercial for their new "Fender" phone, as his "Rock'n'Roll Heart" plays.
When I saw this, I thought of you, Mike! :D
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As if it isn't ubiquitous enuf, radio-wise, Train's "Hey Soul Sister" is being used on Samsung commercials.
But OMGWTF-of-the-Week to CVS, who are using the instrumental version of the Osmonds' "Double Lovin" (!) on their new spots.
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As if it isn't ubiquitous enuf, radio-wise, Train's "Hey Soul Sister" is being used on Samsung commercials.
But OMGWTF-of-the-Week to CVS, who are using the instrumental version of the Osmonds' "Double Lovin" (!) on their new spots.
Isn't that song basically Donny threatening to spunk on a girl twice?
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mentioned in another thread -- the Aretha/Liza Snickers commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pnjtxfIJDE
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As if it isn't ubiquitous enuf, radio-wise, Train's "Hey Soul Sister" is being used on Samsung commercials.
But OMGWTF-of-the-Week to CVS, who are using the instrumental version of the Osmonds' "Double Lovin" (!) on their new spots.
Isn't that song basically Donny threatening to spunk on a girl twice?
I always assumed it meant Mormon schlongs are twice as big. (Must be that magic underwear!)
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Just heard a dreadful local NY radio spot on The Peak for Mohegan Sun, the Indian casino, that turns "Walk Like an e-GYP-shun" into "talkin' 'bout Mo-he-GAN Sun". Sheesh.
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for those who also find that McDonald's "I haven't had my coffee yet" commercial supremely annoying:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2010/04/druggie.php
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More $$$ for Barry Manilow's retirement fund: Band-Aid has revived his '70s jingle for them ("I am stuck on a Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me")
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Retirement fund? Or plastic surgery fund? Man, after seeing him on the Kathy Griffin show...
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Last nite in the space of 10 or 15 mins I saw FOUR commercials with Iron Man 2 tie-ins: Dr Pepper, Burger King, Audi and 7-Eleven. Sheesh. The movie better be good -- and the buzz so far says it's a disappointment.
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Another add during the Laker / Suns game (see copyedit101), a Nike add featuring Renaldo (futbol aka soccer), using "Hocus Pocus" (no yodeling).
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Another add during the Laker / Suns game (see copyedit101), a Nike add featuring Renaldo (futbol aka soccer), using "Hocus Pocus" (no yodeling).
check out the full length video: it's awesome and features yodeling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLG6jh23yE
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And I thought Ellen Page doing those Cisco commercials was depressing: Just saw Elizabeth Moss, who plays Peggy Olson on Mad Men and who was on B'way last year in Mamet's Speed the Plow.... doing a commercial for Excedrin Migrane. OTOH, she also plays Jonah Hill's girlfriend in the new Get Him To The Greek, so maybe Excedrin is a step up.
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Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend" is shilling for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. "You got chocolate on my red leather pants!" "You got your red leather pants in my chocolate!"
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Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend" is shilling for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. "You got chocolate on my red leather pants!" "You got your red leather pants in my chocolate!"
Please tell me you're joking. Seeing chocolate on red pants would make me think Depends were the product du jour.
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Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend" is shilling for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. "You got chocolate on my red leather pants!" "You got your red leather pants in my chocolate!"
Please tell me you're joking. Seeing chocolate on red pants would make me think Depends were the product du jour.
I'm joking about the chocolate/red leather thing. But the song is being used by Reese's.
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oh ho ho it's "Magic", you know... being used by Chase.
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Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" is flogging Totino's pizza snacks.
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oh ho ho it's "Magic", you know... being used by Chase.
Connection by Elastica is also on a Chase TV commercial. Still catchy as hell!
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oh ho ho it's "Magic", you know... being used by Chase.
Connection by Elastica is also on a Chase TV commercial. Still catchy as hell!
Chase is all over the place, musically: they're also using Matthew Wilder, "Break My Stride".
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oh ho ho it's "Magic", you know... being used by Chase.
Connection by Elastica is also on a Chase TV commercial. Still catchy as hell!
Chase is all over the place, musically: they're also using Matthew Wilder, "Break My Stride".
Sounds like they're trying to catch the ears of as many generations as they can. They've got the 70s (Pilot), 80s (Wilder) and 90s (Elastica) all represented. Any 60s tunes showing up in this campaign?
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WLNG's Bob Shannon just wondered aloud why "Great Balls of Fire" was never used to flog Cruex. LOL!
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Michael Franti hits the bigtime: "Say Hey" is being used to sell Corona Light.
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Michael Franti hits the bigtime: "Say Hey" is being used to sell Corona Light.
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Michael Franti hits the bigtime: "Say Hey" is being used to sell Corona Light.
:(
yeah, my reaction too -- I thought he was sort of... above that kinda thing.
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Michael Franti hits the bigtime: "Say Hey" is being used to sell Corona Light.
:(
yeah, my reaction too -- I thought he was sort of... above that kinda thing.
Hey man, Rainbow Grocery is expensive! (I saw him there once with one of his kids -- for whom he wrote that song, I think)
one could argue the selling out part was writing that song itself. (I don't like the song, personally.)
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oh ho ho it's "Magic", you know... being used by Chase.
Connection by Elastica is also on a Chase TV commercial. Still catchy as hell!
Chase is all over the place, musically: they're also using Matthew Wilder, "Break My Stride".
Sounds like they're trying to catch the ears of as many generations as they can. They've got the 70s (Pilot), 80s (Wilder) and 90s (Elastica) all represented. Any 60s tunes showing up in this campaign?
DING DING DING! Just saw a Chase spot tonite that used "Do You Believe in Magic?"
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Tom Brady doing spots for Comcast/Xfinity. Dude, what's with the Bruce Jenner-in-1980 haircut?
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Tom Brady doing spots for Comcast/Xfinity. Dude, what's with the Bruce Jenner-in-1980 haircut?
Is he still rocking the Justin Beaver 'do? Yikes.
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Tom Brady doing spots for Comcast/Xfinity. Dude, what's with the Bruce Jenner-in-1980 haircut?
Is he still rocking the Justin Beaver 'do? Yikes.
At first I thought it was a wig -- that they were deliberately trying to make him look goofy. But if it's his real hair... yikes, indeed.
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Charles Wright/Watts 103rd etc's "Express Yourself" -- for Coffee Mate.
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Fabulous early 90s Scottish group, Trashcan Sinatras, covering Hello Goodbye in a Japanese ad for Narita Airport. Cute!
http://www.narita-airport.jp/jp/fun/cm/index.html
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Any one else notice that 2 ad campaigns that have revolved around African-American spokespersons -- the Miller HighLife spots with the fat black beer-truck driver, and the Allstate "good hands" commercials with Dennis Haysbert -- have been tweaked to add white guys. The Miller man now has a young white sidekick; Haysbert is no longer seen (tho' he's still voicing the tagline) in the Allstate spots which now focus on an annoying Caucasian guy who represents "Mayhem". Am I reading too much into this?
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Any one else notice that 2 ad campaigns that have revolved around African-American spokespersons -- the Miller HighLife spots with the fat black beer-truck driver, and the Allstate "good hands" commercials with Dennis Haysbert -- have been tweaked to add white guys. The Miller man now has a young white sidekick; Haysbert is no longer seen (tho' he's still voicing the tagline) in the Allstate spots which now focus on an annoying Caucasian guy who represents "Mayhem". Am I reading too much into this?
yes and no.
I don't think the allstate says that, it's 'a whole different head' sort of ad. It's not replacing one spokesperson with another. On the other hand, the Miller Lite, kinda tweaks in that direction, but it's a pretty silly campaign to begin with.
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Any one else notice that 2 ad campaigns that have revolved around African-American spokespersons -- the Miller HighLife spots with the fat black beer-truck driver, and the Allstate "good hands" commercials with Dennis Haysbert -- have been tweaked to add white guys. The Miller man now has a young white sidekick; Haysbert is no longer seen (tho' he's still voicing the tagline) in the Allstate spots which now focus on an annoying Caucasian guy who represents "Mayhem". Am I reading too much into this?
yes and no.
I don't think the allstate says that, it's 'a whole different head' sort of ad. It's not replacing one spokesperson with another. On the other hand, the Miller Lite, kinda tweaks in that direction, but it's a pretty silly campaign to begin with.
I realize the Allstae ads are going in a different direction -- but that's often ad-speak for "focus groups didn't like our spokesperson". Haysbert was VERY visibly the face of Allstate and now he's not being seen. I can't help wondering if they were getting pushback from, er, certain regions of the country.
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Any one else notice that 2 ad campaigns that have revolved around African-American spokespersons -- the Miller HighLife spots with the fat black beer-truck driver, and the Allstate "good hands" commercials with Dennis Haysbert -- have been tweaked to add white guys. The Miller man now has a young white sidekick; Haysbert is no longer seen (tho' he's still voicing the tagline) in the Allstate spots which now focus on an annoying Caucasian guy who represents "Mayhem". Am I reading too much into this?
yes and no.
I don't think the allstate says that, it's 'a whole different head' sort of ad. It's not replacing one spokesperson with another. On the other hand, the Miller Lite, kinda tweaks in that direction, but it's a pretty silly campaign to begin with.
I realize the Allstae ads are going in a different direction -- but that's often ad-speak for "focus groups didn't like our spokesperson". Haysbert was VERY visibly the face of Allstate and now he's not being seen. I can't help wondering if they were getting pushback from, er, certain regions of the country.
you could certainly be right. I'm continually amazed at how overt racism is lately.
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you could certainly be right. I'm continually amazed at how overt racism is lately.
Seems like a stretch here, though. I mean, yes, it's certainly possible. But there are a hundred other possible reasons why he might not be showing up so much in the ads lately as well. For one thing, voice-over is probably a good deal cheaper, and the face is instantly connected to that voice, so why not save some money since they've already established the face? Or, maybe they are phasing him out, but only because the original bump the branding had created is levelling off or even declining. Or maybe some ad agency bigwig was up all night doing blow with the new guy's sister or girlfriend. Maybe Haysbert isn't interested in them anymore, or was temporarily busy.
Could be anything, really.
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you could certainly be right. I'm continually amazed at how overt racism is lately.
Seems like a stretch here, though. I mean, yes, it's certainly possible. But there are a hundred other possible reasons why he might not be showing up so much in the ads lately as well. For one thing, voice-over is probably a good deal cheaper, and the face is instantly connected to that voice, so why not save some money since they've already established the face? Or, maybe they are phasing him out, but only because the original bump the branding had created is levelling off or even declining. Or maybe some ad agency bigwig was up all night doing blow with the new guy's sister or girlfriend. Maybe Haysbert isn't interested in them anymore, or was temporarily busy.
Could be anything, really.
I like the remote VO angle. Dennis could be chiz-ill-axin' w a Mai Tai and some hottie while he does two minutes worth if work over a crystal clear ISDN line and *voila!* the production dudes have their Dennis Haysbert sound to use.
he could even be sitting there bare-nekkid getting his kink on while doing it. "Yeah, you're damn right I'm good hands while I do this voice over.. Oh yeah..."
Did Miller have a "white guy" commercial as well? b/c if they did, and now just they have a black guy commercial with a white sidekick, maybe it's b/c they realize they could use one commercial to appeal to two demographics. saves money.
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"We Got The Beat" is now highlighting K-Mart's back-to-school ads.
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Tom's Diner featured in a Volkswagen Jetta ad. I've gotta say, Volkswagen has a pretty good track record for using cool songs/bands in their ads.
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Tom's Diner featured in a Volkswagen Jetta ad. I've gotta say, Volkswagen has a pretty good track record for using cool songs/bands in their ads.
(http://www.coverville.com/art/toms.jpg)
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Those Comcast spots for the NFL Red Zone Channel feature a rockin' cover of the old Dusty Springfield hit "Breakaway". Apparently it's by a band called the Detroit Cobras. Not found on You Tube, unfortunately.
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An anti-smoking spot for a campaign called "Be an Ex" uses the classic instrumental "Swingin' Safari". Bert Kaempfert's got da mad hits!
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Samsung's new phone, "The Fascinate", is being flogged by --what else? -- "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". Talk about yer no-brainer.
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Samsung's new phone, "The Fascinate", is being flogged by --what else? -- "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". Talk about yer no-brainer.
I take it Samsung didn't go the I'm Fascinated By Your Love Boy by Company B route...
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Samsung's new phone, "The Fascinate", is being flogged by --what else? -- "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". Talk about yer no-brainer.
I'm surprised they didn't go with Bowie's "Fascination" off Young Americans. I'd think it would appeal to almost the same demographic as (KF)F.
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Samsung's new phone, "The Fascinate", is being flogged by --what else? -- "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". Talk about yer no-brainer.
I'm surprised they didn't go with Bowie's "Fascination" off Young Americans. I'd think it would appeal to almost the same demographic as (KF)F.
a Top Ten hit trumps a deep LP track every time, I guess.
