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GutBomb: Jun 15, 2005; Dude?

skaboomizzy posted:

Target, having learned nothing from Apple's "Gigantic" ad campaign, is using "Kids In America" for a back to school sale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zwOK9xlEWk

What mistake exactly? The content of the song?

People in this thread give way too many shits about song "misuse." No one else cares. Iggy pop's lust for life in a cruise commercial? No one gave a poo poo except Debbie downers that no one wants to listen to.

It's not like Apple is selling fewer devices because someone realizes "wait, that's not what this song is about!" The same for Carnival Cruises.

Besides, maybe I'm missing something because I just read through the lyrics of kids in America and it seems like a generic new wave song about going out dancing and maybe hooking up. Which is completely irrelevant because the song in the ad doesn't even have words.

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Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Lust for Life is the perfect song for a cruise line, as 99% of workers on a cruise ship are getting wasted out of their minds and experimenting with crazy sex below decks.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 06:55

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

skaboomizzy posted:

Target, having learned nothing from Apple's "Gigantic" ad campaign, is using "Kids In America" for a back to school sale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zwOK9xlEWk

That's been tied to children's media since at least the Jimmy Neutron movie in 2001.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 07:01

TontoCorazon: Aug 18, 2007

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Lust for Life is the perfect song for a cruise line, as 99% of workers on a cruise ship are getting wasted out of their minds and experimenting with crazy sex below decks.

Jesus! I need to work on cruise

# ? Jul 16, 2014 07:26

Vicas: Dec 9, 2009; Sweet tricks, mom.

TontoCorazon posted:

Jesus! I need to work on cruise

hope you like norovirus

# ? Jul 16, 2014 15:09

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

The best one is still Honey Nut Cheerios using a song that, in its original form, contains the line "do me like you should / gently caress me good / suck me good." I can't not laugh when I see it.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 16:08

Vicas: Dec 9, 2009; Sweet tricks, mom.

I think you can appreciate how inappropriate a song is for any given product without saying "HOW CAN THE ADVERTISERS BE SUCH FOOLS" about it, 90% of the time it's probably the advertisers laughing about how they managed to work a totally inappropriate song in and probably even the company reps who commissioned it, because no one's really gonna care if that iPhone commercial's cover is actually about a big dick

Everybody wins

# ? Jul 16, 2014 16:52

DrBouvenstein: Feb 28, 2007; I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

If I could go back and time and erase any two songs from existence, I might have to choose "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton and the P.gently caress, and "Who let the Dogs Out?" by the Baja Men.

:v:

"Oh, hey, there is a dog and/or dogs in this movie...we need a song to play over the trailer to remind people of said dogs, even though the word 'Dog' or 'Dogs' is probably in the title of the movie. What song do we use?"

:haw:

"Well...there's a song about letting dogs out...we'll have to play that over a scene of the dog and or dogs running, ideally after they have been :airquote:

let out

of a room, car, back of a truck, etc..."

:v:

"Great! Put it in there! Oh, and we should also play that one line of a song that goes "Bow wow yo yippie yay yippie yo" over scenes of the dog and/or dogs just generally being "goofy" and doing things one would not expect a dog and/or dogs to do."

# ? Jul 16, 2014 17:47

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

DrBouvenstein posted:

If I could go back and time and erase any two songs from existence, I might have to choose "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton and the P.gently caress, and "Who let the Dogs Out?" by the Baja Men.

"Oh, hey, there is a dog and/or dogs in this movie...we need a song to play over the trailer to remind people of said dogs, even though the word 'Dog' or 'Dogs' is probably in the title of the movie. What song do we use?"

"Well...there's a song about letting dogs out...we'll have to play that over a scene of the dog and or dogs running, ideally after they have been let out of a room, car, back of a truck, etc..."

"Great! Put it in there! Oh, and we should also play that one line of a song that goes "Bow wow yo yippie yay yippie yo" over scenes of the dog and/or dogs just generally being "goofy" and doing things one would not expect a dog and/or dogs to do."

