DC Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Right now I'm kind of into; 'Momma's got the power of Clorox bleach.' What do you like? -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 "The Axxe Effect" commercial! "Ooga ogg ah!" Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDM Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Fond of the Ebay ads that use "I did it My way" with the new lyrics. ;) - DJDM DJDM.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbayson Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 You know those Cadillac ads with that song, "Rock and Roll" or something? That band sounds cool. They kinda remind me of the backup band on Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowbell Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I second Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" song for Cadillac commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny G Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 "Heres our jingle for Goldfish We wrote a song for Goldfish The wholesome snack that smiles back until you bite their heads off!" http://www.pfgoldfish.com/facts/jingle.html That's my favorite. Tiny G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roto Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 The VW Beetle Convertible, with "Mr. Blue Sky" redone by Jeff Lynne. I like it better than the original version. Seems like that commercial is never on. I think I've only seen it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigknuckles Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Don't remember what the commercial is for, but I really like the one with the female singer doing CSNY's "Carry On". Who is that anyway? She has a beautiful voice and it's a nice arrangement of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshananigan Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 If you've got a passion for fashion, If you've got a craving for savings, Take the wheel of your automobile. And get on down to... Ideal! That hasn't been on in the NY area since the 70s when I was a wee lad, and haven't been able to get it out of my head since... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon-a-Monster Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I was kinda partial to "Whoever You Are" by Geggy Tah, in the Mercedes C class commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Anon-a-Monster: [b]I was kinda partial to "Whoever You Are" by Geggy Tah, in the Mercedes C class commercial.[/b][/quote]Hey Anon, could you check your pm's if you get a chance. thanks :wave: Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Tyler Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Saturn Ion commercial of the usual group of teens going through the neighborhood full of swings, see-saws, etc. Tune is called "We've Been Had" by The Walkmen. Real cool tune....different. Here's the link. Check out the whole tune. That out-of- tune piano is wild. [url=http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/536/the_walkmen.html]"We\'ve Been Had"[/url] Joe Pine (60's talk show host who sported a wooden leg) to Frank Zappa -- "So, with your long hair, I guess that makes you a woman." Frank Zappa's response -- "So, with your wooden leg, I guess that makes you a table." http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=2001&alid=-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 There's a few using tunes I'm not familiar with. I spend so much attention to the music, I don't notice just whats being advertised. But I DO notice James Brown's "Sex Machine" in some car ad. Again, noticing the music more than the car it's shilling. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 My jingles! But, you would only hear them if you live in Rochester. As a part-time commercial music producer, I really hate the trend of using songs in commercials. OK, I partially hate it because it's been so successful. Mitsubishi and VW revived brands that were left for dead using great music. The E-Bay spot is hilarious. Is there any music more perfect for Jamaica Tourism than Bob Marley's "One Love"? A favorite was the now gone e-Toys use of the late Hawaiian singer IZ's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (also heard in the ER episode when Mark Green dies). But, for a few good uses, you have to live with hearing a James Brown tune in a laxative commercial. Pigknuckes: that was a Sony corporate image spot, and I think the singer is Alana Davis (it's Alana something). Music made for commercials? I like the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" campaign with it's playful world-music vibe. I like the Goldfish jingle, too. Chili's Baby Back ribs is infectious. Love hearing Randy Newman singing the new Ford music, but hate the music itself. Anyone in NYC remember the Crazy Eddie doo-wop jingle from the '70s? 30 years later, I still remember that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny G Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I've got to say that I also hate the use of "popular" music in ads. I always thought of that as "selling out" but I guess artists today really do only care about money. Seems odd that they can write a song and spend time talking about how much it means to them, and how it was a creation they cared for like a child, then sell to some company to hock a car. That's why I chose the "Goldfish" jingle. I don't care about Napster or downloading or how crappy your record contract is. . if you give up your music to an ad, YOU ARE A SELLING OUT! You have just stated that you do not care about how your music helps or impacts people, or for the creative process in general, more than you care about the money. Now, take this with