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Hirayuki posted:That's one of those songs where people pick and choose the lyrics to use. I've heard it all my life--it's been sung to three generations of babies in my family, not to mention all the popular culture appearances--and it's only ever the chorus, which is clearly only positive. Drives me crazy when my wife sings it to our kids- god forbid I ever wake up to find them gone because it was all just a dream.
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I'm still pretty sure a lot is explained by the fashion industry being very stubborn and frothingly misogynistic, and also just generally insane.
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I want to say it was the national bank of NZ? that used "bittersweet symphony" in a few ads. You're a slave to the money then you die indeed
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Nov 26, 2022 05:36
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Whenever Eminence Front by The Who gets used by a finance company or car maker or some luxury brand.
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Nov 26, 2022 06:38
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The moral of the story is that basically nobody actually gives a poo poo about song lyrics aside from maybe rote memorization of them so they can sing along to it. Its not a dumb marketing move because nobody loving cares.
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Nov 26, 2022 06:48
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It's got a beat and you can dance to it. What do you mean it's a song about a girl cheating on her boyfriend with two of his friends and is inappropriate for a wedding? Shut up or get off the dance floor!
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IShallRiseAgain posted:The moral of the story is that basically nobody actually gives a poo poo about song lyrics aside from maybe rote memorization of them so they can sing along to it. Its not a dumb marketing move because nobody loving cares. Man sometimes the title doesn't even matter. Green Day's famous song is called Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) but it's still been used all over the place for good-time gatherings where you are currently having the time of your life which is meant to continue. edit:  The song's single art is a pair of eyes sarcastically rolling CJacobs has a new favorite as of 12:17 on Nov 26, 2022 |
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CJacobs posted:Man sometimes the title doesn't even matter. Green Day's famous song is called Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) but it's still been used all over the place for good-time gatherings where you are currently having the time of your life which is meant to continue. I've been subjected to crap acoustic renditions of this at end-of-year assemblies, graduations and camps throughout my childhood. Every. loving. Time.
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Nov 26, 2022 13:04
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Phanatic posted:At least the Bridal Chorus is an actual wedding march in the original. "Entry of the Gladiators" is clown music now. Gladiators are a type of clown, when you think about it. "You are not a gladiator. You are the entire Colosseum."
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Fruits of the sea posted:I've been subjected to crap acoustic renditions of this at end-of-year assemblies, graduations and camps throughout my childhood. Every. loving. Time. They know exactly what they're saying.
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Nov 26, 2022 13:17
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Would you rather that or Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever)?
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run on sentience posted:I've definitely heard the first two lines of Fortunate Son by CCR used in ads glorifying America but I can't recall for what products.
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Nov 26, 2022 19:31
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Pretty much every time Born in the USA or I'll be Watching You is used (which is a lot).
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Ham Equity posted:Pretty much every time Born in the USA or I'll be Watching You is used (which is a lot). The only time I've ever heard Every Breath You Take (I'll Be Watching You) used properly is at the end of an episode of the short lived series 'Stalker'.
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Nov 26, 2022 20:30
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I have a friend who likes Outkast but never really paid attention to the lyrics so when I put on the Eden cover of Hey Ya it kinda blew his mind when it clicked what he was listening to.
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Speaking of songs and dumb marketing, do you guys also get 1 8 77 KARS 4 KIDS DONATE YOUR CAR TODAYYY
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Le Faye Morgaine posted:Speaking of songs and dumb marketing, do you guys also get 1 8 77 KARS 4 KIDS DONATE YOUR CAR TODAYYY Fuuuuck this. Those ads are awful.
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Nov 26, 2022 22:49
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Le Faye Morgaine posted:Speaking of songs and dumb marketing, do you guys also get 1 8 77 KARS 4 KIDS DONATE YOUR CAR TODAYYY No but I have an annuity and I need cash now.
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Taeke posted:I have a friend who likes Outkast but never really paid attention to the lyrics so when I put on the Eden cover of Hey Ya it kinda blew his mind when it clicked what he was listening to. People not listening to the lyrics is the entire point of Hey Ya, he does outright say "Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance" at one point, so making a sad ballad out of it is... really dumb, not gonna lie
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Le Faye Morgaine posted:Speaking of songs and dumb marketing, do you guys also get 1 8 77 KARS 4 KIDS DONATE YOUR CAR TODAYYY This isn't a thing in the UK at all, so when it showed up in The Good Place as the official song of The Bad Place (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlEdlLHsvl8&t=110s) I was pretty confused.
