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Topic: Ads whose theme song ripped off actual songs.Posted By: atikovi
Subject: Ads whose theme song ripped off actual songs.
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 4:47pm
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?
Replies: Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 5:16pm
All of them!!
Posted By: OperatorStandingBy
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 7:53pm
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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Posted By: mrsteve809
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 9:03pm
"If you're in advertising or marketing, kill yourself" - Bill Hicks, comedian.
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 9:55pm
mrsteve809 wrote:
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.
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.
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 9:59pm
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.
------------- ...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
Posted By: tikibagger
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 10:00pm
OperatorStandingBy wrote:
That newer Bounce commercial which butchers the Outfield's "Your Love". I want to put corks in my ears every time I see it!
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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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 11:17pm
Who can forget "Crumbelievable"? In that case, the band approved the use of the song; they actually rerecorded it for Kraft.
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 11:22pm
tikibagger wrote:
OperatorStandingBy wrote:
That newer Bounce commercial which butchers the Outfield's "Your Love". I want to put corks in my ears every time I see it!
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 ..
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.
Posted By: Banderboy
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:43am
Here's some oldies:
"A Triscuit, a Triscuit, delicious whole wheat Triscuit..."
"I'm gonna wash that gray right out of my hair..."
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:51am
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.
------------- ...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
Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 1:27am
Thor wrote:
Who can forget "Crumbelievable"? In that case, the band approved the use of the song; they actually rerecorded it for Kraft.
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!
Posted By: OperatorStandingBy
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 1:34am
tikibagger wrote:
OperatorStandingBy wrote:
That newer Bounce commercial which butchers the Outfield's "Your Love". I want to put corks in my ears every time I see it!
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 ..
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.......
------------- "I believe......if Cialis really works, shouldn't that couple be in the same bathtub?" - Bill Engvall
Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 5:39am
Jimbo wrote:
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.
"I'm going to wash that gray right out of my hair" is a direct rip off of
"I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" from the musical "South Pacific" so it is a perfect fit in this thread.
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 5:54am
sgtrock21 wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
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.
"I'm going to wash that gray right out of my hair" is a direct rip off of "I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" from the musical "South Pacific" so it is a perfect fit in this thread.
Yeah, I remember that song, but I didn't know it was from a musical.
------------- ...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
Posted By: MrTim
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 6:27am
sgtrock21 wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
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.
"I'm going to wash that gray right out of my hair" is a direct rip off of "I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" from the musical "South Pacific" so it is a perfect fit in this thread.
She shoulda worn a shower cap...
Assuming Queen (or the member(s) of the band who wrote it) even owns the rights to the song anymore.
I think they're all dead now, but their heirs will be milking that cash cow for the next 100 years...
Posted By: Banderboy
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 7:02am
"Have a Lark Have a Lark Have a Lark today" ripped off Rossini.
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Posted By: DarkRealmStar
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 8:12am
MrTim wrote:
sgtrock21 wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
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.
"I'm going to wash that gray right out of my hair" is a direct rip off of "I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" from the musical "South Pacific" so it is a perfect fit in this thread.
She shoulda worn a shower cap...
Assuming Queen (or the member(s) of the band who wrote it) even owns the rights to the song anymore.
I think they're all dead now, but their heirs will be milking that cash cow for the next 100 years...
What?!? The only member of Queen who has passed away is Freddie Mercury in 1991. All other members are still alive.
Posted By: Triple J
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 5:54pm
tikibagger wrote:
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 ..
I think the name of Mr. Mister's lead singer is Richard Page.
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 6:16pm
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?
Posted By: Triple J
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 6:20pm
aka ron wrote:
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?
You don't remember they used this in those old Liberty Mutual Insurance commercials? Before "Brad"?
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 6:40pm
I never made the connection...
My oldtimers shining through.
Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 6:56pm
aka ron wrote:
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?
Well, the obvious one would be "23 and Me".
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 9:39pm
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?
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 9:51pm
aka ron wrote:
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?
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.
------------- ...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
Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 11:30pm
I'm at the point of beyond caring. If they're gonna use a song or a ripoff of a song for a commercial fine, whatever. I'm more concerned about the creation of a sh*tfest song such as "Good Goes Around" made for Cheerios coming on the scene!
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Posted By: Triple J
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2017 at 2:16am
I still don't get why Raisin Bran Crunch was using "Werewolves of London," or why Bud Light was using a piano version of "Sweet Child o' Mine."
Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2017 at 3:32am
While we are on the subject....
