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Most bizarre music/commerical pairings?
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Wed, Apr 20, 2005 12:37 AM
I always heard "They'll all burn!!!". I think I like it better that way. WTF |
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TikiGardener
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Wed, Apr 20, 2005 12:54 AM
Don't go fight another mans war! Buy a guitar and form a band, |
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mrs. pineapple
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Thu, Apr 21, 2005 3:45 PM
WAITS FIGHTS ADVERTISERS OVER OPEL AD Waits insists a new Danish ad for the Opel car line uses music and a vocal resembling his own. In a statement released through his record label Epitaph, Waits says, "In answer to the many queries I have received: No, I did not do the Opel car commercial currently running on TV in Scandinavia. "I have a long-standing policy against my voice or music being used in commercials and I have lawyers over there investigating my options. "If I stole an Opel, Lancia or Audi, put my name on it and resold it, I'd go to jail, but over there they ask, you say 'No,' and they hire impersonators. They profit from the association and I lose -- time, money, and credibility." Waits has successfully fought several European advertisers representing car firms like Lancia and Audi who have aped his distinctive voice and unique style for commercials. I heart Tom Waits! |
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Tiki-bot
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Thu, Apr 21, 2005 4:07 PM
It surprising that any ad agency would say something like, "Hey, I know who we can use to sell our sporty new car: Tom Waits!" Blank stares. "C'mon, doesn't our new SUX-9000 just scream 'eccentric, whiskey-voiced, avant-garde, haunted-carnival-music troubador???'"But then again, I would find it unbearably funny if they wanted to use "Jockey Full of Bourbon". |
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stuff-o-rama
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Thu, Apr 21, 2005 5:11 PM
...or "Pasties and a G-String" |
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mrs. pineapple
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Fri, Apr 22, 2005 1:08 PM
Oh my Lord, what if Tom DID sell out? imagine the possibilities... |
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freddiefreelance
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Fri, Apr 22, 2005 2:30 PM
It might sound a little like this...
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Tiki-bot
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Fri, Apr 22, 2005 3:05 PM
"Step Right Up" is a real classic. Figures that's the song Frito Lay got busted for imitating. I love the lines: We need your business, we're going out of business In a quickie Google search I found this recent article on 20 albums that influenced Waits' music: Tiki-bot [ Edited by: Tiki-bot on 2005-04-22 15:06 ] |
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Mon, May 2, 2005 1:00 PM
I saw a car commercial (Mitsubishi, I think) yesterday that featured Devo's "Uncontrollable Urge," which gave me an uncontrollable urge to turn of the TV. |
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mrs. pineapple
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Mon, May 2, 2005 1:50 PM
I thought heard a version of a Joy Division or maybe New Order song (not the original) in a DOCKERS commercial. I was snoozing on the couch and it just seemed really weird. Was I having a nightmare? |
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stuff-o-rama
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Mon, Jun 20, 2005 12:11 PM
I just saw a commercial for Boston Market where a woman is cutting up a steak & eating it while Rev Horton Heat's "Eat Steak" is playing... of course they deleted the part "Eat a cow, eat a cow, 'cause it's good for you. Eat a cow, eat a cow, it's the thing that goes, 'Mooooo.'" Now that would have made it better. |
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stuff-o-rama
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Mon, Jun 20, 2005 12:16 PM
I had the same experience recently with The The's "This Is the Day" on a cotton ad... I'd completely forgotten that song. [ Edited by: stuff-o-rama on 2005-06-20 12:18 ] |