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Memento posted:We had nine adults and three children gather at Christmas and that felt weird to me, even though it's a hundred percent within current regulations ( i mean regulations aren't magic force fields, just a compromise with the mob I met with my parents for an hour with a mask on and we were all still a bit nervous
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Hey now that's cultural. Next you're going to tell me "Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale. Where? in Brunswick, and Foot's'gray" is a bad marketing move and I can't abide that.
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The Bloop posted:i mean regulations aren't magic force fields, just a compromise with the mob There are states in Australia that have had zero community cases for months on end. Speaking as someone who will absolutely die if I get covid, our regulations by and large have been absolutely appropriate to the situation - helped enormously by the fact that people are generally sticking to them quite well.
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Some Goon posted:I just wish youtube would stop giving me advertisements for medications for diseases I've never heard of. I mean, I'd outlaw prescription advertising if I could, but just how many people have these conditions that blind-buying ad time for it has any roi? https://vancedapp.com/ you're welcome  e: oh a lot of people posted this already whoops. it's real good though!
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Breetai posted:There are states in Australia that have had zero community cases for months on end. Speaking as someone who will absolutely die if I get covid, our regulations by and large have been absolutely appropriate to the situation - helped enormously by the fact that people are generally sticking to them quite well. Oh I am pro-regulation generally but if I, in Florida (lol) thought I'd be safe just because I was legal, I'd probably be dead I'm glad there are places taking it seriously and I wish this was one of them
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Thomamelas posted:Speaking of GE and dumb marketing..... That must be the worst one out there. It's really common for people to not understand the meaning of a song in marketing but that one is pissing on your face and telling you it's raining. It's even worse than the Jack Daniels ad that uses "Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction and cuts just before "He treats me like a ragdoll." Do these people even listen to the song before choosing it? It's literally a song about addiction.
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mostlygray posted:That must be the worst one out there. It's really common for people to not understand the meaning of a song in marketing but that one is pissing on your face and telling you it's raining. Of course not, most people can't parse a song beyond the hook Semi-Charmed Life is a prime example, it's so candy coated that no one notices the entire song is about sex and meth addiction
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mostlygray posted:Do these people even listen to the song before choosing it? Some folks were born, maaaade to raise the flag -- ooh they're red, white, and blue  edit: oldpainless posted:Even today hardly anyone knows that MMMBop is about a family member dying of AIDS Whoa, I had no loving clue.
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Iron Crowned posted:Of course not, most people can't parse a song beyond the hook Yeah this is maybe one of (if not the most) egregious examples here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bba-dK_nS-M HazCat posted:I have an android media player for my non-smart TV, and I just installed Vanced the same way I did on my phone. If you can install apps through the play store in your TV, you can probably try installing Vanced. Oh that's handy! I'm working with a cheap roku and a chromecast for my tv/streaming options and cursory googling tells me I might just be out of luck with that combo 
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Iron Crowned posted:Of course not, most people can't parse a song beyond the hook I've heard that it took a long, long time before radio stations censored the line "Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break" because it's nigh incomprehensible unless you already know the lyrics.
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literally the only thing I know about semi-charmed life is doo doo doo doo because that's literally all anybody ever plays. I didn't even know it was called semi-charmed life until this thread and I thought it was maybe a hanson song or something. Unrelated, I don't know if this should go here or what but I was looking up office chairs for fat people because I've broken my computer chair and found this on Amazon.  I don't know if it's the best or worst marketing but "Two girls can sit in the chair together" is just hilarious to me.
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Garrand posted:literally the only thing I know about semi-charmed life is doo doo doo doo because that's literally all anybody ever plays. I didn't even know it was called semi-charmed life until this thread and I thought it was maybe a hanson song or something. * two girls not included
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Plastik posted:I've heard that it took a long, long time before radio stations censored the line "Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break" because it's nigh incomprehensible unless you already know the lyrics. The thing is they don't censor that line, this is the only line censored quote:Those little red panties they pass the test
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Frosty the Snowman is about how death is inevitable More obvious from its alternate title, Live Die Repeat
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mostlygray posted:That must be the worst one out there. It's really common for people to not understand the meaning of a song in marketing but that one is pissing on your face and telling you it's raining. I suspect the people who pick these songs are the kind of people who don't really listen to lyrics. Or they are the kind of people who think they are making a smug protest, not realizing everyone thinks they are a loving moron. Or they knew only one song about mining. But as bad as they went, there are some worse options like You'll Never Leave Harlen Alive. The "correct" song to choose probably was Coal Miner's Daughter.
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"Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols was used in a Mercedes ad. Literally just the first line though.
