Okay - that's it

[kyburg]

I'm hearing C.W. McCall's dulcet tones coming from my living room. WTF.

A commercial for an SUV.

What?

(Do we need to take a collection to send to the advertising agencies to go hire them some musicians to write some original music for their spots?!)

Fuckaduck. I mean it.

Oh, and be nice. "Convoy" had a sequel and I'm not afraid to post it.

Comments

[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

Yep. A lot of the songs I remember fondly from my childhood/adolescence have been ruined by car commercials. And some just don't make any sense at all. "Won't Get Fooled Again" for a car commercial? And if I don't hear "It's a Beautiful Morning" again it'll be too soon.


(I did have a funny reaction to the commercial where the girl calls her boyfriend a geek for listening to the tail end of "American Pie" while she waited for him in the parking lot. "She doesn't like 'American Pie'?" I gasped. "Not only is she hideously thin, she is obviously a spawn of Satan.")

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Yup. And too dumb to live.

Where, oh where are the great old Coca-Cola ads with their own music?

Lazyasses. Grrr.

[orobouros.livejournal.com]

I'll see you and raise you one.

C.W. McCall was really Chip Davis, the man behind Mannheim Steamroller.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Actually...C.W.McCall was Bill Fries and Chip Davis - Bill doing the voice, and Chip doing the music with his studio band that went on to become Manheim Steamroller - but don't get me started. Behind that link are references to albums I actually had - and a friend of mine has ripped to mp3 from vinyl. Oh, the shame.

[joggingguy.livejournal.com]

My wife had the same reaction :-)

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Dude, how's she doing?

She's doing well

[joggingguy.livejournal.com]

We're going to Fredericksburg TX on Thursday through Monday for a wedding. The time away will be good :-)

[littlesue1971.livejournal.com]

I do know what you mean. When I hear Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin in commercials, I am like WTF? I am sure Jimi would be rolling in his grave!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Pay me, Muthah! PAY. ME.

Yeah, I can hear him too. *laughs*

[elthar.livejournal.com]

This makes me even more glad that we don't have cable, because hearing CW McCall in a commercial might send my wife over the edge. His albums were the soundtrack of her youth, and on our family trips she plays a compilation tape she liberated from her dad.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Jim read the post and promptly ordered what was available from Amazon. I ph33r.

[dwinghy.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall the mid-70s being rife with TV ads featuring either CW McCall or CW McCall imitators. It's annoying (mainly because it's such an obvious ploy at appealing to Gen-Xers), but IMO nowhere near as bad as The Clash being used for advertising. Because using The Clash for advertising is the worst thing ever.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

It's all whack.