Personally, I like songs about heroin in my cruise ship commercials.

Also, the OTHER chick in the Progressive commercial is the one I like. The one with the crooked mouth that goes "Seriously?"

The Fixx was a pretty good 80's band, imo. At least they didn't take "Stand or Fall" which is a great song (and cool video).

I was way into Depeche Mode, Psyc Furs, Echo & the Bunnymen, Morrissey, The English Beat, Art of Noise, The Boomtown Rats, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ministry, Love & Rockets, PIL, The Church, XTC and many, many others.

Surprisingly, most of the above have not been sold out to hawking crap on TV. Yet.

If I ever see a Smiths song selling anything though it'll just crush me. Bad enough that that stupid show about witches ripped "How Soon is Now." Fortunately I believe Morrissey has enough class (and dough) to never do it...

felixecho:
Examples:

Baby you make me feel brand new.
You set me free.
Ive cleaned out my life.

You get the idea. Hehe.

When I was little, I used to wonder if "Takin' Care of Business" was made just so that they could sell it in commercials one day.

/It IS a really obvious choice

Qwigs: TIVO AND SKIP THEM

EAT SH*T AND DIE

/I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.

Oh, but while funny, the use of the Smiths' Every Day is Like Sunday for the NFL is a riot.

Qwigs: TIVO AND SKIP THEM

Not so much. See the following explanation upthread:

mooseyfate: ...don't give me that "I have DVR, I don't have to watch commercials" or "I haven't watched a commercial in 15 years" horseshiat. I have the DVR, and believe me, when I can get away with it, I don't watch the farking commercials. But if I'm channel surfing because there's nothing on, and I happen to find a show I'm interested in, I'm going to farking watch it. I'm not going to record it so I can watch it an hour from now, I'm just going to watch it now. I'm not going to just turn off my TV everytime the commercials come on. Because then I'll just get pissed off when I think I've waited long enough and flick back on the TV and bam, there's Vince the Shamwow guy telling me about how it even works wet.

That's why I am also annoyed by commercials. About half the time I watch TV, it's recorded because I'm busy when it's on. THe other half is flipping channels or when I'm home at the time the show is on, and I'm not going to purposely not watch it for an hour for the sole purpose of turning it on an hour later so I can fast forward through commercials. They shouldn't be so farking annoying to begin with.

And I hate that "Well, you're talking about it, so the ad worked!" stuff. I don't know about other people, but I purposely avoid buying shiat that has brain-drillingly annoying commercials. I don't care how bad my head hurts, I'll try everything in the store before I try "head-on." I don't care how bad I need to know my credit, I'll look up every way to get the score before I go on FreeCreditReport.com, etc etc etc.

I hope other people do that, too.

wilde_at_heart: I suddenly have images of Patrick Bateman in my head...

I LOL'D.

*puts on some Huey Lewis*

Oh and the Fixx still suck.

DeepDownHounds: Personally, I like songs about heroin in my cruise ship commercials.

Also, the OTHER chick in the Progressive commercial is the one I like. The one with the crooked mouth that goes "Seriously?"

Actually thats the girl from Saved by the Bell.

/The more you know...

This thread has been like therapy for me. I despise those free credit report commercials the most, along with the Extenze commercials that talk about a "certain part of the male anatomy." It's the penis. JUST SAY PENIS.

I have to admit that I didn't even connect the Saved by Zero in the Toyota commercial with the Fixx version. The Toyota version has that annoying repetition of the chorus that makes me want to drop kick a toddler.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the Safe Auto Insurance jingle yet.

Pick up the phone,
the call is freeeeee!

sandralark: theres something about the five dollar footlong commercial that just gives me the willies. in a bad way.


Now if they had Ron Jeremy in those commercials...they missed an opportunity there.

How about those Lavalife commercials, where a bangin supermodel-hot girl says "Screw the bars, I spend my Friday nights inside, on Lavalife. I like meeting all sorts of people blah blah blah" ON THE PHONE.

