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cyranoDespite my metaphor in the previous entry, the amazing breakdown entry was not intended as a public piece of performance art.
It just looks like it every time I see it after the fact.
(And yes, I finally got 'Still in Hollywood' out of my head. Only to immediately replace it with Tom Jones performing Iggy Pop's 'Lust for Life'.)
Have I done my rant here about *my* music being appropriated to sell cheez doodles or cars or whatever? Today's discovery was Dead or Alive. Also Iggy Pop, The Clash, REM's cover of Superman (Not technically them, but...), Sex Pistols, and Tones on Tail.
I hate advertising whores who do this, especially if they obviously have no idea what the song's about. (Like, say, a song about shooting heroin being used to advertise a cruise line. You be the judge.)
My thought was: I should assemble a list of amazingly inappropriate songs to be used to push product. I'm going to put a starter in the comment section, and if I come up with more I'll throw them there. I encourage you to join me, especially if you use songs I consider '*my* music'. (You'll have to use contextual clues or just guess.)
It just looks like it every time I see it after the fact.
(And yes, I finally got 'Still in Hollywood' out of my head. Only to immediately replace it with Tom Jones performing Iggy Pop's 'Lust for Life'.)
Have I done my rant here about *my* music being appropriated to sell cheez doodles or cars or whatever? Today's discovery was Dead or Alive. Also Iggy Pop, The Clash, REM's cover of Superman (Not technically them, but...), Sex Pistols, and Tones on Tail.
I hate advertising whores who do this, especially if they obviously have no idea what the song's about. (Like, say, a song about shooting heroin being used to advertise a cruise line. You be the judge.)
My thought was: I should assemble a list of amazingly inappropriate songs to be used to push product. I'm going to put a starter in the comment section, and if I come up with more I'll throw them there. I encourage you to join me, especially if you use songs I consider '*my* music'. (You'll have to use contextual clues or just guess.)
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First Product Tie In
Date: 2001-08-24 04:37 am (UTC)Product: Travel Agency
(It's a Holiday in Cambodia, where you'll do what you're told)
Oh yeah!
Date: 2001-08-24 04:41 am (UTC)Product: Some Presidential Candidate
(Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground.)
Wouldn't that just be ironic and amusing if it really happened?
Re: First Product Tie In
Date: 2001-08-28 11:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-24 10:22 am (UTC)Old joke, but...
Many people complained about the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" being commandeered by Microsoft to promote Windows 95. But others soon pointed out how truly appropriate the lyrics were: "You make a grown man cry."
Around that time, friends of mine joked about finding a good Stones song for my company to use. I think we settled on "You Can't Always Get What You Want." ("...but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need!")
Now, are we supposed to be thinking about actual instances here? Don't tell me your travel agency example is true. :-)
True?
Date: 2001-08-24 12:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-08-24 02:40 pm (UTC)