a grain of salt because I've made a living recording and mixing music for broadcast, including jingles. But we know what that music is for without the hypocrisy. I do have personal knowledge of an artist who turned down close to $100,000 to come and sing someone else's old song for an ad. Would have taken an hour. I have more respect for that person now then ever. . they get it. Tiny G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Gauss Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 <> forget selling out. using a popular song in a commercial is cheating. fave ad music should be specific tunes written for the product. i.e. jingles. i dig the rockin "we care for you car at r&s strauss, your car is a star at..." also the 3 note whistle ditty for "PC Richards" is annoyingly memorable genius. as is the NBC logo music. the prince version of the ray charles pepsi "uh huh" tune is incredible. pepsi paid prince a million bucks to spice up the jingle some. (you'll have to look hard for that one, but it's worth it) besides the beatles influence, oasis sure liked that "i'd like to teach the world to sing" 70's coke ad... :) oops! the lawyers say they liked it TOO much. -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infusion Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 The theme song for the clothing store "Free Country" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by d gauss: [b] also the 3 note whistle ditty for "PC Richards" is annoyingly memorable genius. as is the NBC logo music. [/b][/quote]As is the 4 note music logo for Intel. I love things like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mix2much Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I've always liked that song that's on all of the phillips commercials. Glenn Halldorson Premiere Radio Networks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Speaking of songs used in commercials, does anyone else find it completely bizarre that Royal Carribean cruises should be using Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" in their TV spots? OK, so the song has a beat big and a strong hook, and their trying to equate a lust for life with activities on a cruise ship. But Iggy Pop and cruise ships??? What's next, Marilyn Manson's "Beatiful People" used for a cosmetics spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigknuckles Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Funny that some of you feel it's ok to make the big bucks writing new music for ads, but not ok to get paid for music already written which was not originally intended for that purpose. Isn't it just a question of intent? It's the songwriter's property and they are free to decide if it's worth $100k to have their song used on a laxative spot or not. Some people do turn it down or only allow uses they agree with and/or support. I applaud that idea myself. Still it seems that selling music for ad spots is one of the few remaining places where music has any serious $ value. Much of the public at large has developed a nasty habit of using/copying your music without paying for it. At least the ad clients are willing to pay, and pay very well. mzeger: thanks for the info about Alana Davis singing that Sony spot. Good luck with your ad compositions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny G Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by pigknuckles: [b]Funny that some of you feel it's ok to make the big bucks writing new music for ads, but not ok to get paid for music already written which was not originally intended for that purpose. Isn't it just a question of intent? [/b][/quote]It's fine to make money on the music, I just don't like the "artist" who takes a musical "high-road" when talking about their "art", then sells it to Ford for a car commercial. I hear interviews where the artist says something like, "Well this album represents where I am as an artist creatively, it is an extension of my soul and heart and how I'm feeling about (whatever)". Just say what it is. "My album isn't selling well, I can't pay my bills, so we sold my songs to Mitsubishi in hopes of making the mortgage payment." Fine, just say that then. Tiny G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 telepopmusik - breathe from the mitsubishi commercial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by mzeger: [b]As is the 4 note music logo for Intel. I love things like these.[/b][/quote]I worked on a site for Intel once and we had to create a version of that logo. Believe it or not it is officially referred to as the 'Intel Bong' ;) Otherwise, Sal does not watch ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Oyer: [b] I am moving back there from NYC in about a month. I was interning at Jay when they recorded Wegmans "everyday you get our best." That stuck with me for a while. And for all of you other Rochesterians, the Record Archive jingle is classic. [/b][/quote]Let me know when you get here. There are a few other Rochesterians on these boards. Jay certainly produces outstanding commercial music. For those outside Rochester, you've heard their work if you've seen a Buick dealer group commercial in the past several years, or if you watch HBO for which they've produced music. Dick Storms from Record Archive is a good friend. I'll pass along the compliment next time I see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 [i]Grab a bucket and Mop![/i] [i]Scrub from Bottom to Top![/i] [i]Tell me what does it mean?!?[/i] [i]At McDonald's ITS CLEAN!!![/i] [b]Ewe Deserve a break today![/b] [b]So get up and get away[/b] [b]To McDonald's!! To McDonald's!![/b] [b]McDonald's!!!!!!!!![/b] Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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