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Cake's "Short Skirt Long Jacket" is touring the facility, er, flogging the new iPod Nano.
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No music involved but a commercial for Old English just invited me to "bring out the natural beauty of your wood". A bit of French polishing, indeed!
(http://www.oppictures.com/singleimages/240/RAC74035EA_1_2.JPG)
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Speaking of advertising and music, I heard an ad on KFOG for the Iggles show proclaiming them "America's Greatest Band!"
*gag*
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OK, so Life As We Know It is a "heartwarming" rom-com about a couple who are thrown together when their married mutual friends are killed and the couple are named guardians of the dead folks' kids (yeesh, who writes this stuff?). But... WTF does "Solsbury Hill" have to do with it?
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S&G's "Only Living Boy in NY" selling Hondas? WTF?
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S&G's "Only Living Boy in NY" selling Hondas? WTF?
apparently Mr Simon's publishers are working overtime: "Slip Slidin' Away" is selling (wait for it) snow tires.
Meanwhile, will Microsoft get Greg Kihn to promote Kinect for X-Box 360?
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Car ads seem to be casting a wide net for music beds. Saw a Subaru commercial tonight that used the Pogues' If I Should Fall From Grace With God.
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Car ads seem to be casting a wide net for music beds. Saw a Subaru commercial tonight that used the Pogues' If I Should Fall From Grace With God.
Yeah, why spend thousands of dollars to license a track when you can get one from Shane McGowan for a beer and a clean needle?
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For SHAME! Grocery Outlet using fake Muppets! Is nothing sacred??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGbQ9QMS1Rc&feature=related
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Robert Downey Jr *is* ... Mr Peanut! (seriously):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/media/08adco.html?_r=1&ref=television
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For SHAME! Grocery Outlet using fake Muppets! Is nothing sacred??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGbQ9QMS1Rc&feature=related
wow, if it's not the Muppets, it's totally a ripoff!
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Car ads seem to be casting a wide net for music beds. Saw a Subaru commercial tonight that used the Pogues' If I Should Fall From Grace With God.
Yeah, why spend thousands of dollars to license a track when you can get one from Shane McGowan for a beer and a clean needle?
The ad features a pee-wee hockey team, and nothing says "hockey" like a singer with no teeth.
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A song called "Love" by Matt White is flogging the McRib. It was NTM, but the line that caught my ear was "like a summer's day in May", which gets the Neil Diamond don't-you-know-when-Summer-is? award.
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the Neil Diamond don't-you-know-when-Summer-is? award.
Bless you for this.
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Car ads seem to be casting a wide net for music beds. Saw a Subaru commercial tonight that used the Pogues' If I Should Fall From Grace With God.
Just watched a Honda ad featuring Holiday by Vampire Weekend.
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"Last name Ever, first name Greatest" -- gee, Drake, that's soooooooooo clever! ::)
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I've been seeing an ad for a program on Discovery called "Brew Masters" that uses Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" from Superfly as the music bed. Interesting choice.
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J'adore Dior? Not necessarily - but j'adore whoever had the idea to use Marvin Gaye's "Funky Space Reincarnation" in Dior's latest ad.
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J'adore Dior? Not necessarily - but j'adore whoever had the idea to use Marvin Gaye's "Funky Space Reincarnation" in Dior's latest ad.
I had never heard that song until JJ unearthed it on KPOO a few months ago -- wow. One of the great WTF? tracks of all time. In a good way.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
These are the square poster ads inside the train cars. I couldn't find a pic on Google (or anyone blogging about it).
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
These are the square poster ads inside the train cars. I couldn't find a pic on Google (or anyone blogging about it).
me neither, I searched for that exact phrase on google and found 0. I bet this hits the 'blogosphere' soon. Maybe by you? you should start a blog.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
I also noticed that "IRS...NRA" ad yesterday in a BART car, not in a station, and also thought that line was inappropriate. The downtown stations are plastered with other TaxBrain ads, but didn't notice the NRA one in a station.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
These are the square poster ads inside the train cars. I couldn't find a pic on Google (or anyone blogging about it).
me neither, I searched for that exact phrase on google and found 0. I bet this hits the 'blogosphere' soon. Maybe by you? you should start a blog.
I'm emailing SF-ist about it; sounds like it's right up their alley.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
These are the square poster ads inside the train cars. I couldn't find a pic on Google (or anyone blogging about it).
me neither, I searched for that exact phrase on google and found 0. I bet this hits the 'blogosphere' soon. Maybe by you? you should start a blog.
I'm emailing SF-ist about it; sounds like it's right up their alley.
dude, someone here should blog about it. We need to do more crowd-sourcing here.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
These are the square poster ads inside the train cars. I couldn't find a pic on Google (or anyone blogging about it).
me neither, I searched for that exact phrase on google and found 0. I bet this hits the 'blogosphere' soon. Maybe by you? you should start a blog.
I'm emailing SF-ist about it; sounds like it's right up their alley.
dude, someone here should blog about it. We need to do more crowd-sourcing here.
Who at the Chron could you give a "tip" about it? Sounds like something *someone* at sfgate would write about.
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A print ad, actually (and I coulda put this in the "right wing" thread): BART is plastered with ads for taxbrain.com, a new do-your-taxes-on-line website. Most of the ads are innocuous, keyed (unsurprisingly) to the notion that nobody likes to do their taxes. But I was dumbstruck by the caption I saw today:
"IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?"
er...
That is way beyond the pale. Especially since such attacks have indeed occurred. Gah.
completely. I can't believe this was approved. Which BART station is it in? I'd like to see it for myself.
These are the square poster ads inside the train cars. I couldn't find a pic on Google (or anyone blogging about it).
me neither, I searched for that exact phrase on google and found 0. I bet this hits the 'blogosphere' soon. Maybe by you? you should start a blog.
I'm emailing SF-ist about it; sounds like it's right up their alley.
dude, someone here should blog about it. We need to do more crowd-sourcing here.
Who at the Chron could you give a "tip" about it? Sounds like something *someone* at sfgate would write about.
at this stage it would be a good thing for a columnists to mention. Leah Garchik's is kinda gossipy, but she might be interested. CW Nevius might be interested.
Getting a photo would be key for a blog post. Although I typically blog in our bike blog, I could even mention it in one of the other newsy blogs here -- we have an general SFGate news tips & items blog that would work, and we would be wise to advertise this blog better and the entire idea that we're open to user-submissions.
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Getting a photo would be key for a blog post. Although I typically blog in our bike blog, I could even mention it in one of the other newsy blogs here -- we have an general SFGate news tips & items blog that would work, and we would be wise to advertise this blog better and the entire idea that we're open to user-submissions.
My question is: how many other cities is this ad campaign running in? And how many approved (or rejected as offensive) that particular line? Are they on the NYC subway, for example? They're a national website, apparently.
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Getting a photo would be key for a blog post. Although I typically blog in our bike blog, I could even mention it in one of the other newsy blogs here -- we have an general SFGate news tips & items blog that would work, and we would be wise to advertise this blog better and the entire idea that we're open to user-submissions.
My question is: how many other cities is this ad campaign running in? And how many approved (or rejected as offensive) that particular line? Are they on the NYC subway, for example? They're a national website, apparently.
I haven't seen it in NYC and had never heard of it until now.
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Follow-up on the taxbrain.com "IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?" campaign. I emailed BART the other day to complain and got this reply:
Ads are reviewed by the contracted ad agency that handles advertising in the bay area in both the public transit industry and out in general. They comply with standards that have been established for public transit advertising, and in BART we also exclude any ads that advocate alcohol and pornography.
This ad seemed to have applied a tongue-in-cheek humor as many individuals may apply in any variety of situations. However, given the coincidental timing of its display and the eventual incident of a couple weeks back, the client's catch line suddenly reflected in a different light. Please note that right after that, BART requested the ad agency to remove all copy of that ad.
Corporate doublespeak, but hey, they're (supposedly) removing those ads. In the time since I first posted, I've googled the phrase and found that several people have Tweeted about it, but nothing approaching a major mention in the press. SFist apparently ignored the tip I sent them about it.
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Follow-up on the taxbrain.com "IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?" campaign. I emailed BART the other day to complain and got this reply:
Ads are reviewed by the contracted ad agency that handles advertising in the bay area in both the public transit industry and out in general. They comply with standards that have been established for public transit advertising, and in BART we also exclude any ads that advocate alcohol and pornography.
This ad seemed to have applied a tongue-in-cheek humor as many individuals may apply in any variety of situations. However, given the coincidental timing of its display and the eventual incident of a couple weeks back, the client's catch line suddenly reflected in a different light. Please note that right after that, BART requested the ad agency to remove all copy of that ad.
Corporate doublespeak, but hey, they're (supposedly) removing those ads. In the time since I first posted, I've googled the phrase and found that several people have Tweeted about it, but nothing approaching a major mention in the press. SFist apparently ignored the tip I sent them about it.
Hey Mike, I'm sorry I never got around to sending this to a columnist here. Not that it would have guaranteed an appearance in the paper, but maybe a blog. I haven't seen any photos of it via google search, but just tweets here and there. You didn't happen to snap a photo, did you?
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Follow-up on the taxbrain.com "IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?" campaign. I emailed BART the other day to complain and got this reply:
Ads are reviewed by the contracted ad agency that handles advertising in the bay area in both the public transit industry and out in general. They comply with standards that have been established for public transit advertising, and in BART we also exclude any ads that advocate alcohol and pornography.
This ad seemed to have applied a tongue-in-cheek humor as many individuals may apply in any variety of situations. However, given the coincidental timing of its display and the eventual incident of a couple weeks back, the client's catch line suddenly reflected in a different light. Please note that right after that, BART requested the ad agency to remove all copy of that ad.
Corporate doublespeak, but hey, they're (supposedly) removing those ads. In the time since I first posted, I've googled the phrase and found that several people have Tweeted about it, but nothing approaching a major mention in the press. SFist apparently ignored the tip I sent them about it.
Hey Mike, I'm sorry I never got around to sending this to a columnist here. Not that it would have guaranteed an appearance in the paper, but maybe a blog. I haven't seen any photos of it via google search, but just tweets here and there. You didn't happen to snap a photo, did you?
No, sadly, I didn't. But no worries, it's (presumably) a dead issue now.
But I have another question: they seem to have disabled the 'comments' feature on Zennie 62's CityBrights blog -- but they haven't done it to any of the other CityBrights bloggers. Did he get tired of people calling him an idiot?
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it's (presumably) a dead issue now
So to speak.
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Follow-up on the taxbrain.com "IRS Making You Want To Join the NRA?" campaign. I emailed BART the other day to complain and got this reply:
Ads are reviewed by the contracted ad agency that handles advertising in the bay area in both the public transit industry and out in general. They comply with standards that have been established for public transit advertising, and in BART we also exclude any ads that advocate alcohol and pornography.
This ad seemed to have applied a tongue-in-cheek humor as many individuals may apply in any variety of situations. However, given the coincidental timing of its display and the eventual incident of a couple weeks back, the client's catch line suddenly reflected in a different light. Please note that right after that, BART requested the ad agency to remove all copy of that ad.
Corporate doublespeak, but hey, they're (supposedly) removing those ads. In the time since I first posted, I've googled the phrase and found that several people have Tweeted about it, but nothing approaching a major mention in the press. SFist apparently ignored the tip I sent them about it.
Hey Mike, I'm sorry I never got around to sending this to a columnist here. Not that it would have guaranteed an appearance in the paper, but maybe a blog. I haven't seen any photos of it via google search, but just tweets here and there. You didn't happen to snap a photo, did you?
No, sadly, I didn't. But no worries, it's (presumably) a dead issue now.
But I have another question: they seem to have disabled the 'comments' feature on Zennie 62's CityBrights blog -- but they haven't done it to any of the other CityBrights bloggers. Did he get tired of people calling him an idiot?
don't know specifics on Zennie, but CB bloggers can control whether comments appear on any of their posts. it's their call.
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don't know specifics on Zennie, but CB bloggers can control whether comments appear on any of their posts. it's their call.
well then he must've decided he was tired of criticism. Because (a) he really is a moron, and (b) readers have been merciless in telling him so.
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don't know specifics on Zennie, but CB bloggers can control whether comments appear on any of their posts. it's their call.
well then he must've decided he was tired of criticism. Because (a) he really is a moron, and (b) readers have been merciless in telling him so.
sounds about right.
btw, I can't see your icon on the board. I can right-click and open up in a different tab, and then I see it's an animated gif of a Homer Simpson clock, but it's not rendering on the main screen here.
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btw, I can't see your icon on the board. I can right-click and open up in a different tab, and then I see it's an animated gif of a Homer Simpson clock, but it's not rendering on the main screen here.
seems to depend on your computer -- had that problem at home last nite and then I clicked on "Profile" and refreshed it and it came back. I'll probably change to something else later today.
