TV Commercials are KILLING me

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

Remember the Taco Bell one where they sang "My Chalupa" to the tune of "My Sharona"? That was pretty clever! Sorry, Lawren....

Didn't "Rice-A-Roni" (the SanFrancisco Treat) use this towards the end of their commercial days, too ?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

YouTube - Taco Bell My Chalupa

I remember a longer version. Don't watch this, Lawren! Save yourself!

I just realized this calls for the puking icon for TWO reasons!

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Didn't "Rice-A-Roni" (the SanFrancisco Treat) use this towards the end of their commercial days, too ?

You mean...they strayed from the path of "Rice-a-Roni! The San Francisco Treat!"?

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

I just realized this calls for the puking icon for TWO reasons!

You are all EVIL!

Blood is oozing out of my ears. Zepplin, Jimi and various others selling out.

I didn't realize that growing old and having these artists on muzak and commercials would hurt so much.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Oh, please. The Stones selling "Start Me Up" was pretty much the last word in selling out to me. Although I have a friend who was more upset about Bob Dylan at Foxwoods.....

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

I never did figure out what a sharona was.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

I never did figure out what a sharona was.

Whoever she was, she was taken!

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Oh, please. The Stones selling "Start Me Up" was pretty much the last word in selling out to me. Although I have a friend who was more upset about Bob Dylan at Foxwoods.....

Heard Dylan is playing local in August around here. My Dad <RIP> loved him and I can't listen to this one without thinking of him:YouTube - Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man

Yeah like the STONES need commercial money.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Heard Dylan is playing local in August around here. My Dad <RIP> loved him and I can't listen to this one without thinking of him:YouTube - Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man

Really? I would love to see Dylan! (When he was at Foxwoods, I was trying to convince that friend to go with me, but she refused.) Let me know when you hear anything....

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

Hearing the bands of your youth as elevator Muzak is clearly the death of a thousand cuts.

However, I TiVo, so I don't watch commercials. It is remarkably pleasant.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Really? I would love to see Dylan! (When he was at Foxwoods, I was trying to convince that friend to go with me, but she refused.) Let me know when you hear anything....

Bob Dylan
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 07:00 PM

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Bob Dylan
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 07:00 PM

Oh, darn. I'll be in Toronto. I'll probably catch Bob when he's about 92 years old. He'll have sold "Mr. Tambourine Man" to Sunkist to use as "Mr. Tangerine Man" by then, of course.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Oh, darn. I'll be in Toronto. I'll probably catch Bob when he's about 92 years old. He'll have sold "Mr. Tambourine Man" to Sunkist to use as "Mr. Tangerine Man" by then, of course.

UUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

oh the pain. the pain.

Not a good date for me either.

[billymach4 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close billymach4]

The Jeep Commercial

I really like that Andy Kim song with the wolf eating the bird.

[JudyS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JudyS]

I was traumatized, many many years ago, when "Morning" from Peer Gynt was used for a commercial for Geritol or something similar. (Of course, it didn't help when it was used as the euthanasia song in Solent Green, either.) Since then, I have come to accept that nothing is sacred, and the pain has gradually diminished.

So, how much of this is Michael Jackson's fault? (Back in the 1990s, he bought the copyrights to the Beatles's catalog, and after having an argument with Paul McCartney, decided to license them for use in commercials as much as he could.)

Steve, where did you get that puking icon from? How do we add extra icons here?