Does one person in America believe that? One?

Seriously, I've taken to either changing channels or hitting the mute button every time this commercial airs when I'm trying to watch a freaking football game! That's like 50 times, my mute button is going to break, soon. I'm thinking ZERO as in Toyota makes ZERO cars I'd actually buy, no matter how good their financing terms are. Their lineup is so boring, they're starting to make GM products look appealing.

No Supra? No Celica? No MR2? NO WAY! Hello Nissan!

Fact Man: How about those Lavalife commercials, where a bangin supermodel-hot girl says "Screw the bars, I spend my Friday nights inside, on Lavalife. I like meeting all sorts of people blah blah blah" ON THE PHONE.

Does one person in America believe that? One?

You mean there AREN'T tons of hot local women waiting for me to pick up the phone?

/pick up the phone
//pick up the phone
///pick up the phone

Alright, out of due respect to an album I love, here's what it looks like:



And here's what the original sounds like: Link (new window)

The cover sucks, too.

Sorry, but The Fixx only gives me bad memories. And I was there. Sayin' "yeah."

Fact Man: theorellior: whidbey: Michael Jackson I never understood what the appeal was, but then again I loved "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough." That was when he looked sort of normal, so maybe that was it...

The early 80's MJ was listenable, but not for extended periods of time. These days I find that even if I still detest a band's output, I'll give props for stellar production. MJ is one of those. Others include The Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac and Hall & Oates. Although, I have to admit, Fleetwood Mac and Hall & Oates are guilty pleasures to this day.

Related to this article and these replies, in a way, is the fact that when I went to Showbiz Pizza (now Chuck E. Cheese) as a kid, the animatronic band played "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson.

To this day, if I hear it, I immediately think of Showbiz Pizza and the animatronic animal band singing it, and I momentarily lose the notion that it's Michael Jackson, if even for a minute.

That's what selling out your shiat does, musicians.

If this hasn't been mentioned yet, do yourself a favor and search for the Rock-a-Fire Explosion on youtube. Especially the version of Usher's Love in this Club.

whidbey: The cover sucks, too.

Sorry, but The Fixx only gives me bad memories. And I was there. Sayin' "yeah."

You sound like my friends who say "what the f*ck are you listening to" when it gets the rare spin at home. I still love the album and always have.

It has a very big, spacious sound about it that has stuck with me through the years.

Oh, one last thing before I go: the BK ads with the two guys dressed like Simon & Garfunkel are quickly rising up the charts of commercials I hate.

whidbey
Sorry, but The Fixx only gives me bad memories. And I was there. Sayin' "yeah."

ahhh, so The Fixx "sucks" because they give you personally bad memories? Not exactly an enlightened critique now is it?

Nowhere near as irritating as the Subway commercials with the little "quiz" and the monkey. Bloody obnoxious.

mooseyfate: stewmadness: you're right, she sucks.

Ha! Are you actually attempting to guilt me because I said a guilt-trip commercial sucks? Good God, you must be a BLAST at parties.

no, not at all, youo misunderstand kind friend. She's annoying and what's worse for some reason the damn commercial plays the most on Spike (WTF really?). Can I watch Voyager and CSI in peace please??

Bhopper: whidbey
Sorry, but The Fixx only gives me bad memories. And I was there. Sayin' "yeah."

ahhh, so The Fixx "sucks" because they give you personally bad memories? Not exactly an enlightened critique now is it?

The bad memories emerge because I hear the songs in my head.

whidbey
The bad memories emerge because I hear the songs in my head.

In other words, one thing leads to another?

Bhopper: In other words, one thing leads to another?

Say what you will...

hng: [...]

TELL THEM ABOUT THE DISCOUNT HARRY

AAH! OH GOD! KILL IT WITH FIRE! KILL IT NOW!

/"You know those radio commercials where two people with annoying voices yammer back and forth? I invented those! *facepunch* ... Happens all the time."