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btw, I can't see your icon on the board. I can right-click and open up in a different tab, and then I see it's an animated gif of a Homer Simpson clock, but it's not rendering on the main screen here.
seems to depend on your computer -- had that problem at home last nite and then I clicked on "Profile" and refreshed it and it came back. I'll probably change to something else later today.
ok, can't wait for your next change of outfits!
btw, that Homer "Beer O'Clock" is completely wrong. I've been watching it now for about 45 minutes and it still says 2:27. I'll give it another hour just to make sure. :)
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All these people upset about the Groupon ads and the "Test Baby" spot... have they seen the Luvs diaper commercial with animated babies dropping big loads in their pants? All to the tune of "Whoops! There it Is"? ... er, EWWW!
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My favorite spot currently airing is a Valentine's PSA that encourages men to check themselves for testicular cancer as a gift to their significant others. Seriously. And the tag line: "Why give diamonds when you can give the family jewels." I am not making this up.
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My favorite spot currently airing is a Valentine's PSA that encourages men to check themselves for testicular cancer as a gift to their significant others. Seriously. And the tag line: "Why give diamonds when you can give the family jewels." I am not making this up.
Thanks for posting this. I don't know if I'll be able to view the advertisement from here, but I'll give it a try. Sounds hilarious.
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My favorite spot currently airing is a Valentine's PSA that encourages men to check themselves for testicular cancer as a gift to their significant others. Seriously. And the tag line: "Why give diamonds when you can give the family jewels." I am not making this up.
Thanks for posting this. I don't know if I'll be able to view the advertisement from here, but I'll give it a try. Sounds hilarious.
here ya go. CBS cares!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGaCzIU8Utk
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OMG: Just heard a radio commercial for one of those herbal supplements for erectile dysfunction, and the spokesman was Peter Scolari, of Bosom Buddies fame. So Tom Hanks is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and Scolari is concerned with, er, wood.
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"Yummy Yummy Yummy" has been revived to promote some of Kellogg's most sugary cereals, like FrootLoops and AppleJacks.
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Now I've seen everything: A new citrusy soft drink called SunDrop is using "Drop it Like It's Hot" ::)
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My favorite spot currently airing is a Valentine's PSA that encourages men to check themselves for testicular cancer as a gift to their significant others. Seriously. And the tag line: "Why give diamonds when you can give the family jewels." I am not making this up.
Thanks for posting this. I don't know if I'll be able to view the advertisement from here, but I'll give it a try. Sounds hilarious.
here ya go. CBS cares!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGaCzIU8Utk
CBS has topped the above PSA with one in whiich an older guy I didn't recognize says (I swear to gawd): "I've seen lots of movements since the '60s... but there's no movement more important than the one you'll have when preparing for a colonoscopy" :o
er... ewww.
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My favorite spot currently airing is a Valentine's PSA that encourages men to check themselves for testicular cancer as a gift to their significant others. Seriously. And the tag line: "Why give diamonds when you can give the family jewels." I am not making this up.
Thanks for posting this. I don't know if I'll be able to view the advertisement from here, but I'll give it a try. Sounds hilarious.
here ya go. CBS cares!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGaCzIU8Utk
CBS has topped the above PSA with one in whiich an older guy I didn't recognize says (I swear to gawd): "I've seen lots of movements since the '60s... but there's no movement more important than the one you'll have when preparing for a colonoscopy" :o
er... ewww.
I've seen that, too!
have you seen the one for the couch support system, where they put "a four hundred pound sumo wrestler on the couch, and then a SIX hundred pound sumo wrestler on the couch -- that's ONE THOUSAND POUNDS OF SUMO!" and then the sumos high five.. (they aren't in sumo diapers, though, just civvies.)
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have you seen the one for the couch support system, where they put "a four hundred pound sumo wrestler on the couch, and then a SIX hundred pound sumo wrestler on the couch -- that's ONE THOUSAND POUNDS OF SUMO!" and then the sumos high five.. (they aren't in sumo diapers, though, just civvies.)
Just saw that one for the first time tonight, and yeah, it caught my attention too. Except I surmise that the two "sumo wrestlers" are really just two fat guys, but they couldn't say "we're putting a 400-pound fat guy on the couch and then a 600-pound fat guy on the couch--that's ONE THOUSAND POUNDS OF FAT GUY."
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FYC's "Good Thing" (actually, an instrumental version) is flogging Prevacid.
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KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" is being used in spots for a new birth control pill called Seasonique. Great name -- but their slogan is (I swear) "Re-punctuate your life with fewer periods". ::)
Meanwhile, the Beatles' "All Together Now" is flogging Sprint.
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The new BlackBerry Playbook (looks like half an iPad) must be "special" -- "Brass in Pocket" is being used in the commercials.
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JB's "Super Bad" is selling Gatorade.
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I've always liked the Progressive insurance commercials with "Flo" -- but the new ones with the guy with the moustache? Jeez, he's so OBVIOUSLY meant to be a mash-up of Keystone Beer's "Keith Stone" (some of the worst commercials I've ever seen) and Allstate's "Mr Mayhem"... whatever happened to creative ad agencies?
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Time Warner Cable's using "Ca Plane Pour Moi" in its local ads!
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So, the Blackberry Playbook runs Flash... so they're using Queen's "Flash! ahhh-ahhh!" in the commercial. Cute.
Meanwhile the Stones' "Miss You" is flogging Grey Goose vodka.
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"Pictures of Matchstickmen" is the latest to be featured in a Target commercial. They're gonna run out of songs pretty soon.
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They bought a birthday card for my supervisor so we could all sign it, and it's one of those cards that plays music -- "I Want Candy", the BowWowWow version! Hallmark done got hip.
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That JP Morgan Chase ad you hear in the stream, the one with the Scottish guy and the younger woman touting how the bank helped their small business, uses the acoustic guitar part from Cat Steven's The Wind
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Montell Jordan's "This is How We Do It" is selling Pepsi on some clever let's-really-stick-it-to-Coke spots. Maybe now we can get AL to play it in a 1995 set.
Meanwhile that Miracle Whip "there's a party in my mouth" guy has got to go. Eww.
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Most hilariously bad misappropriation of hip-hop yet: the "when ah say PINEAPPLE, you say MANGO" McDonald's spots (for their new smoothies). Can't tell if it's an actual rapper or an actor playing one, but I LOLed at the absurdity of it. Smoothies jus' be SO gangsta.
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While watching the SciFi channel (hate its new misspelling of its name as SyFy, btw) over the last week I've seen a commercial for a new shoot-em-up computer game that uses a cover of Nilsson's Best Friend (aka the theme from The Courtship of Eddie's Father). The irony in this is that probably a good 80% or more of the target market for this game are too young to get the reference.
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How many different commercials has Iggy's "The Passenger" been used in now? Just saw it in a Captain Morgan spot.
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How many different commercials has Iggy's "The Passenger" been used in now? Just saw it in a Captain Morgan spot.
It's become the "Still The One" of Gen X.
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Old Navy has turned "Keep Feeling Fascination" into "Keep Trying Combinations". ::)
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OMG: just saw the new Jack-in-the-Box commercial with the cop, fireman & construction worker... I won't spoil it, but great punchline.
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The Slowskys are back!
...uh, they're the tortoises on the Comcast commercials. (how soon they forget) They had a baby. Awww...
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Old Navy has turned "Keep Feeling Fascination" into "Keep Trying Combinations". ::)
And now they've remade "Only in My Dreams" as "Only in My Jeans". Guess Old Navy's target demo is the same as DC's ;)
OMFG: they've also turned Salt'N'Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex" into "Let's Talk About Jeans". Oy.
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Old Navy has turned "Keep Feeling Fascination" into "Keep Trying Combinations". ::)
And now they've remade "Only in My Dreams" as "Only in My Jeans". Guess Old Navy's target demo is the same as DC's ;)
OMFG: they've also turned Salt'N'Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex" into "Let's Talk About Jeans". Oy.
worse yet: they've made "Sister Christian" even worse than it was -- didn't think that was possible.
But the dog and the cockatoo singing "Take on Me" for Geico is genius.
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So I'm watching the Weather Channel and the local commercials come on... and they show a spot for "Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC". Not lately, pal. (It was the one with the kid at the spelling bee.) Ooops!
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Duffy's "Mercy" is now flogging Samsung washing machines.
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J.Lo is doing the umpteenth version of "Venus" on those lady razor commercials -- talk about unnecessary!
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Just heard a local spot on 1340 The Boardwalk for a chiropractic group. The tagline: "remember, no one touches you like your chiropractor". Er, seriously??
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"Rocket Man" is selling Volkswagen Passats in an amusing mondegreen-related ad.
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"Ah got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"
In a weird TANC, I posted the above Jay-Z lyric as my FB status after seeing someone wearing it on a T-shirt yesterday; then last nite I discovered the song is being used in commercials for the "Battlefield 3" video game. Only, of course, the word "bitch" is bleeped -- why would you spend money to license a song that you have to censor?
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"Ah got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"
In a weird TANC, I posted the above Jay-Z lyric as my FB status after seeing someone wearing it on a T-shirt yesterday; then last nite I discovered the song is being used in commercials for the "Battlefield 3" video game. Only, of course, the word "bitch" is bleeped -- why would you spend money to license a song that you have to censor?
because everyone thinks, 'oh cool, they're using that bad-ass Jay-Z song but The Man is making them censor it! Bastards!'
I didn't know that was Jay-Z lyric until I just read this post, but I saw a variation of it on a t-shirt at Upper Playground:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1032256779_f0cd479c4b.jpg)
"99 Problems, But a Pitch Ain't One."
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"Ah got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"
In a weird TANC, I posted the above Jay-Z lyric as my FB status after seeing someone wearing it on a T-shirt yesterday; then last nite I discovered the song is being used in commercials for the "Battlefield 3" video game. Only, of course, the word "bitch" is bleeped -- why would you spend money to license a song that you have to censor?
because everyone thinks, 'oh cool, they're using that bas-ass Jay-Z song but The Man is making them censor it! Bastards!'
I didn't know that was Jay-Z lyric until I just read this post, but I saw a variation of it on a t-shirt at Upper Playground:
"99 Problems, But a Pitch Ain't One."
there's also a ghetto variation, "99 problems but a SNITCH ain't one"
A straight friend suggested to me that the "bitch" version really should be a homo anthem, since gay guys never have woman problems. Which is especially funny if you know that Jay-Z is oft-rumored to be on the down-low.
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Sam Worthington and the newly-slimmed-down Jonah Hill in a wildly overproduced TV ad for the "Call of Duty" video game. WTFF?
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Bootsy Collins selling -- what else? -- boots for Old Navy. YabbaDabbaDoozaBubba!
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Gwen Stefani is designing kid's clothes for Target? WTFF??
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The Creation song, "Making Time," that was in Rushmore is now being used to sell Miller Lite.
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This Travelers Insurance spot is the umpteenth commercial to use "Happy Together" -- but check out the theater marquee at apx :14 secs in... is that not SF's own Balboa Theater?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L33-wNqlpU&feature=related
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This Travelers Insurance spot is the umpteenth commercial to use "Happy Together" -- but check out the theater marquee at apx :14 secs in... is that not SF's own Balboa Theater?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L33-wNqlpU&feature=related
I'd seen this, but didn't notice the theater. I did notice Spreckels Lake and the Conservatory of Flowers, and wondered where some of the other scenes were shot.
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Test.
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Test.
Thanks. it's very weird and I'm still trying to figure out what in my post triggered the "Forbidden" thingy.
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Test.
Thanks. it's very weird and I'm still trying to figure out what in my post triggered the "Forbidden" thingy.
Sorry, I was out of town. Are you still blocked?
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Test.
Thanks. it's very weird and I'm still trying to figure out what in my post triggered the "Forbidden" thingy.
Sorry, I was out of town. Are you still blocked?
no, but again, it was only that one thread and only because i typed a brand name (I think). But meanwhile, getting the "new" marker to disappear has become a chore (it doesn't just go away after you've read a post, you have to hit refresh multiple times.
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But meanwhile, getting the "new" marker to disappear has become a chore (it doesn't just go away after you've read a post, you have to hit refresh multiple times.
I'm experiencing that, as well.
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The Hyundai ad featuring a wannabe white rap group has killed my interest for their product.
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Most disgusting thing ever: Marshmallow flavored Vodka. I am not making this up, just saw the commercial. Er, eww.
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"Drake's Deception"? So, they've made a video game about what it's like to be a closeted gay rapper??
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vCSIyT3cQxY/S-uVCD2_xmI/AAAAAAAAGfU/LboBaP6PzcM/s320/July_Lyrics_Video_Drake.jpg)
Lavender ain't yo' color, girlfriend.
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"Drake's Deception"? So, they've made a video game about what it's like to be a closeted gay rapper??
