Seth Stevenson over at Slate asked for readers to send in their votes for the poorest use of popular music in a commercial. And they made their cases pretty emphatically:
"No doubt, the ad whizzes at GM's agency thought that tying the 'new' Cadillacs to the loud and very male Led Zeppelin's 'Rock and Roll' would be viscerally a great idea. But the song is about not getting any! Those of us who know the lyrics (and let's face it, there aren't that many to learn) know the song is about a guy complaining that it's been a 'lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.' So is the message buy a Caddy and forget about getting laid? Argh!"I'm just waiting for Popsicle Brands to start promoting their frozen lemonade with "The Lemon Song."
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