On second thought, this one is so bad it's earned it's own thread!
Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 1:48pm
sgtrock21 wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
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.
"I'm going to wash that gray right out of my hair" is a direct rip off of
"I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" from the musical "South Pacific" so it is a perfect fit in this thread.
Not that I am a fan of old musicals.
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Posted By: ThatNerdInPhilly
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 2:02pm
OperatorStandingBy wrote:
That newer Bounce commercial which butchers the Outfield's "Your Love". I want to put corks in my ears every time I see it!
That one is beyond offensive! Yeah, that was kind of a catchy one hit wonder from them in the 80s. I swear I think these companies will take older songs especially from the 70s-80s and try to make it their own. So when these teens, 20something'ers that NEVER heard the original, they think the brand name came up with these songs.
Latest one from Toyota, they take a song from 1988, 89, Roxette "The Look" and use it for some Camry ad. (By the way, all these Camry drivers are reckless a-holes in these ads)
Comments on YouTube, you can tell some love the song and THANK Toyota for creating great music. Personally I think the song sucked in the 80s, it' sucks in 2017
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Posted By: tikibagger
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 3:16pm
Triple J wrote:
tikibagger wrote:
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 ..
I think the name of Mr. Mister's lead singer is Richard Page.
..and if he were in line for a bag of groceries or dialysis today..could you recognize a member of A.38 Special B.Glass Tiger C. Outfield?
pretty unlikely
corporate 'rock muzak' blows..its been replaced by corporate BRO rock or C-Rap (commercial rap) much of this is used to fuel car ads and/or breakfast cereals or CANDY--Chahncey the Crapper, anyone?
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Posted By: tikibagger
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 3:22pm
MrTim wrote:
What?!? The only member of Queen who has passed away is Freddie Mercury in 1991. All other members are still alive.
oops, sorry , guess I watched the "This Is Spinal Tap" commentary too many times & the phrase stuck in my mind (they're all dead too, you know... )
John Deacon (whom i would recognize as he cues up for his plate at the sr. center)wisely retired about 20 odd years ago..admittedly, that Lambert kid from American idol is PERFECT for neo-Queen but lacks Mercurys creativity.. and OVERBITE
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Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2017 at 4:07pm
ThatNerdInPhilly wrote:
OperatorStandingBy wrote:
That newer Bounce commercial which butchers the Outfield's "Your Love". I want to put corks in my ears every time I see it!
That one is beyond offensive! Yeah, that was kind of a catchy one hit wonder from them in the 80s. I swear I think these companies will take older songs especially from the 70s-80s and try to make it their own. So when these teens, 20something'ers that NEVER heard the original, they think the brand name came up with these songs.
Latest one from Toyota, they take a song from 1988, 89, Roxette "The Look" and use it for some Camry ad. (By the way, all these Camry drivers are reckless a-holes in these ads)
Comments on YouTube, you can tell some love the song and THANK Toyota for creating great music. Personally I think the song sucked in the 80s, it' sucks in 2017
The majority of Camry drivers I see are probably Great Grandmothers.
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Posted By: tikibagger
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 3:25pm
ThatNerdInPhilly wrote:
New one for Xeljanz I JUST saw about 30 min ago. Same BS script, female narrator babbling about the "bloody stools" and other nonsense.
Removed that piano music and replaced it with an instrumental version of the 70s song "Dance With Me" by Orleans.
gonna be my dj name...DJ Bloody Stoolz word!! hey i could be BRITISH
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Posted By: tikibagger
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 3:27pm
oh and 'go your own way' Meatwood Flack rip-off for whatever digestive malady DOES feature a pretty stellar Lindsay Buckingham manque bleat at its finish
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Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 4:06pm
aka ron wrote:
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?
Oh my God! Human by The Human League! That for a long time was my FAVORITE song in the whole world! Then an 80's music station kept constantly playing it and it stopped being my favorite song in the world! Damn you 80's music station! I still love Human song though. It's haunting, beautiful, and chilling song! Its ethereal!
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 8:09pm
tikibagger wrote:
MrTim wrote:
What?!? The only member of Queen who has passed away is Freddie Mercury in 1991. All other members are still alive.
oops, sorry , guess I watched the "This Is Spinal Tap" commentary too many times & the phrase stuck in my mind (they're all dead too, you know... )
John Deacon (whom i would recognize as he cues up for his plate at the sr. center)wisely retired about 20 odd years ago..admittedly, that Lambert kid from American idol is PERFECT for neo-Queen but lacks Mercurys creativity.. and OVERBITE
There's no need for any neo-Queen. Their time came and went in the 70s. As far as I'm concerned, they were done by the mid-70s.