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Assistant Manager Devil posted:More obvious from its alternate title, Live Die Repeat Or the French title, Frostman with Cheese
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Plastik posted:I've heard that it took a long, long time before radio stations censored the line "Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break" because it's nigh incomprehensible unless you already know the lyrics. I knew about it during its original run because MTV had a “lyrics” program called Say What? where they just ran the lyrics under the music video. They censored stuff like that, but you still learned about it. Same with Sabotage by the Beastie Boys and “I got this fuckin thorn in my side!”
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The Chipmunks version of Semi-Charmed Life edits out and alters most of the innuendo. Most of it.
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I've mentioned this elsewhere here, but: I was on a cruise on Inauguration Day 2016 and feeling like absolute poo poo about the election. We were having lunch in a nice Italian restaurant with an acoustic guitar/voice duo playing softly to one side. Nearby was a table of six or eight people being loudly pro-Trump, with one woman standing to toast the fucker--the whole shebang. We were basically seething and sick to our stomachs seeing it so close-up and knowing what we were going back to. Then the guitar duo began playing Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." Still softly, still in the background, but we noticed, and we appreciated it. It was hard to see it as anything but a message, at least in the moment. It helped a little. 
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Garrand posted:literally the only thing I know about semi-charmed life is doo doo doo doo because that's literally all anybody ever plays. I didn't even know it was called semi-charmed life until this thread and I thought it was maybe a hanson song or something. That would go great with this chair Etsy thought I might like. 
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HopperUK posted:Most of it. ALLLLVINNNNNNN 
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HopperUK posted:The Chipmunks version of Semi-Charmed Life edits out and alters most of the innuendo. Kidz Bop did a version of Born This Way that cuts out all the references to LGBTQ stuff, so, you know, kind of messes up the point of the song. Henchman of Santa posted:There’s a DJ Shadow song from a couple of years ago that keeps getting put in commercials and stopping just before El-P comes in saying “Picture this, I’m a bag of dicks, put me to your lips” That's Cadillac and they do an instrumental version of Nobody Speak.
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Elviscat posted:That would go great with this chair Etsy thought I might like.
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Knormal posted:And, did you? Of course, that's a very reasonable price for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My Therapist arrives Monday, and let me tell you, shre might be a redhead clad entirely in latex with 9" heels, but I've heard this stuff helps and I'm willing to give ANYTHING a chance right now. Even CBT. E: dunno why you need a special chair, excited to find out! Elviscat has a new favorite as of 08:19 on Dec 30, 2020 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Theres a DJ Shadow song from a couple of years ago that keeps getting put in commercials and stopping just before El-P comes in saying Picture this, Im a bag of dicks, put me to your lips Nobody Speak, featuring Run the Jewels. Fantastic song and an amazing video.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Nobody Speak, featuring Run the Jewels. Fantastic song and an amazing video. I'm amazed Run the Jewels isn't more popular, because not only are their songs incredible their music videos are like modern art in the sheer creativity going on. The netflix Killer Mike show was incredible but it faded into obscurity after like 2 weeks.
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There is one commercial for a clothing brand or similar where a group of hip young adults are sitting around a bonfire at a beach at night, and one girl is singing the line "I'm looking in your eyes, I'm looking in your big brown eyes" in a very soft and romantic voice. This is from the song Sweat (A La La La La Long) by Inner Circle, which is about how a guy wants to gently caress a girl so hard she drips of sweat, so I would really have liked to have heard the rest of her performance.
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Henchman of Santa posted:There’s a DJ Shadow song from a couple of years ago that keeps getting put in commercials and stopping just before El-P comes in saying “Picture this, I’m a bag of dicks, put me to your lips” im pretty sure nearly every line of that song would get the fcc on your rear end, but it does have a great beginning so i understand wanting to use it. Hope they got paid
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pentyne posted:I'm amazed Run the Jewels isn't more popular, because not only are their songs incredible their music videos are like modern art in the sheer creativity going on. Run the Jewels have been festival second-liners since their second album. That’s super popular for a couple of chubby middle-aged guys who were underground rap figures for like 15 years. I remember Close Your Eyes (And Count to gently caress) being in Under Armour ads with Steph Curry (another example for this thread really).
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Iron Crowned posted:Of course not, most people can't parse a song beyond the hook My favorite example is how they not only put a SOAD song in a kids' movie but a SOAD song about Serj Tankian having an orgy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neVlFKNQ2Ok
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Schubalts posted:Pumped Up Kicks was a song about a kid wanting to shoot up his school. It was on the radio almost every day when it released. And gently caress you! Now it's stuck in my head
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