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vCSIyT3cQxY/S-uVCD2_xmI/AAAAAAAAGfU/LboBaP6PzcM/s320/July_Lyrics_Video_Drake.jpg)
Lavender ain't yo' color, girlfriend.
He's gay too? Dayum, I can't keep up! Oh, he's also Jewish AND Canadian.
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"Ah got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"
In a weird TANC, I posted the above Jay-Z lyric as my FB status after seeing someone wearing it on a T-shirt yesterday; then last nite I discovered the song is being used in commercials for the "Battlefield 3" video game. Only, of course, the word "bitch" is bleeped -- why would you spend money to license a song that you have to censor?
because everyone thinks, 'oh cool, they're using that bad-ass Jay-Z song but The Man is making them censor it! Bastards!'
I didn't know that was Jay-Z lyric until I just read this post, but I saw a variation of it on a t-shirt at Upper Playground:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1032256779_f0cd479c4b.jpg)
"99 Problems, But a Pitch Ain't One."
Another TANC: A speculative list of Jay-Z's 99 problems......
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/a-speculative-list-of-jay-zs-99-problems/
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holee crap: Janet Jackson doing NutriSystem commercials!
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it's, like, Evangelical commercials nite on Me-TV: ChristianMingle.com, Elizabeth Hasslebeck for some home gym thing, and Pat Boone for insurance. eeek.
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Not strictly a music comment, but the Jack In The Box "Jumbaco" ad makes me want to break things.
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Ted Nugent's Strangelhold appears in a current Volkswagen ad, where a montage shows a character at progressing ages buying first a 10 speed bike (pre-teen), then a moped (teenager), then a Camaro (young man). Each time he asks the seller "Is it fast?"
now he's a little older and he's checking out a VW and asks "Is it safe" and we see he now has a kid strapped to his chest in one of those baby-backpacks-in-front. He's a baby-daddy! awwww!
cue the Nooge.
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just saw a McDonald's spot for their "Chicken McBites" (their version of popcorn chicken, apparently) and everyone in the commercial was Asian. Never saw anything that ethnno-specific before. This was during 30 Rock on WGN.
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just saw a McDonald's spot for their "Chicken McBites" (their version of popcorn chicken, apparently) and everyone in the commercial was Asian. Never saw anything that ethnno-specific before. This was during 30 Rock on WGN.
I stated yesterday that I wouldn't care for the term "egg mcmuffin".
I don't believe I'd react any better to "Chicken McBite".
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just saw a McDonald's spot for their "Chicken McBites" (their version of popcorn chicken, apparently) and everyone in the commercial was Asian. Never saw anything that ethnno-specific before. This was during 30 Rock on WGN.
I stated yesterday that I wouldn't care for the term "egg mcmuffin".
I don't believe I'd react any better to "Chicken McBite".
Obviously their branding department is running out of inspiration when it comes to innovative ways to incorporate "Mc" with various new menu items. Although I would love to see an ad campaign with the tag line "McBite me!"
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I would love to see an ad campaign with the tag line "McBite me!"
oh, I'm definitely stealing that!
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Adrien Brody needs to do commercials for Gilette shavers? Dude, you have a fucking OSCAR!
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And so, "The Lorax", Dr Seuss' magical fable about saving the environment, is being used to sell... cars. Surely the man is turning over in his grave.
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"Pop Goes the World" has the honor of gracing a Tide commercial.
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The O'Jays' "Time To Get Down" is in a new '70s-themed KFC ad for their Chicken Pot Pies
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Mommy needs a ciggie.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WriF8m2mVt0/SDBPA4mvD4I/AAAAAAAABxk/iJWenqHTdJs/s400/Marlboro+Mummy.jpg)
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Mommy needs a ciggie.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WriF8m2mVt0/SDBPA4mvD4I/AAAAAAAABxk/iJWenqHTdJs/s400/Marlboro+Mummy.jpg)
Is that a vintage ad or parody?
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Mommy needs a ciggie.
Is that a vintage ad or parody?
Shouldn't it say "Marlboro MAN?" :)
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Mommy needs a ciggie.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WriF8m2mVt0/SDBPA4mvD4I/AAAAAAAABxk/iJWenqHTdJs/s400/Marlboro+Mummy.jpg)
Is that a vintage ad or parody?
those are actual ads --not sure what year, could be anywhere from the early '40s to the late '50s, I'm guessing.
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Not sure how new it is, but I caught a soundalike of the Chairmen of the Board's "Give Me Just A Little More Time" in a Swiffer commercial tonight.
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So, Little Steven's Underground Garage chose today to promote via FB "our new Underground Garage black hoodie" Dude, seriously?
Of course, I instantly commented "Just don't wear it in Florida"
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"Walking on Sunshine" for Publisher's Clearing House -- "cause I just can't wait for the day when you knock on mah door", get it?
oh, and Neon Trees are actually IN a new Buick commercial.
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"I'm Too Sexy" is selling Pop-Tarts.
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Madness' version of "It Must Be Love" is flogging Volkswagen Passats.
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No music per se, but worth posting:
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2012/04/18/urban-outfitters-lesbian-kiss-catalog-photo-sparks-parent-outrage/?plckItemsPerPage=50&plckSort=TimeStampDescending
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Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take it" for Extended Stay America hotels. Oy.
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That Great America commercial with the family that communicates by screaming (with subtitles) is easily the most annoying spot in months.
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That Great America commercial with the family that communicates by screaming (with subtitles) is easily the most annoying spot in months.
there oughtta be a law!
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Enterprise Car Rental is using Rusted Root's "Send Me on My Way". Goddamn hippies!
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Hearing Johnny Cash's exquisite cover of "Hurt" being used to sell some godawful video game is the single most depressing thing that's happened to me this month.
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Hearing Johnny Cash's exquisite cover of "Hurt" being used to sell some godawful video game is the single most depressing thing that's happened to me this month.
Heck, you must have had a pretty good month!
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Hearing Johnny Cash's exquisite cover of "Hurt" being used to sell some godawful video game is the single most depressing thing that's happened to me this month.
Heck, you must have had a pretty good month!
HAHA...! Who doesn't love the Man In Black, but I'll bet Rick Rubin and Tom Petty and those folks who collaborated on the resurgence of Johhny's career with those (very nice) remakes eventually started calling him "Johnny Cash Cow" -- and he probably didn't mind.
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For Radical: Real McCoy's "Another Night" being used by Farmers Insurance.
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Just saw a spot on the Giants pre-game for Blimpie -- damn, I didn't think they still existed. What with a Subway or a Quiznos on every other corner, I haven't seen a Blimpie in years. "America's Sub Shop" is their new (?) slogan.
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Dire Straits "Walk of Life" for Burger King.
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Dire Straits "Walk of Life" for Burger King.
just saw it on the Giants game!
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H&O's "You Make-a My Dreams" for Nissan. And I swear I'm hearing the intro to Donovan's "Barabajagl" on a Ford spot.
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"Holiday Road" is selling Twizzlers.
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Heard a KT Tunstall track as the bed of a Walmart ad last week. Don't think they actually used her lyrics, but regardless. Have you no shame?
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Heard a KT Tunstall track as the bed of a Walmart ad last week. Don't think they actually used her lyrics, but regardless. Have you no shame?
yes -- "Suddenly I See" is their signature now. In all their spots.
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Heard a KT Tunstall track as the bed of a Walmart ad last week. Don't think they actually used her lyrics, but regardless. Have you no shame?
yes -- "Suddenly I See" is their signature now. In all their spots.
and speaking of that evil corporation: it's "Walmart feat Pitbull"... as if he wasn't a crappy enuf rapper without being a whore too. Well, he'll be the only Latino in Alaska, I guess...
Pitbull May Head to Alaska in Walmart Campaign
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/internet-effort-might-force-miami-rapper-pitbull-to-cold-alaska-in-walmart-campaign/2012/07/02/gJQANaUmIW_story.html
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Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" for Verizon.
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The Seeds, "Pushin Too Hard" for Nike.
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"Summer Nights" from Grease is now "Summer Savin' Days" for Nissan.
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eSurance is using Yaz's "Situation".
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Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door" on a Honda commercial?
http://youtu.be/CNzO_OSyNBw
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I see Vagisil is advertising again -- I didn't think they made that stuff any more -- I always thought they should've licensed "Love Is Like An Itching in My Heart"
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Delaney & Bonnie's "Never-Ending Song of Love" is flogging Olive Garden's never-ending pasta bowls.
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Is that Macca singing that "it's gonna be a great day" song on the Chase Sapphire Preferred commercial?
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OMFG: that Geico commercial with Eddie Money is the saddest thing I've seen in ages.
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OMFG: that Geico commercial with Eddie Money is the saddest thing I've seen in ages.
I suppose I could Google it and watch, but it seems I should be surprised by it.
What is the most pathetic ad a musical has-been has been involved with? Damn what an awful sentence.
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Walgreens' new slogan is "At the corner of Happy and Healthy" and so OF COURSE the radio spots use CCR's "Down on the Corner".
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the immortal Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin classic "Je T'Aime" is selling Dior parfum, in a commercial starring Natalie Portman.
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Bryan Ferry's cover if "The 'In' Crowd" is flogging Discount Shoe Warehouse.
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Todo da bien Chevrolet? No, Stevie's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" is flogging Liberty Mutual.
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Bananarama/Fun Boy 3 "It Ain't What Ya Do (It's the Way That Ya Do it)" is flogging printers.
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The Champs' immortal "Tequila!" is now "Tostitos!" -- honestly I can't believe it took them this long to think of it.
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The Kinks' "Father Christmas" is selling Chromebooks.
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So this commercial for Guinness Black comes on: charming Irish guy with 2 babes getting into a cab. And he looks REALLY familiar... I finally realize it's the guy from Boardwalk Empire who plays the man with half a face. Wow.
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For Nicorette patches: "I just want to celebrate/anothyer day of... QUITTING!"
Oy.
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Now I've seen everything: Salt'n'Pepa's "Push it" for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee.
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Just heard that Progressive insurance commercial, with a singer that someone on FB described as sounding "like Taylor Dayne and MeatLoaf had a baby" -- damned if that isn't an on-the-nose description. Oy.
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For Ice Breakers, the gum, Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby".
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For Ice Breakers, the gum, Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby".
amazing that took 20 years to happen.
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Heard an ad that used the instrumental track from CCR's Down on the Corner as a bed, and damned if I can remember what it was for. Guess it wasn't that good an ad. :D
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Heard an ad that used the instrumental track from CCR's Down on the Corner as a bed, and damned if I can remember what it was for. Guess it wasn't that good an ad. :D
I mentioned it on the previous page: Walgreens. (their tagline is "At the corner of _________"; as in "at the corner of healthy & happy" or "... smart & thrifty" or fill-in-the-blank).
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Heard an ad that used the instrumental track from CCR's Down on the Corner as a bed, and damned if I can remember what it was for. Guess it wasn't that good an ad. :D
I mentioned it on the previous page: Walgreens. (their tagline is "At the corner of _________"; as in "at the corner of healthy & happy" or "... smart & thrifty" or fill-in-the-blank).
Yep, that'd be it!
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Human League's "Human" for Liberty Mutual Insurance.
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is there anything Shaquille O'Neal WON'T do a commercial for?
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Me-TV has started showing vintage commercials: Petula Clark singing the praises of some car in the '60s; Rob & Laura Petrie washing dishes with Joy liquid. Kinda cool.
ETA: apparently this is a regular thing on ME-TV but most affiliates sell local spots in place of the retro ads, so a lot of folks (including us in the SF Market) don't see them. I guess KOFY's sales staff were asleep at the switch this month. I'd love to see more of them.
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Lance Bass is doing commercials for Miracle Whip. "This is Lance Bass, reminding you to keep an open mouth". Words fail me.
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TOP's "What is Hip?" for Amazon.
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a Geico ad for their motorcycle insurance features "Midnight Rider". Uh -- *TWO* ABB members died on motorcycles, guys.
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a Geico ad for their motorcycle insurance features "Midnight Rider". Uh -- *TWO* ABB members died on motorcycles, guys.
excellent point Mr. Mike!
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TANC?
Today's 10@10 is 1983, and on one of KQED's subchannels I see a promo spot for Nova,
the music for which is an acoustic version of "She Blinded Me With Science." Nice. Anybody
know who this is?
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TANC?
Today's 10@10 is 1983, and on one of KQED's subchannels I see a promo spot for Nova,
the music for which is an acoustic version of "She Blinded Me With Science." Nice. Anybody
know who this is?
there's also a spot (AT&T?) using an instrumental version of "Major Tom"
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Fun (period)'s "Some Nights" is flogging Southwest Airlines.
