cryptique Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I don't know who is buying those jeans, but "It ain't me/It ain't me". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Good one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I'm still conflicted over recently hearing the Buzzcocks' "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" used in an AARP(!) commercial - it's a damn-near perfect pop song that I've loved and mostly had to myself for the past 25 years or so & I guess I feel kind of proprietary about it. Then again, maybe it'll get more people into the Buzzcocks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Sports icons shill all the time for products, particularly sports equipment (notably basketball shoes, but also diet stuff, hair loss, erection dysfunction, etc). T.v./movie stars do it all the time too (wanna buy some insurance from Wilfred Brimley, or whatever the hell that ol' bastard is hocking?). Writers/artists: Hunter Thompson and Ralph Steadman shill (-ed) for Flying Dog Beer. I wonder if Hemingway was ever approached to do ads for Mepps Lures if he'd have turned down the offer. I see no difference with musical artists lending their tunes to whatever worthwhile/worthless corporation they find benefits them as well. The Sex Pistols were involved in an Absolut Vodka campaign a while back. The Sex Pistols. There's Punk Rock for ya! Although, they always claimed to be a rip-off/swindle of a band, it's still comical seeing them humping (or being humped by) the big corporations for a buck. What's the difference here? It's funny/hip to endorse Doritos if you're a comedian/sports icon but lame if you want to lend a snippet of a song you wrote to endorse a new cell phone? I'm not sure I've always followed the logic here. The Stones aren't one of the biggest bands in the world soley based on their musical opus. They're the epitome of the corporate shill. But so what? They still put out kick ass tunes (well, most of the time anyway). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 (wanna buy some insurance from Wilfred Brimley, or whatever the hell that ol' bastard is hocking?). Beetis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I don't worry about it too much, because most of the music I really love will never be used for a commercial. Lou Reed's Heroin:lol That was used in a car commercial not long ago. Nissan Xterra - I think it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 it'd be cool if you could get a package deal on celeb endorsed junk. the michael jordan pack -- hanes underwear, ball park hot dogs, $100 shoesw. brimley - diabetes meds, lift chairs, insurance and oatmealkobe bryant - adidas, coke, mcdonalds and nutellakelly ripa - 7 up plus, aquafina, pantene and tide to go this might work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Didn't the Coz work some kind of New Coke/Jell-O Pudding Pop 2-fer deal back in the day? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 he was about 20 years ahead of his time. except i think the deal was a puddin pop to wash down the horrid taste of new coke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 it'd be cool if you could get a package deal on celeb endorsed junk. the michael jordan pack -- hanes underwear, ball park hot dogs, $100 shoesw. brimley - diabetes meds, lift chairs, insurance and oatmealkobe bryant - adidas, coke, mcdonalds and nutellakelly ripa - 7 up plus, aquafina, pantene and tide to go this might work.You, sir, should go into marketing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
napoleon Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 what i hate is the vonage commercial with the 5, 6, 7, 8's song WOO-HOO. i want to throw my tv out the window everytime i hear it. it always get stuck in my head for a week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (wanna buy some insurance from Wilfred Brimley, or whatever the hell that ol' bastard is hocking?). No, but I'd buy some Rag n Bone from Wilfred Bramble though. (he's very clean) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 what i hate is the vonage commercial with the 5, 6, 7, 8's song WOO-HOO. i want to throw my tv out the window everytime i hear it. it always get stuck in my head for a week.I hate that too, especially since it completely ruins any association I had between that song and Kill Bill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I hated that song when I heard it in Kill Bill. I hate it more now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 i used to like the 5.6.7.8's (in the mid 90s). the whole japanese wannabe the stooges thing was endearing for a little while. speaking of, wasn't LUST FOR LIFE used by GM or some mutual fund commercial? the only product LUST FOR LIFE should have been used for would be maybe model airplane glue or possibly some drug commercial (pro, not anti). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 Lust for Life--cruises, i think. And i think some floral ad, like Teleflora used a buzzcocks song (not orgasam addict, unfortunately) i'd totally buy those flowers. that m&m ad though is just unsavory. the way all the m&ms suddenly get hair? why would you eat a candy covered in hair? that's just gross. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 yeah, when i think of bourgeois cruises, i think the stooges. if any hip-hop poets lift that line, i want a royalty. heh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 yeah, when i think of bourgeois cruises, i think the stooges. if any hip-hop poets lift that line, i want a royalty. heh. Good stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Serak_the_Preparer Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Are you saying that you liked the Outback/Of Montreal commercial? Ugh. This is the worst of the bunch. I don't mind hearing a song on a commercial if it is the real song, but when they change the lyrics to include their product it kind of makes me sick. That Of Montreal song was one of my favorites and now I can't even hear "Let's pretend we don't exist, Let's pretent we're from Antactica" - all I hear is "Let's go Outback Tonight" Ahhhhrrrggghh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Today's additions: We're Not Gonna Take It - in a pms commercial Hello Goodbye- in a Target commercial Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 for some reason i take it personally when my favorite songs are put in commercials. most recent horrors: the the "this is the day" in an M&M commercialHem "Half an acre" in some insurance companyM.Ward in a cadillac(?) commerical surely there are others...? oddly, i didn't mind it when VW used Pink Moon, in fact, it made me want to buy a VW, but these others--yuck. I have friends who have tried to turn me on to Hem and I never really made the effort to give it a listen. One night that commercial came on and I was all wowed by the song, so I googled it and when I saw that it was Hem, I felt all ashamed that it took a tv ad to turn me on to a disc a friend had burned for me weeks before. Conclusion: Maybe it's not a bad thing if it turns people on to the music? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Today's additions: We're Not Gonna Take It - in a pms commercial Hello Goodbye- in a Target commercial I heard the Violent Femmes in a Wendy's commercial last night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 The deal on the Springsteen thing: On the Case: If you missed last year's all-Bruce episode of Cold Case, titled "8 Years," you're in luck: it re-airs this Saturday, January 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Songs used: "No Surrender," "Bobby Jean," "Brilliant Disguise," "Glory Days," "I'm on Fire," "Drive All Night," "Stolen Car" "Atlantic City," and "One Step Up." I think this week, they are doing a Dylan song episode. What a bunch of shit - Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I heard the Violent Femmes in a Wendy's commercial last night.I heard that too. I guess I thought it was a commercial for something else, but yeah, it was probably Wendy's. On the bright side, maybe those guys are being handsomely paid. Maybe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I heard that too. I guess I thought it was a commercial for something else, but yeah, it was probably Wendy's. On the bright side, maybe those guys are being handsomely paid. Maybe. free Frostys for life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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