Commercials that ruined great songs
16th Nov 2006, 19:41 GMT
Filed under: Gripes, Television, Op-ed, Streaming Video Over at out sister site TV Squad, Joel hepped us to this list of great retro pop songs (also mentioned by Chris here) ruined forever by being used in commercials. Now, I'm not one to get hung up on such things, and with the exception of using one of my favorite songs ("Pictures of You" by The Cure) in an HP commercial, I couldn't really care less about these other pop songs or how they're used. But let me tell you what does bother me a little: that so many commercials these days use alternative or underground songs. I don't blame lesser known bands for trying to make a little extra scratch, but when I turn on a commercial and hear a song by Modest Mouse or Ben Lee, I'd be lying if I said it didn't irk me a little bit. I mean, turning "Unbelievable" into "Crumbelievable" is one thing, that insipid EMF song is already cheesy, but when a discerning music fan never hears his favorite music on the radio but does hear it in a commercial, that's kind of annoying. But again, such is the nature of this bizness. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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