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OK, so why did I JUST 5 MINUTES AGO hear a "Fresh & Easy" commercial on KFOG, if they're closing all their stores? WTFF?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fresh-easy-tesco-us-20130417,0,4342693.story
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OK, so why did I JUST 5 MINUTES AGO hear a "Fresh & Easy" commercial on KFOG, if they're closing all their stores? WTFF?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fresh-easy-tesco-us-20130417,0,4342693.story
'Cause they bought their ad time a couple months ago?
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OK, so why did I JUST 5 MINUTES AGO hear a "Fresh & Easy" commercial on KFOG, if they're closing all their stores? WTFF?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fresh-easy-tesco-us-20130417,0,4342693.story
'Cause they bought their ad time a couple months ago?
possibly, but this shut-down has been in the works for nearly a year and this was the first Fresh & Easy radio ad I've ever heard. Odd.
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OK, so why did I JUST 5 MINUTES AGO hear a "Fresh & Easy" commercial on KFOG, if they're closing all their stores? WTFF?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fresh-easy-tesco-us-20130417,0,4342693.story
'Cause they bought their ad time a couple months ago?
possibly, but this shut-down has been in the works for nearly a year and this was the first Fresh & Easy radio ad I've ever heard. Odd.
ok, I just heard a commercial, too. It was hilarious: the jingle talks about getting your food "The F and Easy way."
Sing that out loud and you get "the effin' easy way."
brilliant, that!
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ok, I just heard a commercial, too. It was hilarious: the jingle talks about getting your food "The F and Easy way."
Sing that out loud and you get "the effin' easy way."
brilliant, that!
I wonder if F and Easy sells Frank's Red Hot Sauce? I put that effin shit on everything.
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ok, I just heard a commercial, too. It was hilarious: the jingle talks about getting your food "The F and Easy way."
Sing that out loud and you get "the effin' easy way."
brilliant, that!
I wonder if F and Easy sells Frank's Red Hot Sauce? I put that effin shit on everything.
heh... I'd like to see a timeline of how the language in pop culture or advertising has proceeded over the years to include words that would undoubtedly have shocked our elders, who in turn would have shocked THEIR elders, etc.
dang > damn > bitch > balls > effin' etc.
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Jimi's "Star Spangled Banner" selling the iPhone 5 on T-Mobile
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Well-played, American Airlines: getting Don Draper himself to voice your new TV spots.
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I keep hearing the radio spots for TMZ. Their slogan: "Hollywood is a circus. We're the ringleader". Uh, I think you mean "ringMASTER", no? They're 2 different words, idiots.
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"Lucky Man" flogging the VW Passat.
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OK, so why did I JUST 5 MINUTES AGO hear a "Fresh & Easy" commercial on KFOG, if they're closing all their stores? WTFF?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fresh-easy-tesco-us-20130417,0,4342693.story
'Cause they bought their ad time a couple months ago?
possibly, but this shut-down has been in the works for nearly a year and this was the first Fresh & Easy radio ad I've ever heard. Odd.
There's talk of trying to sell it, but I don't think they'll be able to. Fresh & Easy = neither fresh nor easy.
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The Faces' great "Ooh La La" for Merrill Lynch.
and CCR's "Up Around the Bend" is selling Raisin Bran.
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Salt-n-Peppa & En Vogue's "Whatta Man" for Nissan Altima:
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7nGQ/nissan-altima-dads-first-job-original-song-salt-n-peppa
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Fiat using T.Rex's "Children of the Revolution" for a 1776-themed spot.
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ok, I just heard a commercial, too. It was hilarious: the jingle talks about getting your food "The F and Easy way."
Sing that out loud and you get "the effin' easy way."
brilliant, that!
I wonder if F and Easy sells Frank's Red Hot Sauce? I put that effin shit on everything.
heh... I'd like to see a timeline of how the language in pop culture or advertising has proceeded over the years to include words that would undoubtedly have shocked our elders, who in turn would have shocked THEIR elders, etc.
dang > damn > bitch > balls > effin' etc.
they're running their radio spots again (something about how they make your life easier in the summertime) and I've noticed that there are now 2 versions of the commercial, the usual "effin' easy" spot (hearing it on KFOG) and also a version where they sing "Fresh 'n' Easy" each time so as not to offend (which, oddly, has been running on Live 105).
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Bread's "Baby I'm-a Wan Shoe" for Lay's potato chips.
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a generic cover version of Michael Franti's The Sound Of Sunshine for an all-inclusive resort called Sandals.
See also: http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=902.msg126103;topicseen#msg126103
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well, that was, um, effin' easy:
http://blog.sfgate.com/bottomline/2013/09/10/fresh-easy-bought-and-lives-on/
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well, that was, um, effin' easy:
http://blog.sfgate.com/bottomline/2013/09/10/fresh-easy-bought-and-lives-on/
So I guess it isn't entirely insane to have run their ads.
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Grocery Outlet has a spokesperson named "Lois Prices". GET IT?? Oy.
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Based on the reviews of his restaurants, Guy Fieri doing ROLAIDS commercials seems a perfect fit.
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"Your Shane Company salesperson is also your wingman". Sorry, I think I'd prefer Barney Stinson...
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"Reach Out in the Darkness" for Target; CCR's "Up Around the Bend" for Raisin Bran.
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Capital One: Dayum, when Samuel L Jackson asks "what's in your wallet"... you bettah TELL him, muthafuckah!
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A rather nice instrumental version of F.Mac's "Never Going Back" is selling Bank of America.
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"Moneygrabber" in a commercial for New Amsterdam Vodka.
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saddest thing I've ever posted in this thread: Train's "Drive-By" used in a commercial for Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide is not on my side.
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the 'oo, "Join Together" for Sony.
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Rod and others who are fond of typing "cow orker" here will appreciate this meme: Colbert did a bit Monday nite, re: the fact that the NFL will sue you if you say "Super Bowl" without permission. So he's doing a week of shows celebrating "Superb Owl XLVII".
(http://wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/files/2013/02/Superb-Owl.jpg)
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Rod and others who are fond of typing "cow orker" here will appreciate this meme: Colbert did a bit Monday nite, re: the fact that the NFL will sue you if you say "Super Bowl" without permission. So he's doing a week of shows celebrating "Superb Owl XLVII".
(http://wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/files/2013/02/Superb-Owl.jpg)
I've heard that even people using only the roman numerals XLVIII are getting calls from NFL lawyers. Sheesh!
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Rod and others who are fond of typing "cow orker" here will appreciate this meme: Colbert did a bit Monday nite, re: the fact that the NFL will sue you if you say "Super Bowl" without permission. So he's doing a week of shows celebrating "Superb Owl XLVII".
I've heard that even people using only the roman numerals XLVIII are getting calls from NFL lawyers. Sheesh!
"Cow orker" obviously stems from a typing error and has been an Internet meme for around
twenty years. I wager it began in some usenet discussion group, and if Google hadn't ruined
their archive into an unusable pile of dung with the latest version, I'd try looking for its earliest
occurence.
The IOC et. al. are even bigger dicks about "protecting their brand." They went after businesses
in London who used "2012" on signs. One of many reasons why I have come to despise the
Olympics.
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Rod and others who are fond of typing "cow orker" here will appreciate this meme: Colbert did a bit Monday nite, re: the fact that the NFL will sue you if you say "Super Bowl" without permission. So he's doing a week of shows celebrating "Superb Owl XLVII".
I've heard that even people using only the roman numerals XLVIII are getting calls from NFL lawyers. Sheesh!
"Cow orker" obviously stems from a typing error and has been an Internet meme for around
twenty years. I wager it began in some usenet discussion group, and if Google hadn't ruined
their archive into an unusable pile of dung with the latest version, I'd try looking for its earliest
occurence.
The IOC et. al. are even bigger dicks about "protecting their brand." They went after businesses
in London who used "2012" on signs. One of many reasons why I have come to despise the
Olympics.
I think I first learned of "cow orker" on this board -- I think it was first introduced by mshray, though I might be misremembering. I'm not sure why it appeals to me, but it does.
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Rod and others who are fond of typing "cow orker" here will appreciate this meme: Colbert did a bit Monday nite, re: the fact that the NFL will sue you if you say "Super Bowl" without permission. So he's doing a week of shows celebrating "Superb Owl XLVII".
I've heard that even people using only the roman numerals XLVIII are getting calls from NFL lawyers. Sheesh!
"Cow orker" obviously stems from a typing error and has been an Internet meme for around
twenty years. I wager it began in some usenet discussion group, and if Google hadn't ruined
their archive into an unusable pile of dung with the latest version, I'd try looking for its earliest
occurence.
The IOC et. al. are even bigger dicks about "protecting their brand." They went after businesses
in London who used "2012" on signs. One of many reasons why I have come to despise the
Olympics.
I think I first learned of "cow orker" on this board -- I think it was first introduced by mshray, though I might be misremembering. I'm not sure why it appeals to me, but it does.
I believe there is a thread somewhere on this site entitled "The Cow Orker Thread".
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Rod and others who are fond of typing "cow orker" here will appreciate this meme: Colbert did a bit Monday nite, re: the fact that the NFL will sue you if you say "Super Bowl" without permission. So he's doing a week of shows celebrating "Superb Owl XLVII".
I've heard that even people using only the roman numerals XLVIII are getting calls from NFL lawyers. Sheesh!
"Cow orker" obviously stems from a typing error and has been an Internet meme for around
twenty years. I wager it began in some usenet discussion group, and if Google hadn't ruined
their archive into an unusable pile of dung with the latest version, I'd try looking for its earliest
occurence.
The IOC et. al. are even bigger dicks about "protecting their brand." They went after businesses
in London who used "2012" on signs. One of many reasons why I have come to despise the
Olympics.
I think I first learned of "cow orker" on this board -- I think it was first introduced by mshray, though I might be misremembering. I'm not sure why it appeals to me, but it does.
My recollection agrees with Rod. I couldn't remember if it was Mark or Rod that first used it, but if Rod says it was Mark then it probably was. I think it did originate with a mis-typed space, about 10-12 years back. Could have come from elsewhere but this was the first place I saw it in use.
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Somebody covering K.T. Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" for Walmart. Blorf.
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Somebody covering K.T. Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" for Walmart. Blorf.
They've been using what I assumed was the original version for several years. Maybe the option finally ran out?
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Sylvester's "Mighty Real" for Target.
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Sylvester's "Mighty Real" for Target.
shoulda changed it to Mighty Deal .... because of the impressive savings and value ...
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3DN for B of A: "Shambala"
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Heard a radio spot on Magic 98 for some product that cures bad breath in dogs -- NutraDent Complete -- and they were using "Love Stinks". Oy.
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DM's "Just Can't Get Enough" for Yoplait.
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"Afternoon Delight" for... Taco Bell??
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a Geico ad for their motorcycle insurance features "Midnight Rider". Uh -- *TWO* ABB members died on motorcycles, guys.
excellent point Mr. Mike!
Just saw this commercial but with different music.
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Apollo 100's "Joy" for Miller Lite.
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Really, Bank of America? "Sweet Home Alabama"?? REALLY ?!?
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Really, Bank of America? "Sweet Home Alabama"?? REALLY ?!?
for southern state mortgage loans?
"Toin it up!"
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Really, Bank of America? "Sweet Home Alabama"?? REALLY ?!?
for southern state mortgage loans?
"Toin it up!"
"The TARP bailout does not bother me
Does Tim Geithner bother you?
Tell the truth!"
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Really, Bank of America? "Sweet Home Alabama"?? REALLY ?!?
I do have to admit, I hear it differently, after seeing the Muscle Shoals movie on Netflix.
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Really, Bank of America? "Sweet Home Alabama"?? REALLY ?!?
for southern state mortgage loans?
"Toin it up!"
"The TARP bailout does not bother me
Does Tim Geithner bother you?
Tell the truth!"
"In Wells Fargo they love the broker (ooh , Ooh, Ooh) but we all took the interest-only loan."
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T-Rex's "20th Century Boy" for Verizon.
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"Mony Mony" for the Nissan Sentra. Appears to be the Tommy James version, as opposed to Billy Idol. Who's the demographic here?
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The Kinks, "All Day & All Night" -- for Yoplait (!)
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Chrysler is apparently using Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed," but one doesn't realize it until the end of the ad, when we hear the words "Things Have Changed" after some non-intrusive instrumental background chords.
http://youtu.be/4A11cEEdCzE
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Chrysler is apparently using Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed," but one doesn't realize it until the end of the ad, when we hear the words "Things Have Changed" after some non-intrusive instrumental background chords.
http://youtu.be/4A11cEEdCzE
they started using it in a Super Bowl add in Feb, iirc.
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Chrysler is apparently using Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed," but one doesn't realize it until the end of the ad, when we hear the words "Things Have Changed" after some non-intrusive instrumental background chords.
http://youtu.be/4A11cEEdCzE
they started using it in a Super Bowl add in Feb, iirc.
Yes, I guess I just thought the SuperBowl ad was more overt, and actually featured Dylan, no?
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Partridges, "C'mon Get Happy" for Prius.