You know the worst part? The Baja Men's version was a cover. They looked at the wide range of music man has made, and picked that song to cover.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 17:57

Vicas: Dec 9, 2009; Sweet tricks, mom.

PantsBandit posted:

You know the worst part? The Baja Men's version was a cover. They looked at the wide range of music man has made, and picked that song to cover.

Well they looked at the wide range of Caribbean music man has made and totally changed the tone of the song so that it doesn't sound like it's about a bunch of horny men being let into a party (which is what the song is about)

The history of the Baha Men is a very strange example of mainstream music totally warping cultural music/groups

# ? Jul 16, 2014 18:09

RadioDog: May 31, 2005

DrBouvenstein posted:

If I could go back and time and erase any two songs from existence, I might have to choose "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton and the P.gently caress, and "Who let the Dogs Out?" by the Baja Men.

"Oh, hey, there is a dog and/or dogs in this movie...we need a song to play over the trailer to remind people of said dogs, even though the word 'Dog' or 'Dogs' is probably in the title of the movie. What song do we use?"

"Well...there's a song about letting dogs out...we'll have to play that over a scene of the dog and or dogs running, ideally after they have been let out of a room, car, back of a truck, etc..."

"Great! Put it in there! Oh, and we should also play that one line of a song that goes "Bow wow yo yippie yay yippie yo" over scenes of the dog and/or dogs just generally being "goofy" and doing things one would not expect a dog and/or dogs to do."

Not alone ... not in the least ...

http://www.thesharkguys.com/lists/top-17-most-overused-movie-soundtrack-songs/

# ? Jul 16, 2014 18:21

Gynocentric Regime: Jun 9, 2010; by Cyrano4747

PT6A posted:

The best one is still Honey Nut Cheerios using a song that, in its original form, contains the line "do me like you should / gently caress me good / suck me good." I can't not laugh when I see it.

Nothing will ever top Kohls using a 9/11 song for a summer sale, can't find the ad but here's the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7eh1E2QzM

# ? Jul 16, 2014 20:18

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

DrBouvenstein posted:

If I could go back and time and erase any two songs from existence, I might have to choose "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton and the P.gently caress, and "Who let the Dogs Out?" by the Baja Men.

"Oh, hey, there is a dog and/or dogs in this movie...we need a song to play over the trailer to remind people of said dogs, even though the word 'Dog' or 'Dogs' is probably in the title of the movie. What song do we use?"

"Well...there's a song about letting dogs out...we'll have to play that over a scene of the dog and or dogs running, ideally after they have been let out of a room, car, back of a truck, etc..."

"Great! Put it in there! Oh, and we should also play that one line of a song that goes "Bow wow yo yippie yay yippie yo" over scenes of the dog and/or dogs just generally being "goofy" and doing things one would not expect a dog and/or dogs to do."

Hey, don't blame George Clinton for the lovely creative bankruptcy of the people that make movie trailers.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 21:37

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

meatsaw posted:

Not alone ... not in the least ...

http://www.thesharkguys.com/lists/top-17-most-overused-movie-soundtrack-songs/

How in the gently caress is "Old Time Rock 'N Roll" not on that list at all, let alone not #1.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 21:56

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

meatsaw posted:

Not alone ... not in the least ...

http://www.thesharkguys.com/lists/top-17-most-overused-movie-soundtrack-songs/

Where the gently caress is "Hallelujah"? Leonard Cohen himself has said that he thinks it's overdone.

# ? Jul 16, 2014 23:29

JediTalentAgent: Jun 5, 2005; Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!

I'm glad All-Star was listed in that. I even remember the music video for it quickly put out the non-Mystery Men edit of it once that movie was quickly being hit with bad reviews and box office earnings. However, the song was still so popular it kept showing up over the next several years.

With the idea of music videos acting as ads for movies, I seem to remember someone saying that due to a movie doing so poorly, there was some band that had a music video for some film's soundtrack that was never released because they knew it wasn't going to help the movie at that point.

