Don't get me wrong, I love a catchy hook and a slammin' riff as much as the next person, but I think it's HILARIOUS and also slighty disturbing how people do not take into account the lyrical content of a song when using said song to promote a product.
Exhibit #1: The Psychedelic Furs song "Pretty in Pink" being used to hawk the pink RAZR phone. It apparently overlooked the fact that the song is about a girl who sleeps around and the nicest thing any guy can say about her is she looks nice in, well, pink.
Exhibit #2: "The Pina Coloda Song" that has been used execessively to promote countless liquors, bars, drink mixers, and once, ironically, a dating service. I say ironic because the song is about a man who intends to cheat on his woman by responding to a personal ad.
Exhibit #3: Pretty much any song by AC/DC being used to promote anything not related to the S&M, fetish, or the adult "service" industry. I mean, come on!!!!! There not singing about fluffy, cute kittens here people!!!
Exhibit #4: "The Seed (2.0)" by The Roots used to promote an HP laptop last year. Interesting choice since this song is about a man on a search for a woman who is not so stringent about contraception so that he may procreate.
There's an absolute disconnect between downloading music and opening a CD case and pulling out what is still referred to as the jacket liner, although jacket liners have to do with LP's (look up the term if you don't know it) where the lyrics are generally printed. I have many fond memories of those jacket liners. Reading the lyrics as I listen to a new song. Maybe beciase I like to actually be able tosing along to the music I'm listening to.
True story: before the Go-Go's released their first album in Australia, their song "Our Lips Are Sealed" was a number one hit, only the country thought it was "Alex the Seal", that was, until, they released the album and people READ the jacket liner.
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