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"Vehicle" in a Carl's Jr ad but it sounded like a cover, not the original. Did Jim Peterik want too much money? Great gawd in heaven, indeed.
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This was inevitable: Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" for... Hot Pockets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSldY-AYK8s
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Mr. Big's "To Be With You" for Wendy's pretzel-bun campaign.
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For Symmetra Investing, a weird cover of Sugar Ray's "Fly".
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For Symmetra Investing, a weird cover of Sugar Ray's "Fly".
I was actually grateful it wasn't the original.
And some solar panel company is using the eye-rollingly obvious "Walking on Sunshine"
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"Time of the Season" music over pictures of bbq kabob stuff. Raley's ad for "Taste of the season!"
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The latest to shill for Geico motorcycle insurance: Wallflowers, "One Headlight"
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Three Dog Night's "Shambala" for Bank of America
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and another one for B of A: Blondie's "Tide Is High"
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Haddaway, What Is Love? for Wells Fargo
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Apollo 100's "Joy" on that Miller Lite commercial that says (I'm paraphrasing) "Lite beer makes people more attractive, which leads to marriage and babies, so therefore if it weren't for Miller Lite, you wouldn't've been born."
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Fitz & the Tantrums' "Moneygrabber" for New Amsterdam vodka.
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Steve Miller's "Take the Money & Run" for Taco Bell.
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Foster Farms Amazing Chicken shtick. First it was a chorus of chickens clucking to Pet Shop Boys "Don't You Want Me?" and the next commercial was "Sister Christian."
ugh
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Foster Farms Amazing Chicken shtick. First it was a chorus of chickens clucking to Pet Shop Boys "Don't You Want Me?" and the next commercial was "Sister Christian."
ugh
so, you're watching the Foster Farms Bowl, then?
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Foster Farms Amazing Chicken shtick. First it was a chorus of chickens clucking to Pet Shop Boys "Don't You Want Me?" and the next commercial was "Sister Christian."
ugh
so, you're watching the Foster Farms Bowl, then?
We were, but it lacked, how you say, suspense!
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Bob Dylan and Video Games?
http://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/2014/12/clash-of-clans-flight-of-the-barbarian/
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I guess it was inevitable that damn Proclaimers song would end up in a car commercial...
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Some time ago I joked that groups like Fun seemed to be writing songs with an eye to how they would sound when covered by the kids on "Glee". And here's a McDonald's commercial with Fun's "Carry On" sounding like it's being sung by the kids from "Glee".
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Delta toilets "Potty Training" commercial -- using The Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache". I shit you not.
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Kongos' "Come With Me Now" for Universal Studios in Orlando
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An imitation-Otis cover of "Try a Little Tenderness" for... McDonald's chicken tenders. Oy.
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Cece Peniston's fab "Finally" in a spot for Tena -- a "female bladder control" product. Er... ewww.
And Fitz & the Tantrums' "The Walker" for SuperCuts.
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The Who's "Eminence Front" for GMC trucks.
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Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings' "100 Days 100 Nights" in a FitBit commercial.
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Are we allowed to post the Mad Men series-ending song yet?
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Are we allowed to post the Mad Men series-ending song yet?
Heh. I was able to watch it last nite. Anybody else? It will surely show up on 10@10 next time we visit that year.
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Are we allowed to post the Mad Men series-ending song yet?
Heh. I was able to watch it last nite. Anybody else? It will surely show up on 10@10 next time we visit that year.
Not a Mad Men devotee, and I think I've already heard spoilers (1971?), so you don't have to hold back on my account.
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Are we allowed to post the Mad Men series-ending song yet?
Heh. I was able to watch it last nite. Anybody else? It will surely show up on 10@10 next time we visit that year.
Not a Mad Men devotee, and I think I've already heard spoilers (1971?), so you don't have to hold back on my account.
If you really want to hear said song, check out my '71 fantasy set on SoundCloud...
ETA: Here's the link: https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/279-10-10-1971
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Clash, "Should I Stay..." for Choice Hotels.
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"Happy Together" being used for the billionth time, for Plenti, the new "rewards card"
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Brenton Wood "Oogum Boogum" helping LeBron James sell the new KIA.
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LedZep "Whole Lotta Love" for Dior Homme cologne.
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Judas Priest's "You Got Another Thing Coming" for Terminix insect exterminators.
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Supergrass, "We Are Young" for Frosted Mini-Wheats
"Rock Around The Clock" becomes "POD around the clock" for Tide detergent pods. Seriously, that one doesn't even make sense.
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Montell Jordan "This is How we Do It" for Dish Network -- I can't tell if it's a re=recorded version saying "DISH is how we do it", which would actually be sorta clever.
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Edgar Winter "Free Ride" for Ford's year-end clearance.
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a cover of Frampton's "Show Me The Way" used to sell Uncle Ben's rice.
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"Ca Plane Pour Moi" for Johnnie Walker Red.
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The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" for the current iteration of the Call of Duty videogame.
Ten Years After's "I'd Love to Change the World" for the film "Our Brand is Crisis."
Note: Ten Years After is very underrepresented on 10@10.
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Ten Years After is very underrepresented on 10@10.
agreed -- "Change the World" is pretty much all we've ever heard, and no one remembers how ubiquitous they were on prog-FM in '69 and '70, between Woodstock and the Cricklewood Green LP. "Love like a Man" was a staple where I come from.
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a snippet of the Isleys' "Fight the Power" for a Nespresso spot feat George Clooney and Danny DeVito.
And Queen's "You're My Best Friend" for PetSmart.
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A cover of the Beatles' All Together Now for Kohl's.
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Zombies, "She's Not There" for Chanel, So, she's not there but her perfume is?
Also: Cher's "Little Man" for Amazon.
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Zombies, "She's Not There" for Chanel, So, she's not there but her perfume is?
She was here an hour ago; she left, but the odor lingers on...
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Another perfume commercial (I hate the holidays), Big Brother and the Holding Company, "Piece of my Heart", for "Miss Dior". Song doesn't seem to have much of anything to do with the commercial's story. And the story itself makes no sense anyway (runaway bride, a waiting helicopter, handsome European pilot). Perfume commercials are weird.
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Another perfume commercial (I hate the holidays), Big Brother and the Holding Company, "Piece of my Heart", for "Miss Dior". Song doesn't seem to have much of anything to do with the commercial's story. And the story itself makes no sense anyway (runaway bride, a waiting helicopter, handsome European pilot). Perfume commercials are weird.
I think people at ad agencies do more coke than all the rock stars and supermodels put together.
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Another perfume commercial (I hate the holidays), Big Brother and the Holding Company, "Piece of my Heart", for "Miss Dior". Song doesn't seem to have much of anything to do with the commercial's story. And the story itself makes no sense anyway (runaway bride, a waiting helicopter, handsome European pilot). Perfume commercials are weird.
I think people at ad agencies do more coke than all the rock stars and supermodels put together.
Few products rely on an emotional appeal for sales more than perfume. I doubt the complete lyric
narrative of the songs chosen for perfume ads have very much to do with their selection.
I've seen the Chanel commercial, and its obvious they are playing up a sense of mystery and alure,
of being desired and pursued. The Zombies' soundtrack seems appropriate to me, as long as one
doesn't overthink it -- which is my point.
I haven't seen the Dior spot, but a tie-in to the refrain in Piece of my Heart seems obvious.
I suspect most of the bright lights in advertising agencies these days weren't even born in the
'60s, so the emotional resonance these songs have for those of us approaching geezerdom is
largely absent. I'd guess they just think it's a cool old song with a snippet of words that fits in
with their impressionistic video collage. They probably never considered the discordant reality of
Janis' romantic failures and her tragic early death.
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I suspect most of the bright lights in advertising agencies these days weren't even born in the
'60s, so the emotional resonance these songs have for those of us approaching geezerdom is
largely absent. I'd guess they just think it's a cool old song with a snippet of words that fits in
with their impressionistic video collage. They probably never considered the discordant reality of
Janis' romantic failures and her tragic early death.
Exactly. Same reason they used an Allman Bros song for motorcycle insurance, oblivious to the circumstances of Duane's death.
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I suspect most of the bright lights in advertising agencies these days weren't even born in the
'60s, so the emotional resonance these songs have for those of us approaching geezerdom is
largely absent. I'd guess they just think it's a cool old song with a snippet of words that fits in
with their impressionistic video collage. They probably never considered the discordant reality of
Janis' romantic failures and her tragic early death.
Exactly. Same reason they used an Allman Bros song for motorcycle insurance, oblivious to the circumstances of Duane's death.
My personal favorite is David Bowie's "Heroes" for Microsoft.
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Zombies, "She's Not There" for Chanel
also for Chanel: Jimi's version of "Watchtower"
and for some Gucci perfume: Depeche Mode, "StrangeLove"
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Kiss' "Beth" used (quite nicely) in a Volkswagen Passat commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o371n1GMJ_0
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So, Discover card is using "Don't Fence Me in" at the same time that the Nevada Tourism Board is?
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Oy: Vance Joy, "Mess is Mine" for... Delta faucets.
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Double OY: "My Sharona" becomes "Pep-per-ona" for Hormel Pepperoni.
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a cover of Marley's "3 Little Birds" (well, the "don't worry..." chorus) for Sandals, the resort.
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belated Stupor Bowl edition
David Bowie's Starman for the Audi R8
Van Halen's Runnin' With the Devil for Acura
Steven Tyler/Aerosmith's Dream On for Skittles
Salt 'N' Pepa's Whatta Man for Hyundai
Incredible Bongo Band's Apache for Prius
The Ramone's Blitzkrieg Bop for GoPro
Harry Nilsson's Without You for Heinz
Screamin' Jay Hawkin's Little Demon for Fitbit [okay, that one I had to look up]
Queen's Somebody To Love for Honda trucks
Superbowl babies sing a parody of Seal's Kiss From A Rose, "Superbowl Babies," for the NFL
Rossini's The Thieving Magpie Overture for Doritos
Beethovan's Fifth Symphony for Intel
the baseline from Tomoyasu Hotei's Battle Without Honor or Humanity for Mini Cooper
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Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love for Target.
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Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance for Express (clothing).
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Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance for Express (clothing).
Whut is that loike? Whut's that loike, anyway?
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"Higher Love" for Hershey's
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Marlena Shaw's California Soul (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC2QK6KHnEA) for Ram trucks.
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Partridges, "C'mon Get Happy" for Prius.
wow, was that commercial really 2 years ago?? In any case, the song (a cover version) is now flogging Aquafina flavored sparkling water.
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"Higher Love" for Hershey's
The interesting thing about this version (which I Shazamed, then ended up buying it) is that it's performed by Lilly Winwood. Yeah, that's Steve Winwood's daughter. Listen close, you'll hear him on harmonies. Pretty sweet.
The long version of the commercial starts out a little weird/depressing, but eventually gets there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5jeP4Ftp0Q
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Lipton iced tea is using Nathaniel Ratlieff's "S.O.B." (well, an instrumental portion of it)
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Lipton iced tea is using Nathaniel Ratlieff's "S.O.B." (well, an instrumental portion of it)
Ehhh, he's a fairly new and up-and-coming artist, and that probably gave him/them a nice payday.
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Lipton iced tea is using Nathaniel Ratlieff's "S.O.B." (well, an instrumental portion of it)
Ehhh, he's a fairly new and up-and-coming artist, and that probably gave him/them a nice payday.
he also appears in the Kia Soul commercial with the hamsters, where he plays "Dueling Banjos."
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Now I've seen everything: Rapping white guys appropriating Kelis' "Mikshake" for Verizon Prepaid. SMH.
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Now I've seen everything: Rapping white guys appropriating Kelis' "Mikshake" for Verizon Prepaid. SMH.
It's a commercial?? It's on the radio a lot. Began hearing it a couple months (?) ago. "My Prepaid is better than yours...."
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Now I've seen everything: Rapping white guys appropriating Kelis' "Mikshake" for Verizon Prepaid. SMH.
It's a commercial?? It's on the radio a lot. Began hearing it a couple months (?) ago. "My Prepaid is better than yours...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXtEIAnjB7Y
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Some prescription drug for psoriasis becomes the 8 billionth product to use "Walking on Sunshine"
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"The Weight" (!) in a spot for Country Inns and Suites. Can't recall ever hearing that song in a commercial before.
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Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" for Honda
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Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" for Honda
Those Honda a cappela spots are pretty cool, IMHO. There's also one with a boy's chorus doing Kiss' "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
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Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" for Honda
Those Honda a cappela spots are pretty cool, IMHO. There's also one with a boy's chorus doing Kiss' "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
Agreed
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ELO's "Do Ya" for Beautyrest.
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ELO's "Do Ya" for Beautyrest.
and speaking of mattresses: Kinks "All Day/All Night" for Sleep Number
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Human Beinz "Nobody But Me" for Dish Network.