Something funny though, I was looking up something on the Godzilla soundrack and a song by Jamiroquai on the soundtrack had MULTIPLE videos shot for it. Wiki describes it as "a music video was used as a promotional tool for the 1998 film Godzilla. Partly shot on location at Grays' State Theatre, it depicts a film theatre in which the movie is being shown. However, as the screen shows Godzilla walking on the ocean floor, one of its feet breaks the screen and water floods into the theatre as if the screen were made of glass and everything behind it were real. The theatre turns into chaos as the audience tries to get out alive, in the midst of which Jay Kay appears and dances on top of the seats. Several other things go through the screen, including a helicopter and a taxi."

Another 4 versions of the video apparently exist which seem incredibly strange as hell and I'm editing them down from Wiki:
-One that replaces Godzilla with a man in the movie who smashes an aquarium, causing the theatre to flood.
-One that replaces Godzilla with Hornitor and Scorpitron from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
-One that replaces Godzilla with Maligore from Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
-One that replaces Godzilla with Optimus Prime and Megatron from Transformers (film series)(WHAT?!?!?!)

This has to be a Wiki vandalism or something, because I can't find any evidence of some official music videos except the generic man-breaks-glass one..

# ? Jul 17, 2014 01:03

You Are A Werewolf: Apr 26, 2010; Black Gold!

How the hell is I Feel Good by James Brown not number one on that list (yes, I see it)? It's the comedy trailer's go to song for the beginning of any trailer, followed by a loud record scratch and a crowd reaction from a completely different part of the movie going "OOHHHH!!! :stonk:

You Are A Werewolf fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jul 17, 2014

# ? Jul 17, 2014 01:47

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

DrBouvenstein posted:

If I could go back and time and erase any two songs from existence, I might have to choose "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton and the P.gently caress, and "Who let the Dogs Out?" by the Baja Men.

"Oh, hey, there is a dog and/or dogs in this movie...we need a song to play over the trailer to remind people of said dogs, even though the word 'Dog' or 'Dogs' is probably in the title of the movie. What song do we use?"

"Well...there's a song about letting dogs out...we'll have to play that over a scene of the dog and or dogs running, ideally after they have been let out of a room, car, back of a truck, etc..."

"Great! Put it in there! Oh, and we should also play that one line of a song that goes "Bow wow yo yippie yay yippie yo" over scenes of the dog and/or dogs just generally being "goofy" and doing things one would not expect a dog and/or dogs to do."

Bah, if any piece of music should be forever erased from existence it should be Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Scratch that, somebody should plain go back in time and kill Meat Loaf.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 05:44

...of SCIENCE!: Apr 26, 2008; by Fluffdaddy

Maxwell Lord posted:

Where the gently caress is "Hallelujah"? Leonard Cohen himself has said that he thinks it's overdone.

raditts posted:

How in the gently caress is "Old Time Rock 'N Roll" not on that list at all, let alone not #1.

You Are A Elf posted:

How the hell is I Feel Good by James Brown not number one on that list

The entire reason that everything on the internet is in list format now is because of people like you giving lovely linkbait articles exposure via arguing about how they totally (intentionally) ignored a thing that belongs on that list.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 05:48

Rahonavis: Jan 11, 2012; "Clevuh gurrrl..."

DrBouvenstein posted:

If I could go back and time and erase any two songs from existence, I might have to choose "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton and the P.gently caress, and "Who let the Dogs Out?" by the Baja Men.

"Oh, hey, there is a dog and/or dogs in this movie...we need a song to play over the trailer to remind people of said dogs, even though the word 'Dog' or 'Dogs' is probably in the title of the movie. What song do we use?"

"Well...there's a song about letting dogs out...we'll have to play that over a scene of the dog and or dogs running, ideally after they have been let out of a room, car, back of a truck, etc..."

"Great! Put it in there! Oh, and we should also play that one line of a song that goes "Bow wow yo yippie yay yippie yo" over scenes of the dog and/or dogs just generally being "goofy" and doing things one would not expect a dog and/or dogs to do."