Oh yes, it's definitely the most annoying ad campaign since the never-ending Freecreditreport.com plague.

I don't know. The Berger King Mushroom Bacon Swiss commercial is pretty damn annoying.

They still cant beat freecreditreport.com commercials though

WilliamLeeTwitch: They still cant beat freecreditreport.com commercials though

I'm THIIIIIINKING of a number...

I have that album on vinyl in the old Orange Crate of Records over there. Not the best song - "One Thing Leads To Another" was my fave.

BTW - I don't think it's The Fixx performing on the ad. These ears don't lie.

Aevum: I wish that more people were actually like me, and held the companies accountable for their deplorable advertising with their dollars (ie: don't buy their shiat).

You're not alone! We practice the same thing.

I want to find the smarmy-assed announcer for the First Option Mortgage radio commercials and make him eat his own lips! It's the same bastard who does the TV ads for those fake coins trying to cash in on 9/11, BTW.

I'm shaking right now from the hatred that is marching through my veins for that man!

I hate him like fatties hate exercise! I hate him like Arabs hate Jews! I hate him like liberals hate conservatives!

Hangin's too good for him! Burnin's too good for him! He should be chopped into itsy-bitsy pieces and BURIED ALIIIIVE!

(On a side note, my girlfriend's playing Fallout 3, and she's on the same spot at the Jefferson Memorial where she gave me a handjob last time we visited DC.)

Ooh! Shiny! Let's go ride bikes!

One word: Geico. Too much advertising. I wish they would disappear.

OMG I hate that commercial...
Nobody mentioned the Empire Carpet commercials?
Example

I'll get that song out of your head...




Time may heal your wounds
I'll see you through

I'm falling away
I'm falling away with you
I'm falling away

GoSlash27: Big, tricked out...nametag

You are not the only one. I really dig her for some reason!

Guess that's why she was cast in the commercial!

call me crazy, but I liked "phantoms" better than "reach the beach"... i later sold reach the beach [they were both $1 LP's I got from value village] and kept "phantoms". i still pull it out and listen to it from time to time....
yeah there was one or two good songs on "reach the beach" but i just don't think it had the overall goodness of "phantoms"

. / p.s. i hate that 'i'm a mac and i'm a pc" commercials. ugh.

*those.

and i've never seen this toyota commercial with this song in it.
should i thank my lucky stars?

Taedirk: Lelouch vi Brittania demands to know why he wasn't posted before now!

Looks like I'm the only sap who get that reference.

"Try my product."

RAAAAAAGE!

...but it still instills less rage than This Is Our Country.

Mellencamp knew he better hide out for a couple years after that shiat. The American sports-watching public would kill him otherwise.

Darth Invictus: (On a side note, my girlfriend's playing Fallout 3, and she's on the same spot at the Jefferson Memorial where she gave me a handjob last time we visited DC.)




/Top-left corner of the image in case you don't see it right away

Oh gosh, my daughter sings along with that stupid commercial and it makes me want to drill my eardrums out and weep.

puffy999: I was watching TV and eating dinner (from a Greek place), when the "Saved by Zero" commercial came on... I couldn't immediately find my remote, so I threw one of my sandwiches at the TV to change the channel.

Saaaaaaved byyyyy gyyyyyyyyroooooo.

lolz

What the hell is a commercial?

Bittorrent 720p shows (Heroes, etc.)
Firefox with Adblock Plus
Consciously avert eyes from billboardsfark advertising and your societally-entrenched consumerism.

Raccoon Dog: It is the C major to F minor chord progression. Go play it on the piano. You'll get the willies.

ah thanks for the chords. i've been walking around the apartment playing this on my guitar and singing the five dollar footlong song all day. my girlfriend is going to kill me.

Oh god...I thought I was the only one who wanted to kill myself every time this ad came on AND wanted to nail the progressive chick with her tricked-out name tag.

I feel less alone in the world.