Posted By: Triple J
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 6:31am
tikibagger wrote:
..and if he were in line for a bag of groceries or dialysis today..could you recognize a member of A.38 Special B.Glass Tiger C. Outfield?
pretty unlikely
corporate 'rock muzak' blows..its been replaced by corporate BRO rock or C-Rap (commercial rap) much of this is used to fuel car ads and/or breakfast cereals or CANDY--Chahncey the Crapper, anyone?
"Chahncey the Crapper" ... I wholeheartedly agree.
If ... if ... they still have mullets today, I think I could remember some of the faces of these bands, thanks to countless hours of me watching MTV in the mid-80's. I heard the lead singer of Glass Tiger had a stroke recently or something.
Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 1:12pm
While we're on the subject of bad "music" in commercials....
In answer to the Spice Girls' question on their hit song "Wannabe",
"So tell me what you want, what you really really want."
I WANT YOU TO SHUTTHEf**kUP!
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 1:19pm
Anduril wrote:
While we're on the subject of bad "music" in commercials....
In answer to the Spice Girls' question on their hit song "Wannabe",
"So tell me what you want, what you really really want."
I WANT YOU TO SHUTTHEf**kUP!
Exactly the same thing I said out loud every time I ever heard that God-awful crap.
------------- ...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
Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 3:57pm
The late 90s was the worst decade for popular music! There was some music that was decent but you had to look long and hard for it! I'd rather listen to a full on barrage of 80s music than hear a popular 90s hit!
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Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2017 at 12:48pm
Jimbo wrote:
Anduril wrote:
While we're on the subject of bad "music" in commercials....
In answer to the Spice Girls' question on their hit song "Wannabe",
"So tell me what you want, what you really really want."
I WANT YOU TO SHUTTHEf**kUP!
Exactly the same thing I said out loud every time I ever heard that God-awful crap.
I am right there with you!
It's Day-2 and this "song" is still stuck in my head.
And now having thought it about it, I'm certain that it ranks in the Top-5 worst "songs" of all time!
"So tell me what you hate, what you really really hate."
God, who comes up with this CRAP?!
I just want to beat the sh*t out of something.
Or put that bimbo in a spice grinder. ("How 'bout that you stupid stupid twit?")
I need therapy. (Or a remote with nothing but "mute" switches.)
Posted By: zippyjet
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2017 at 10:25pm
Ad nauseous wrote:
I'm at the point of beyond caring. If they're gonna use a song or a ripoff of a song for a commercial fine, whatever. I'm more concerned about the creation of a sh*tfest song such as "Good Goes Around" made for Cheerios coming on the scene!
Milennials gravitate to such sh*t as pussy cats eat their hurl! Yea, yea, year, Latrell you the bomb croaking out that Cheerios drivel. But back to the thread at hand. You want weapons of mass destruction? Broadway show tunes are a fertile ground/resource of such torture. and the adtards love it. There are so many of them besides the Wash that sh*t out of my hair: Some that come to mind:
1. Who can ask for anything more-Toyota (back in the day)
Has to be one of the Gayest cheesiest commercial and its from the 80's. Millennial folk you'll probably climax when you watch this one!
Though it's not a show tune. The Adtards strip mine this one from Harry Belafonte. including Ford for their latest SUV lemon-mobile. Way back P&G used the song not the original Belafonte version to hawk laundry soap or lard oil.
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Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 8:19pm
^ Holy Moly!
I did change the shower head in the master bathroom when we moved in here. I don't need any of the fancy shower water antics.
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2017 at 5:21pm
Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2017 at 5:43pm
I remember a scene from WKRP in Cincy, Johnny says to Venus..."Wanna go look at some Carly Simon album covers?"
Posted By: atikovi
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2017 at 2:42pm
Add these to the list.
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2017 at 2:59pm
aka ron wrote:
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. ...A condom commercial?...
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Posted By: atikovi
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2017 at 3:03pm
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2017 at 3:30pm
atikovi wrote:
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?
I REALLY have to ask what country you are from? This really has been going on in the United States of Americo for decades - pretty much 'standard operating practice'
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Posted By: atikovi
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2017 at 3:56pm
This county, not originally, but since a kid. Guess I assumed the ad makers created the songs to fit their commercials most of the time. I mean, there must be a gazillion songs out there and to listen to many of them to find one to complement your product would take a very long time.