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Nov 26, 2022 22:58
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Le Faye Morgaine posted:Speaking of songs and dumb marketing, do you guys also get 1 8 77 KARS 4 KIDS DONATE YOUR CAR TODAYYY I don't mean to sound like a  , but what many people don't know is that the programs Kars 4 Kids support go primarily to Jewish children and heavily promote an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kars4kids-charity-misleads-donors-report/
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Nov 26, 2022 23:03
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disappointed that Kars 4 Kids does not, in fact, distribute copies of battle tendency
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I'm so dense, I thought Little Green Bag was about a handbag accessory the narrator was particularly proud of.
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I'm so vain, I thought that song was really about me.
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CJacobs posted:Man sometimes the title doesn't even matter. Green Day's famous song is called Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) but it's still been used all over the place for good-time gatherings where you are currently having the time of your life which is meant to continue. This was chosen to be the theme for my husband's graduating class. We mocked the school relentlessly.
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Red Oktober posted:The only time I've ever heard Every Breath You Take (I'll Be Watching You) used properly is at the end of an episode of the short lived series 'Stalker'. As well as the movie "Conspiracy Theory," played for a guy who spends a lot of time "protecting" his therapist.
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Volmarias posted:As well as the movie "Conspiracy Theory," played for a guy who spends a lot of time "protecting" his therapist. I thought the whole point of the movie is that he's presented as clearly a deranged stalker, up until we find out all the conspiracy theories he's been spouting are actually true and he was right all along.
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Nov 27, 2022 03:30
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Le Faye Morgaine posted:Speaking of songs and dumb marketing, do you guys also get 1 8 77 KARS 4 KIDS DONATE YOUR CAR TODAYYY I've never heard of it, but it sounds dumb. Kids don't even have driver's licences.
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Facebook Aunt posted:I've never heard of it, but it sounds dumb. Kids don't even have driver's licences. Ah, of course! It's about removing traffic from the road by giving cars to those unable to use them!
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Facebook Aunt posted:I've never heard of it, but it sounds dumb. Kids don't even have driver's licences. Well yeah, how are you supposed to get a license without a car?
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Gladiators are a type of clown, when you think about it. Certainly in physically strenuous live entertainment. Gladiator games were basically pro wrestling with a slightly higher in ring death count.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Certainly in physically strenuous live entertainment. Gladiator games were basically pro wrestling with a slightly higher in ring death count. Including having toys of famous gladiators made with accessories of their favorite weapons, and newsletters distributing their stats throughout the empire.
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Byzantine posted:Including having toys of famous gladiators made with accessories of their favorite weapons, and newsletters distributing their stats throughout the empire. And endorsing products in the ring!
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Thomamelas posted:Pepsi used Brown Sugar. The commercial generated a bit of controversy at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfkBAhPbYBs Volmarias posted:As well as the movie "Conspiracy Theory," played for a guy who spends a lot of time "protecting" his therapist. Yes, but the song was "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" performed by Frankie Valli and then by Lauryn Hill. Absurd Alhazred posted:I thought the whole point of the movie is that he's presented as clearly a deranged stalker, up until we find out all the conspiracy theories he's been spouting are actually true and he was right all along. Yes, but then it turns out the guy was Mel Gibson all along! 
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Ham Equity posted:Pretty much every time [...] I'll be Watching You is used (which is a lot). My brother and his wife chose that for their first dance at their wedding. They were both big The Police fans at the time but...still 
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My suggestion for Whipping Post for my sister's wedding was not well-received, although my future (and now ex-) brother-in-law was amused.
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Nov 27, 2022 06:40
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Any fan of hip-hop is probably laughing at this conversation.
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They’re reading this conversation and they’re laughing! They’re laughing!
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I've heard a right wing AM talk show using parts of a Ghost song for their bumper music. Obviously a band with a song about Mike Pence called "Griftwood", and one that includes the lyrics "It's the continence of bishops with their choirboys en suite" is the perfect thing to put on right wing talk.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I thought the whole point of the movie is that he's presented as clearly a deranged stalker, up until we find out all the conspiracy theories he's been spouting are actually true and he was right all along. Correct. RoeCocoa posted:Yes, but the song was "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" performed by Frankie Valli and then by Lauryn Hill. ... Yes, my mistake. They're both applicable.
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