Songs in advertising... oops?

[maharetr]

Ha! There's a page out there somewhere (possibly on TVtropes?) that lists all the 'um, you didn't actually listen to that song before you decided to use it in your ad, did you?' moments.

Just heard on the radio, my contender: an ad for a bed company, set to the gentle piano of Gary Jules' cover of Mad World. Whups.

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The AFL season a couple of years ago used the Fall Out Boy song "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" which I assume was chosen for the "One night/one more time/thanks for the memories!" lyrics... but it then continues: "even though they weren't so great/he tastes like you only sweeter" - alluding not unsubtly to Big Gay Blowjobs.

Only they edited out the Big Gay Blowjobs line! Which somehow makes it even more funnier.

ETA: and when I say "the AFL season", i mean the grand final stuffs, which was like every second TV ad here in melb.

ETA2: I JUST TYPED "HERE IN MELB". I'M NOT IN MELB ANY MORE, TOTO O.O

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

*wry grin, and hugs*

Hey, you've just made a massive change; it's totally normal that it would take a while for your world view to shift and catch up :)

Also, Hee! Big Gay Blowjobs? Ohshit, nope none here nothing to see please move along ma'am...

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

Not advertising, but close.

Setting: Starting orientation for a international exchange trip to Japan run by AFS and the Japanese Government. I was a teacher chaperon.

To finish the orientation off, the people running the session decided to show a montage of other foreign students doing their exchanges, set to James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful'.

Which is about a man lusting after another man's girlfriend.

Which also has a 'clean' and a 'non-clean' version. The non-clean version has 'fuck' in it. The creator of the montage had used the non-clean version without thinking.

The kids (average age 16) were so well behaved until the loud, clear 'FUCK!' rang through the room. After a WTF? moment, they couldn't stop laughing.

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Hah! That'd be a moment of great awesome from the pov of the students, and a moment of great *headdesk* for the stafff..