I would agree that either of those songs is the single laziest animal-related music cue in the world, but for the fact that I am a paleontology nerd in a world where "Walk the Dinosaur" exists.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 05:51

Suspicious Dish: Sep 24, 2011; 2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro; Fun Shoe

All music is horrible and should be erased from existence.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 13:17

MrSlam: Apr 25, 2014; And there you sat, eating hamburgers while the world cried.

I don't know how local Tom Shane of the Shane Company is.

His ads are on every radio commercial break I've ever heard since I was a kid. A jeweler acquaintance of mine says that his claims of going directly to the source for gemstones instead of getting markups from middle-men is misleading, since almost every jeweler (he knows) goes directly to the source and it's not that big a deal.

He has a very distinct voice if you've ever heard it. Pretty easy to do an impression of him.

# ? Jul 17, 2014 14:02

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

...of SCIENCE! posted:

The entire reason that everything on the internet is in list format now is because of people like you giving lovely linkbait articles exposure via arguing about how they totally (intentionally) ignored a thing that belongs on that list.

Oh please, nobody is writing stern letters to the author or anything. People talking about the music they hate hearing most in movies / movie trailers when the topic of music you hate most in movies / movie trailers comes up, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE TIME TO GET UP ON MY HIGH HORSE

# ? Jul 17, 2014 14:28

GutBomb: Jun 15, 2005; Dude?

MrSlam posted:

I don't know how local Tom Shane of the Shane Company is.

His ads are on every radio commercial break I've ever heard since I was a kid. A jeweler acquaintance of mine says that his claims of going directly to the source for gemstones instead of getting markups from middle-men is misleading, since almost every jeweler (he knows) goes directly to the source and it's not that big a deal.

He has a very distinct voice if you've ever heard it. Pretty easy to do an impression of him.

The Shane Company is one of those things everyone thinks is local until they go on vacation somewhere else and hear the same commercial on the radio with local directions.

I grew up in Denver with "Just off Arapahoe road on Emporia Street, one half mile east of I-25. Open Monday through Friday till 8, Saturday and Sunday till 5." and it will be seared into my brain forever. They eventually changed the weekend hours to "Till 6" but it just sounded wrong.

GutBomb fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Jul 17, 2014

# ? Jul 17, 2014 20:12

You Are A Werewolf: Apr 26, 2010; Black Gold!

raditts posted:

Oh please, nobody is writing stern letters to the author or anything. People talking about the music they hate hearing most in movies / movie trailers when the topic of music you hate most in movies / movie trailers comes up, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE TIME TO GET UP ON MY HIGH HORSE

No kidding. *beep boop* HUMANS INTERACTING. MUST INITIATE SEQUENCE #43279. "BE A SMUG GOONY GOONLORD TO HUMANS INTERACTING" *beep boop*

SEQUENCE COMPLETED. *boop beep* :smug:

# ? Jul 18, 2014 01:34

Short Penguin: Jun 1, 2010

Urdnot Fire posted:

Surely you're excepting the one with Dikembe Mutombo

that one is my absolute favorite commercial ever.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 05:09

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Urdnot Fire posted:

Surely you're excepting the one with Dikembe Mutombo

# ? Jul 18, 2014 12:50

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

Mister Kingdom posted:

NO NO NO.
NOT TODAY.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 14:24

MrSlam: Apr 25, 2014; And there you sat, eating hamburgers while the world cried.

GutBomb posted:

I grew up in Denver with "Just off Arapahoe road on Emporia Street, one half mile east of I-25. Open Monday through Friday till 8, Saturday and Sunday till 5." and it will be seared into my brain forever. They eventually changed the weekend hours to "Till 6" but it just sounded wrong.

In Utah it's, "Now you have a friend in the diamond business. Open weekdays till 8, Saturdays till 5, closed Sundays. [something I can't remember] or visit us online at Shane-Co dot com."