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These made me sad: Stones' "Satisfaction" for Hilton; a cover of the Beatles "All You Need is Love" for EyeLove, a campaign (featuring Jennifer Aniston) to get folks to do something about Chronic Dry-eye
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a cover of the Beatles "All You Need is Love" for EveLove, a campaign (featuring Jennifer Aniston) to get folks to do something about Chronic Dry-eye
I definitely noticed this one. So, this is because of whoever owns Michael Jackson's music copyrights?
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Willie Nelson for Volkswagen. 3 guesses as to which song. :)
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Willie Nelson for Volkswagen. 3 guesses as to which song. :)
As I am largely unfamiliar with the distinguished oeuvre of the honorable Mr. Nelson, I contemplated
the track listings of some of his greatest hits collections for suitable titles. My three guesses:
"Ain't Necessarily So"
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
"Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning"
What do I win? :)
(Disclaimer: I have been the satisfied owner of two Volkswagens -- both gasoline-powered.)
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Willie Nelson for Volkswagen. 3 guesses as to which song. :)
As I am largely unfamiliar with the distinguished oeuvre of the honorable Mr. Nelson, I contemplated
the track listings of some of his greatest hits collections for suitable titles. My three guesses:
"Ain't Necessarily So"
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
"Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning"
What do I win? :)
(Disclaimer: I have been the satisfied owner of two Volkswagens -- both gasoline-powered.)
Sorry. "On the Road Again" :)
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It's not advertising, but I don't think there's a category for incidental music in television programs...
In the recently-broadcast first episode of HBO's Westworld series, during a saloon scene I was amused to
hear a barroom piano play the unmistakeable opening measures of Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun.
An instrumental cover of the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black was also used in the prelude to a bloody
robbery.
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It's not advertising, but I don't think there's a category for incidental music in television programs...
In the recently-broadcast first episode of HBO's Westworld series, during a saloon scene I was amused to
hear a barroom piano play the unmistakeable opening measures of Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun.
An instrumental cover of the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black was also used in the prelude to a bloody
robbery.
Yeah, it was kind of fun - the tinkly version of Black Hole Sun, the big, Bernsteinian Paint it Black. Overall, not that impressed with "Westworld" (and I'm a huge fan of both westerns *and* sci-fi), but I'll give it a few more episodes, and look for little touches like this.
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2 that disturbed me : "Come Together" for Walmart (does the MJ estate still control the Beatles catalog?) And a nearly unrecognizable cover of Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow Him" (!) re-titled "I Will Follow You", for Apple, done by a singer called Toulouse, who sounds like a half-dozen treacly-voiced Triple-A artists (think: an even wimpier Coldplay).
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And then there's the Southwest Airlines spot with people lip-synching Journey's "Anyway you want it"...
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A mellow, it-took-me-a-minute-to-recognize-it cover of Benatar's "We Belong" for Chase.
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And then there's the Southwest Airlines spot with people lip-synching Journey's "Anyway you want it"...
Good Lord, that is awful.
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"You Don't Own Me" in a Toyota commercial
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Edith Piaf "Non, Je ne Regrette Rien" for Dove chocolates
"Tell it to My Heart" in a Cheetos spot.
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T-Rex's "Baby Boomerang", of all things, in one of The Gap's 2016 holiday spots.
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And then there's the Southwest Airlines spot with people lip-synching Journey's "Anyway you want it"...
Good Lord, that is awful.
Yesterday at Thanksgiving my great-nephew came out of his electronics dominated little world to comment on how annoying this spot is. It was great.
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A mellow, it-took-me-a-minute-to-recognize-it cover of Benatar's "We Belong" for Chase.
BTW, this is quite a lovely spot, as it follows a relationship, that just happens to be interracial, from childhood to adult. Sweet.
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Pilot's "Magic" for Disneyland -- the Magic Kingdom, of course. What took them so long?
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The Specials' A Message to You Rudy for Fidelity Investments (!), Presumably so they could include
the lyric "Stop your foolin' around / Time you straightened right out / Better think of your future..."
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Donovan's "Barabajagl" for Heineken (!)
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"Walk This Way" for United Health Care
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"China Grove" for Chili's
the orig "Harlem Shuffle" for Verizon
"7 nation Army" in an NBA-themed Beats headphones spot.
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"Rocket Man" (and flying ostriches) for Samsung
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Jimi's "Watchtower" for Bleu de Chanel cologne.
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"Go Your Own Way" and a bronchoinhaler?
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wqcE/anoro-i-have-copd
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saw some exercise bike ad that used "Blitzkrieg Bop". That tune is now officially more overused than "Walking on Sunshine"
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N'SYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" for... Bai (a new antioxidant fruit drink)
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"Here Comes the Hotstepper" for JC Penney.
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"Makin' it" for Subway.
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Blondie's "One Way or Another" for Swiffer.
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wook-a wike-a waindwop: Roxette's "The Look" for Toyota.
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Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes" for Applebee's.
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Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" for the new Toyota Camry.
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Joe Cocker's With a Little Help from My Friends serves as the soundtrack for
Volkswagon's appropriation of Woodstock imagery to tell us about their new warranty.
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The Youngbloods' Get Together for Walmart.
Ugh.
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"Holiday Road" is now a Xmas-themed Honda commercial.
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"Give a Little Bit" for Amazon.
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The Youngbloods' Get Together for Walmart.
Ugh.
Snap!'s The Power for... Walmart.
Sheesh.
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A cover of Little Boxes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boxes) with modified lyrics for Lärabars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4rabar).
Ay yi yi.
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A cover of Little Boxes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boxes) with modified lyrics for Lärabars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4rabar).
Ay yi yi.
And probably half the people hearing it don't realize its origin.
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Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit" for Burger King.
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The Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You" (OK, they didn't write that one) for Mass Mutual.
And the Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" for Citibank (!)
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Thompson Twins' Hold Me Now for The Gap.
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The Troggs' Wild Thing for Applebee's.
Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice for Walmart.
Gil Scott-Heron's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised for the Black Panther movie (it's not
on the soundtrack).
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Gil Scott-Heron's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised for the Black Panther movie (it's not
on the soundtrack).
Ha -- i was gonna post that yesterday. The campaign for this flick must be making right-wing pundit heads explode all over the place.
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Young MC's Bust a Move, also for Walmart.
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"Takin' Care of Business" for OfficeMax
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"I Love You" by (San Jose's own!) People, used for the latest "Got Milk?" spot.
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"I Love You" by (San Jose's own!) People, used for the latest "Got Milk?" spot.
I find that commercial to be extremely disturbing. And I think it's a retread campaign, I seem to remember it from a year or two ago.
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Didn't see this one coming: Melisseridge's "Come to My Window" for Applebee's-To-Go.
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"Let's Stay Together" for Lantus (a diabetes medication).
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Redbone "Come & Get Your Love" for JC Penney
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Indeed (the jobs website) is using Bobby Hebb's "Sunny". n odd choice, it doesn't seem to fit the client or the spot. Maybe it was cheap to license.
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That damn Portugal the Man song just popped up in what seems like the 87th commercial/movie trailer/TV promo it's been used in. (Coppertone, as it happens)
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Nilsson's Jump into the Fire for IBM's cloud service.
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"Oh ho ho it's magic" is now "oh oh oh OZEMPIC". (it's a prescription drug that regulates blood sugar)
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a Feist-alike girl singer doing a cover of New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" for University of Phoenix on-line.
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Bounce is using a custom-rewritten version of The Outfield's "Your Love"
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The Newbeats' "Bread & Butter" for Walmart.
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A snippet of The Flintstones theme song, followed by most of The Jetsons theme,
in a generic spot from the Volkswagon Group promoting electric cars.
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Bill Withers' Use Me for Corona Premier beer.
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The Fixx "Saved by Zero" for Fidelity Investments.
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"Sympathy for the Devil" in the new Acura RDX ad
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"Sympathy for the Devil" in the new Acura RDX ad
and "She's a Rainbow" in TWO spots, one is a perfume ad with Jennifer Lawrence.
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about halfway through the TIAA Cref ad, you'll hear the old instrumental "Apache." I guess I was sensitized to it, since our band started playing it recently!
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wBbB/tiaa-cref-the-new-success-story-song-by-incredible-bongo-band
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Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" for Progressive
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Prince's Let's Go Crazy for Capital One.
No Doubt's Just A Girl for Macy's.
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"Take Me To the River" for Navy Federal Credit Union.
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Trelegy (another prescription drug) being promoted with a rewrite of the J-5's "ABC": Trel-e-GEE! easy as 1-2-3! Oy.
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Canned Heat's Let's Work Together for Amazon.
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"This Land is Your Land" by Chicano Batman for Johnny Walker
https://youtu.be/8Hva8tS5C1U
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A bit of Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill, along with George Clooney and Natalie Dormer, for Nespresso.
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The Jacksons' "Can You Feel it?" for Amazon.
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Faces' "ooh la la" for Amazon Echo Dot.
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The intro for Darlene Love's "Xmas (baby Please Come Home)" for 23 and Me.
And the intro to Icicle Works' "Whisper to a Scream" for Fidelity Investments.
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LRB's "Help is on it's Way" for the Walmart Grocery App.
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Sonic Youth's "Teenage Riot" sampled for Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Perfume.
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A cover of "Show Me the Way" for Uncle Ben's Rice (!)
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Dolly's "Here You Come Again" for Applebee's "All You Can Eat" menu.
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George Clinton's Atomic Dog for E-Trade?!
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George Clinton's Atomic Dog for E-Trade?!
one of my all-time faves was when NBC used the song for a Frasier promo featuring Eddie the dog.
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"Na-na, Hey-hey/Goodbye" for the GMC Sierra pickup truck.
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Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind, the preeminent anthem of the Civil Rights Movement, in
an advertisement for a piss beer that will not be named.
*sigh*
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Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" for Fidelity Investments.
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EWF "Let's Groove" for Toujeo, a type of insulin (?)
Queen's "I Want it All" for GrubHub.
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"Here Comes the Sun" for Xfinity.
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Stevie's "Signed/Sealed/Delivered" for Applebees. (They sure license a LOT of different songs)
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"Give a little Bit" for Hershey's Kisses (Easter version)
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Beatles' "Help!" for Google.
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"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" for Heinz Ketchup.
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a folky/acoustic cover of "I Got you Babe" for Xfinity.
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Amazon pulls out a real obscurity: Ronnie Dove's "Happy Summer Days"
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"Walking in Memphis" for Facebook Groups.
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a cover of Nick Lowe's "The Beast in Me" for the VW Jetta.
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Simon & Garfunkle's The Sounds of Silence in a VW ad that suggests they are going
to introduce an all-electric, contemporary-styled vehicle inspired by the classic VW bus.
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Simon & Garfunkle's The Sounds of Silence in a VW ad that suggests they are going
to introduce an all-electric, contemporary-styled vehicle inspired by the classic VW bus.
They should've made the VW bus chartreuse and used "Convoy" :)
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Simon & Garfunkle's The Sounds of Silence in a VW ad that suggests they are going
to introduce an all-electric, contemporary-styled vehicle inspired by the classic VW bus.
They should've made the VW bus chartreuse and used "Convoy" :)
The commercial is titled "Hello Light" and is one minute 45 seconds long. It begins with
audio clips that explicitly reference VW's falsification of diesel emissions tests and seems
to tell the story of an engineer seeking to rehabilitate the company's image. He looks for
inspiration in past designs, including the classic VW bus. Near the end we get glimpses
of the I.D. Buzz, a concept car first shown in 2017, and scheduled to become a production
vehicle in 2022.
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Bowie, "Starman" for Bleu de Chanel parfum.
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Heard a radio commercial for State farm, in which OMC's "How Bizarre" became "I Hit a Car".
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Dylan's "The Man in Me" (well, the "la-la-la" part) for Rocket Mortgage.
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Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" for the latest (online) incarnation of Grand Theft Auto.
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Brandy by Looking Glass for Ford F150 pickup trucks.
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The preeminent anthem of the counter-culture, Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit
for... Celebrity Cruises?!
Are you effin' kidding me??
*double sigh*
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The Hollies' Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress for Robert Mondavi's Woodbridge wines.
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White Rabbit and Celebrity Cruises
??
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Depeche Mode's "Just Cant Get Enough" for Discover card.
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Minnie Riperton's Les Fleurs for Microsoft's Surface tablet.
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The opening bars of the Stone Temple Pilots' Interstate Love Song for RAM trucks.
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Chad & Jeremy's A Summer Song for Coors beer.
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Some modern version in an ad for Esri location services.
https://youtu.be/lXYFhgntmjg
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Here's one that actually makes some sense -- the Vogues' Turn Around, Look At Me in an
ad touting the Volkswagon Tiguan's rear view camera system.
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I can't imagine this hasn't been noted before, but it just dawned on me that I've been seeing the Kraft cheese commercials, featuring Enya's "Only Time" for quite a while!
