Has anyone else noticed that tv commercial makers have been getting their grubby lil hands...

[BlooInBloo]

... on some bang-up songs lately?

The ones that come to my mind immediately:

Prototypes "Je ne te connais pas"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOpFtbGPpo

Chemical Brothers "Galvanize"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hzVV2Nwfs

Blindness "The Fall"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We_mND4HpTg

Steriogram "Walkie talkie man"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asdN1jJw4EE


There are others, I just can't think of them atm.

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. When Mersades Benz started using Janis Joplin's song

in an ad (1995), irony reached new levels.

[BlooInBloo]

2. Which song? (Been too long for me)

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. This one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GFqhCq2HA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Benz_(song)

<snip>
"Mercedes Benz", also known as "The Politician", is an a cappella song sung by Janis Joplin, in which she asks the "Lord" to buy her a Mercedes-Benz, a color TV, and a "night on the town".

Joplin wrote "Mercedes Benz" together with the poet Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth, as a social commentary on how people relate happiness to money and material possessions. In the song she asks God to give her the things she has "earned
</snip>

<snip>
The song has been used a couple of times in car adverts. In 1995, Mercedes-Benz used the song in commercials for their cars <2>, creating irony. The song was originally written as something of a negative commentary about materialistic individuals who place too much value on items like a Mercedes-Benz. The song heavily reflects Joplin's view of what she saw as a materialistic world.

Joplin's sister owned the rights to the song and allowed Mercedes to use it. In 2007, Mercedes-Benz once again used this song in a commercial.
</snip>

[BlooInBloo]

6. (smacks forehead) Duh.

[cemaphonic]

8. Along with Target using Devo's "Beautiful World"

Though, knowing the Devo crew, they probably really appreciated the ironic humor.

[1]

4. oddly... and some of you will find this strange...

commercials and television shows have turned me on to all sorts of artists i've never heard before.

i'm old. not hip. i tend to gravitate to things i know and like when i *scan* the radio while driving. songs from my day.

but when i watch the television shows and commercials (i know)... if a certain lyric grabs me i rush off to youtube with the bits of the lyric i can remember and i find all sorts of new artists i would never have known.

don't hate me because i don't own an ipod...

[BlooInBloo]

5. Exactly what's been happening to me. I don't have a ipod either, but an Archos instead.

[lildreamer316]

7. LOVE Galvanize. Have you heard "Happy"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VieCuFx70Pk

Happy (Go Home Productions Remix)