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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1427 Registered: 03-2006 |
The Buzzcocks' great "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" is being used in a commercial for the AARP. I couldn't believe it was happening - I had to rub my eyes like Alfalfa in Our Gang. And, I don't know my Fall that well, but I could swear they've been using them in a Mitsubishi commercial. Maybe you can identify the song, Kevin. The lyrics sung are along the lines of "I was walking down the street/ Saw a poster on the wall"... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 397 Registered: 01-2005 |
LK, I noticed Mark E. Smith's voice as well in that Mitsubishi commercial! I almost fell out of the couch the first time I heard it. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1336 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK - sounds like it comes from the track called Blindness which was the stand out track from the last album. Is there a really repetitive, muscular bass line on the track, if so its Blindness. The Fall did the backing for a car commercial in the UK, the track was Touch Sensitive. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1428 Registered: 03-2006 |
Yes! It's a very repetive, but cool and muscular bass line...somehow, I don't begrudge MES getting a payday. Hope it was a big one! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 210 Registered: 04-2005 |
And a while ago it was The Velvets' 'Venus in Furs' for Pirelli tyres. It's sick. I hate capitalism. It debases Art. And before that it was 'Stand By Me' by Ben E King for Levis...ruining a beautiful song. There was once a wonderful documentary about Michael Nyman composing for a marketing campaign for a Japanese car manufacturer. It showed clearly the gap between the ideas of the artist and the multi-national, which started off as the the well intentioned idea of an employee who actually liked the man's music. But ended really badly: the manufacturer claimed that somehow Nyman had strived to capture the magic of their new car in his music. Nyman exclaimed 'I hate cars. I don't even know how to drive and I use a bike' | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 277 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Venus in Furs" was in a Pirelli commercial? Who were the ad wizards who came up with one? Maybe the same guys who put "Black Angel's Death Song" in that spot for Pampers. Hey, there's a thread for you. Fantasy pairing of song and ad. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1151 Registered: 04-2005 |
How about "Sister Ray" used in a Hostess Ding-Dongs commercial? Buzzcocks in an AARP commercial blows my mind. Maybe getting old won't be so bad. Years ago, Toyota was using "What Do I Get?" in a car commercial. Next, "Orgasm Addict" and Viagra... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1118 Registered: 05-2005 |
Love Will Tear Us Apart was whored out to sell Heineken. Still one of my favourite songs ever - but surely the Joy Division survivors didn't need the money that desperately? A few years ago E from Eels turned down serious money for use of one of his songs. He said to the advertiser: "I wasn't thinking of your SUV when I wrote this song about my sister's suicide". | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 24 Registered: 10-2006 |
....are the ads featuring LWTUA for Heineken been seen/heard in Australia as well...!!? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 916 Registered: 03-2005 |
I don't watch commercial TV. Apparently I'm really missing a lot. I could just put my record collection away and listen to the ads. I realize that AARP is trying to increase its reach further and further until they're sending solicitation letters to 35 year olds, but are the Buzzcocks really going to be the chosen music of their real demographic? Maybe it's just somebody with a really wild sense of humor pulling it over on the suits who sign the checks. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 917 Registered: 03-2005 |
I don't watch commercial TV. Apparently I'm really missing a lot. I could just put my record collection away and listen to the ads. I realize that AARP is trying to increase its reach further and further until they're sending solicitation letters to 35 year olds, but are the Buzzcocks really going to be the chosen music of their real demographic? Maybe it's just somebody with a really wild sense of humor pulling it over on the suits who sign the checks. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1120 Registered: 05-2005 |
What is AARP? Never mind, I just Googled it. Advocacy and information on aging for people aged 50 and over. That sounds about right. All the guys in the Buzzcocks are about that age aren't they? Charles, I was living in Dublin when that ad was on. I think I saw it on UK stations, but it might have been on Irish stations too. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1159 Registered: 04-2005 |
Think about it--most of the punks of the '70s are well over 50, and even the guys from the '80s hardcore scene (Mould, Rollins, MacKaye, etc.) are 45 or 46 now--same age as me. Let's face it, the AARP is getting an infusion of punk! A year or two ago, I was in a cabin in a coastal vacation resort and there was a copy of AARP magazine in the room. I picked it up expecting a bunch of pictures of blue-haired old ladies knitting and playing canasta. Actually, it had a lot of interesting, well-written travel and general interest articles. Maybe turning 50 won't be the trauma I was expecting. A few here have done it and have obviously remained cool. |