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Little Richard, "Rip it Up", for the Ford Ranger.
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I can't imagine this hasn't been noted before, but it just dawned on me that I've been seeing the Kraft cheese commercials, featuring Enya's "Only Time" for quite a while!
I've heard it, but I didn't know the song title. It's one of the only two or three Enya songs I like.
(One of which is, of course, Orinoco Flow, which has also been used for at least one commercial.)
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The Fixx's Saved By Zero for Fidelity Investments, because they have zero account fees and
zero minimums. The song was also used in a Toyota ad back in 2008 because they were
offering zero percent auto financing.
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A new version of Solomon Burke's "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" for Amazon.
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"25 or 6 to 4" for... the US Army.
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Some of these have been airing for weeks, but they're rattling around in my head and I want
them out...
Toots & the Maytals' Pressure Drop in a Coors ad ostensibly aimed at women.
Tomoyasu Hotei's Battle Without Honor or Humanity was used to great effect in Tarantino's
Kill Bill: Volume One, and overused by others since then -- this time to tout Audi's electric
SUV.
Fidelity Investments taps a couple of mid-80s hits: Roxy Music's More Than This and
Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants To Rule the World.
And on a seasonal note, the Waitresses' bouncy Christmas Wrapping appears in commercial
for Nissan's year-end clearance sale.
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Some modern version in an ad for Esri location services.
https://youtu.be/lXYFhgntmjg
I found an article about the song, which is credited to Nas. This certainly stretches the limits of fair use/sampling as far as I'm concerned:
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/nas_says_hes_the_jarreau_of_rap_on_new_single
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"Antmusic" for Booking.com -- this one makes little sense.
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Chuck Berry, "It Wasn't Me" for Amazon Prime
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Hayley Mills, "Let's Get Together" for Taco Bell. (these pairings keep getting weirder)
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Roger Miller "Get Up Early in the Morning" for Coors Light.
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Aretha's version of "Accentuate the Positive" for Citibank
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digging deep: Stevie Wonder's little-heard cover of "My Girl" for Mercedes.
also, Lenny Kravitz's "Fly Away" for Bahamas tourism.
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"If I Could Turn Back Time" for Luminess touchless make-up.
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a no-brainer: "Simply Irresistible" for Applebee's Irresist-a-Bowls.
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Another for Fidelity Investments: the Kinks' "Better Days"
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"Thank You For Being a Friend" for Campbell's Tomato Soup.
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Anoro (a COPD medicine) using "Go Your Own Way"; Ace's "How Long" for Amazon Prime.
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Rupert Holmes' "Escape" for Bounty paper towels. ("Spilled your Pina Colada? get Bounty, the quicker-picker-upper!")
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The Beatles' "All Together Now" for Facebook Messenger Rooms.
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It's been a couple of months, but...
The Troggs' Wild Thing for Geico
The Zombies' Time of the Season for Coors
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass for Ford F-150 trucks
The Isley Brothers' It's Your Thing for H & R Block's do-it-yourself software
And two for Applebees that actually made some sense -- The Four Tops'
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, and Baby One More Time by Britney Spears
for the return of their all-you-can-eat riblets.
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A weird remix of "25 or 6 to 4" for the US Army.
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The instrumental intro to Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" for Grubhub.
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the
Blues Bros' Chips' version of "Rubber Biscuit" for Bush's Beans.
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"U can't Touch This" for Cheetos Popcorn.
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Applebees beats everybody to the punch with a "reopenings"-themed spot using (what else?) "Welcome Back"
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"Born to be Wild" for Pampers' Cruisers.
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Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion for Dick's Sporting Goods.
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"Got to Be Real" for LL Bean.
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"The Hustle" for U of Maryland online learning.
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Unexpected delight: a cover of one of my favorite forgotten soul oldies, the Delfonics' "Ready or Not", used in a Gillette commercial.
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Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce" on a Papa John's commercial was especially depressing.
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"Feelin' Alright" for Aspen Dental; "We Got the Beat" for a heart medicine (heh) called Vascepa.
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"Lovely Day" in not one but TWO commercials: Allstate and Pandora (the jewelry store chain, not the music service)
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I kid you not: "Rakuten" sung to the tune of... "Rocket Man". Elton should be ashamed.
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"Walk of Life" for Walgreens.
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From Henry Mancini's wonderful soundtrack for Breakfast At Tiffany's, Something For Cat
for Walgreens' new myWalgreens service.
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Somehow I think that if I were marketing the umpteenth new hard seltzer aimed at millennials (it's called Truly), the last song I would think to use would be the theme from "Happy Days". But whatevs.
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Select bits (mostly instrumental) of Blondie's Heart of Glass for a Nissan SUV.
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Aretha's version of "You're All I Need to Get By" for Walmart.
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Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait" for Google.
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A version of Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance" for Alaska Airlines.
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A cover version of the New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" for HP
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Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin" for Allstate (commercial featuring a lunar rover).
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For Mass Mutual: A cover of the Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You"
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Miss Nina Simone's version of "I Got Life" for One-A-Day.
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Tag Team's "Whoop! there it is!" for GEICO.
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The Chambers Brothers' Time Has Come Today in an ad for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
that touts their relationship with the NFL to provide football statistics. I suspect this ad may
appear during the Superb Owl.
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There's a Geico commercial where Build Me Up Buttercup (originally charted by The Foundations)
is sung by its characters as a kind of call-and-response. I was a little puzzled that they would
use a song more than fifty years old for this, as I would suspect that few of their target demographic
had ever heard this song. (I know that Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is better known for the
call-and-response treatment, but it's been played at sporting events for over twenty years.)
[clickety-clickety] I see that BMUB was on the soundtrack for Mallrats. I don't know how it was
used in that film, but that might explain its expected familiarity with the intended audience.
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There's a Geico commercial where Build Me Up Buttercup (originally charted by The Foundations)
is sung by its characters as a kind of call-and-response. I was a little puzzled that they would
use a song more than fifty years old for this, as I would suspect that few of their target demographic
had ever heard this song. (I know that Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is better known for the
call-and-response treatment, but it's been played at sporting events for over twenty years.)
[clickety-clickety] I see that BMUB was on the soundtrack for Mallrats. I don't know how it was
used in that film, but that might explain its expected familiarity with the intended audience.
How about There’s Something About Mary?
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There's a Geico commercial where Build Me Up Buttercup (originally charted by The Foundations)
is sung by its characters as a kind of call-and-response. I was a little puzzled that they would
use a song more than fifty years old for this, as I would suspect that few of their target demographic
had ever heard this song. (I know that Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is better known for the
call-and-response treatment, but it's been played at sporting events for over twenty years.)
[clickety-clickety] I see that BMUB was on the soundtrack for Mallrats. I don't know how it was
used in that film, but that might explain its expected familiarity with the intended audience.
How about There’s Something About Mary?
It's one of those songs whose place in "Tier 2 canon" somewhat mystifies me. I'm thinking 'Late 60's pop that is not overly syrupy, yet not inaccessible'. Back when bar trivia was a thing, it was part of our host's rotation.
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There's a Geico commercial where Build Me Up Buttercup (originally charted by The Foundations)
is sung by its characters as a kind of call-and-response. I was a little puzzled that they would
use a song more than fifty years old for this, as I would suspect that few of their target demographic
had ever heard this song. (I know that Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is better known for the
call-and-response treatment, but it's been played at sporting events for over twenty years.)
[clickety-clickety] I see that BMUB was on the soundtrack for Mallrats. I don't know how it was
used in that film, but that might explain its expected familiarity with the intended audience.
How about There’s Something About Mary?
It's one of those songs whose place in "Tier 2 canon" somewhat mystifies me. I'm thinking 'Late 60's pop that is not overly syrupy, yet not inaccessible'. Back when bar trivia was a thing, it was part of our host's rotation.
It is one of the handful of remaining '60s hits that still gets consistent airplay on oldies stations that generally do not play much '60s stuff (along with "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Happy Together" and "Na-Na, Hey-Hey etc"). When they do audience research, it "tests" really well.
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Roy Ayers' "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" for T-Mobile.
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PetShopBoys "Opportunities" for Allstate
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The Foo Fighters' Learn to Fly for Dodge RAM trucks.
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The Brady Bunch's "Sunshine Day" for Perdue Chicken.
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The Pet Shop Boys' Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) for Allstate Insurance.
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Paul Anka's "Times of Your Life" (which started out as a Kodak commercial in 1976) in a Downy spot.
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SmashMouth's "All-Star" for Applebee's
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Lenny K's "It Ain't Over..." for Stella Artois.
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"Lovely Day" in not one but TWO commercials: Allstate and Pandora (the jewelry store chain, not the music service)
Make that THREE: Farxiga is using the song too.
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New Order "Blue Monday" for Volvo.
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BTW, have you seen the "Be a New You" commercial for TotalGymDirect (a home exercise machine)? the song is a total ripoff of "Heroes". Somebody notify Bowie's estate pronto.
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Roxette's "Listen to Your Heart" for TJ Maxx/Marshall's
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Willie Nelson's "Always on my Mind" for FedEx.
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A song called "We may never pass this way again" (NOT the Seals & Crofts hit) is being used on a spot for some tech company or other; everyone thinks its Sinatra but it's an amazing soundalike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5AwrMuv0hU
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A song called "We may never pass this way again" (NOT the Seals & Crofts hit) is being used on a spot for some tech company or other; everyone thinks its Sinatra but it's an amazing soundalike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5AwrMuv0hU
Hal David and John Cacavas (the vocalist is Michael Dees):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiuYEKe9h2I
And the tech company in question is Genesys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qe3Zo2Ly-E
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Bowie, "Starman" for Bleu de Chanel cologne.
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A new version of the Bobby Hebb chestnut "Sunny" for Peloton.
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Roy Ayers' "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" for T-Mobile.
and now the same song for Coors Light.
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Stevie's cover of "We Can Work it Out" for Google
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Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna take It" for Rachel Ray's Nutrish Dog Food
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Hugh Masekela's orig "Grazin in the Grass" for Allstate.
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"Bust a Move" for Dick's Sporting Goods' "DSG" apparel line.
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weirdest one in a while: Michael Sembello's "Maniac" has been turned into "GAIN-iac" for Gain laundry detergent.
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Mel Torme's fab "Comin' Home Baby" for Nissan.
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a cover version of "Barefootin" for Grey Goose vodka.
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"Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" for Farmer's Dog fresh dog food.
and Queen's "I Want to Break Free" for Norwegian Cruise Lines.
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Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts" for Burger King.
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Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" for Expedia
Salt'n'Pepa's "Push it" for Cheetos Flamin' Hot
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DM's "Just Can't Get Enough" for Fidelity.
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"Can't take My Eyes Off You" in a Guinness St Patrick's Day spot. A little odd, esp if (like me) you associate the song with The Deer Hunter.
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Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us" is being used in a commercial for the new iPad.
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Johnny Cash's version of "I've Been Everywhere" for the US Post Office.
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"Ring of Fire" -- in Chinese! -- for Panda Express.
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Hootie's "Only Wanna Be With You" for Discover Card.
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"Every Breath You take" repurposed for DuckDuckGo.
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Oy: C+C Music Factory's "Gonna make You Sweat" -- everybody dance now! has been turned into everybody DampRid! for the product of that name.
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VOOST (effervescent vitamin tablets) has turned "I Like to Move it, Move it" into "I Like to Voost it, Voost it".
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an odd one: an instrumental version of "Candy Man" plays during a Lowe's Father's day spot.
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"Break My Stride" for Starbucks, and "No Diggity" for Instacart.
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"Return of the Mack" turned into "Return of the Snacks" for Frito-Lay.
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Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" for Chevy's new EV.
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VOOST (effervescent vitamin tablets) has turned "I Like to Move it, Move it" into "I Like to Voost it, Voost it".
and now the same song (in its orig version) is in a commercial for the US Postal Service.
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"My Way" for... Cologuard.
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"I Believe in a Thing called Love" for Panda Express.
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Faith No More's "We Care a Lot" for... Alaska Airlines.
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Faces' "Ooh La La" for AARP.
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Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" for Chevy's new EV.
and in its 2nd appearance in 6 months, the same song pops up in a Kohl's spot.
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worst in a while: "Stacy's Mom" turned into "Maytag Month has got it goin' on". Oy vey.
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Kool & the Gang's "Ladies' Night" turned into... "Chicken Night" for KFC.
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The Etsy spots which feature people singing made-up lyrics to the tune of the Mission: Impossible theme are maybe the most-annoying ads in many a moon.
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"Genius of Love" for HomeGoods.
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GFR's "Closer to Home" for Chevy.
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"Ca Plane Pour Moi" for Heineken; "Soulful Strut" for Michelob Ultra.
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"Sleepwalk" for Mattress Firm. Heh.
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visitcalifornia.com becomes the 3 billionth company to use "Mr Blue Sky" in a commercial.