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Don't really hate them but always surprised to learn the song wasn't written for the product being advertised but is a song the advertiser used to create the ad. This "Hungry Eyes" is the latest one I've noticed. Never imagined it was an actual song until Googling it. So how about a list of other ads that knockoff an existing tune?
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aka ron
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All of them!!
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OperatorStandingBy
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That newer Bounce commercial which butchers the Outfield's "Your Love". I want to put corks in my ears every time I see it!
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"I believe......if Cialis really works, shouldn't that couple be in the same bathtub?" - Bill Engvall
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mrsteve809
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Just saw an ad from some car company which I totally ignored because they were playing Queen's song "Don't Stop Me Now". As a huge Queen fan, it offends me. I also wonder if the adtards get permission to use these songs.
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"If you're in advertising or marketing, kill yourself" - Bill Hicks, comedian.
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Thor
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No doubt it's all handled through contracts and lawyers, etc. There's also probably little doubt that this is what the artists want. Hell, if Queen can make money off of a song that few people are buying anymore, anyway, why wouldn't they want this? Maybe the commercial will spur people to buy the actual song. |
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Jimbo
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Assuming Queen (or the member(s) of the band who wrote it) even owns the rights to the song anymore.
If Freddie wrote it, the rights could belong to anyone now. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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tikibagger
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The Outfield..thats one of those 'anonymous' bands like Mister Mister or Survivor--no star power and i DEFY anyone to i.d. any member .. |
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...YUMMY Broccolini!!....
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Thor
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Who can forget "Crumbelievable"? In that case, the band approved the use of the song; they actually rerecorded it for Kraft.
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Thor
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Those bands just sounded like blends of a million other bands. That said, I can now tolerate Eye of the Tiger a little better than I could back then. |
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Banderboy
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Here's some oldies: "I'm gonna wash that gray right out of my hair..."
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Every day my mind grows keener- my good arm stronger--- my silly enemies more futile---
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Jimbo
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I remember the gray hair thing.
Then of course, there was the famous "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" ad campaign from the 70's. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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Anduril
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I'm feeling very luck that I don't recognize that one! But, if it's the song I'm thinking of, I never really liked it in the first place, so probably no harm done. Yikes!! What am I saying?! It's commercial advertising -- OF COURSE it'll be far worse than imaginable! (Still glad I didn't see/hear "crumbelievable".) Super-glad! |
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I can only do Survivor, so here goes: Jim Peterik (founder, formerly of the Ides of March) Dave Bickler Jimi Jamison (replaced Dave as lead vocalist) That's all I got.......
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"I believe......if Cialis really works, shouldn't that couple be in the same bathtub?" - Bill Engvall
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EEEEts All so REEEdEEEculous
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Jimbo
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Yeah, I remember that song, but I didn't know it was from a musical. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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She shoulda worn a shower cap...
I think they're all dead now, but their heirs will be milking that cash cow for the next 100 years... |
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"Have a Lark Have a Lark Have a Lark today" ripped off Rossini.
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Triple J
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I think the name of Mr. Mister's lead singer is Richard Page. |
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aka ron
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There are so, so many commercials that steal the original, usually classic, song or adapt it with piss poor so called music (talent). The list is endless and mind boggling.
How would you place this song, if you were an adhole? A condom commercial? The morning after pill? Domestic violence? STDs R us? |
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Triple J
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You don't remember they used this in those old Liberty Mutual Insurance commercials? Before "Brad"?
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aka ron
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I never made the connection...
My oldtimers shining through. |
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Well, the obvious one would be "23 and Me". |
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Thor
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I just read the lyrics. It's about cheating (the guy tries to justify his cheating by saying he's only human, only a man). This is the same storyline as the old Lou Christie song, Lightning Strikes.
Anyway, Ashley Madison? |
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Jimbo
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If I were making an ad for any of those products, or possibly even a jock itch cream, I think I'd want to use this song... ....cuz well, you know. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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