I don't know why the commercials get under my skin. I think it's his voice. It's the pearl I'm making in my craw.

"I'm Tom Shane of the Shane Company. It's a well-known fact that women's panties drop at the very sight of our Solitaire Earrings and Pendants. So why not make her labia twitch to the sound of your name with our directly imported diamonds, rubies, and sapphires? This Christmas when she sees you holding one of our Tahitian Pearl necklaces she'll demand that you take her right then and there under the sight of god, grandma, and the rest of the family..."

MrSlam fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Jul 18, 2014

# ? Jul 18, 2014 14:38

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC5K3peza4Y

Sweet Jesus, I want to shoot my television every time this comes on.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 14:55

Grin and Tonic: Oct 20, 2008; having a blast online

Timby posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC5K3peza4Y

Sweet Jesus, I want to shoot my television every time this comes on.

lol this is pathetic

# ? Jul 18, 2014 15:48

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

I hate the trivago.com commercial because it looks like they got the dude from under an overpass and threw some clothes on him at the last minute.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 15:52

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Grin and Tonic posted:

lol this is pathetic

Its like someone at Chapstik saw McHale's David Blaine impression on Community and, with no self-awareness, thought it would be a good idea for a commercial.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 16:02

CellBlock: Oct 6, 2005; It just don't stop.

vyst posted:

I hate the trivago.com commercial because it looks like they got the dude from under an overpass and threw some clothes on him at the last minute.

And now there's an outtakes version or something where it's just the guy without all the CGI and background stuff standing there flubbing the lines.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 16:13

How are u: May 19, 2005; by Azathoth

I am getting really loving tired with that goddamn skyn condom ad that plays during every single commerical break on Hulu during the Daily Show and Colbert Report. It's ridiculous as poo poo.

# ? Jul 18, 2014 20:28

You Are A Werewolf: Apr 26, 2010; Black Gold!

*dissonant guitar strumming on two strings*

I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams, I'm living the life of dreams,

DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS...

:suicide:

Who actually listens to this poo poo and thinks, "wow, what a great song!"?

# ? Jul 19, 2014 07:53

Stairs: Oct 13, 2004

MrSlam posted:

In Utah it's, "Now you have a friend in the diamond business. Open weekdays till 8, Saturdays till 5, closed Sundays. [something I can't remember] or visit us online at Shane-Co dot com."

I don't know why the commercials get under my skin. I think it's his voice. It's the pearl I'm making in my craw.

"I'm Tom Shane of the Shane Company. It's a well-known fact that women's panties drop at the very sight of our Solitaire Earrings and Pendants. So why not make her labia twitch to the sound of your name with our directly imported diamonds, rubies, and sapphires? This Christmas when she sees you holding one of our Tahitian Pearl necklaces she'll demand that you take her right then and there under the sight of god, grandma, and the rest of the family..."

We have him in Georgia too and me and my daughter have a running joke about how he says "Sparkle." Any time we use that word now we say it really slow and over pronounced like " Sparrrgle."

# ? Jul 19, 2014 19:47

Vicas: Dec 9, 2009; Sweet tricks, mom.

How are u posted:

I am getting really loving tired with that goddamn skyn condom ad that plays during every single commerical break on Hulu during the Daily Show and Colbert Report. It's ridiculous as poo poo.

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The TV IV > Ads You Hate: We Know (And Hate) Comedy Central's Entire Ad Lineup

# ? Jul 19, 2014 21:17

Alfred P. Pseudonym: May 29, 2006; And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss goes 8-8

How are u posted:

I am getting really loving tired with that goddamn skyn condom ad that plays during every single commerical break on Hulu during the Daily Show and Colbert Report. It's ridiculous as poo poo.

If you watch Daily Show and Colbert on their respective websites (thedailyshow.com and colbertnation.com), adblock works and you can just watch with no ads.

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Grin and Tonic: Oct 20, 2008; having a blast online

Who the gently caress is Melaney and what is up with his weird dried apple head

# ? Jul 20, 2014 18:04

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