The commercial that really grinds my gears is the car co that uses that Cat Stevens song from the movie Harold & Maude in their SUV commercial. The modern day "Mad Men" will use ANYTHING to sell us EVERYTHING. They even edit out the "subversive" lyrics (can't remember the specifics now but if you listen to the original then see the commercial you'll know immediately:
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That was EPIC.
That was EPIC.
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Bump for the playoffs
Bump for the playoffs
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The commercial that really
The commercial that really grinds my gears is the car co that uses that Cat Stevens song from the movie Harold & Maude in their SUV commercial. The modern day "Mad Men" will use ANYTHING to sell us EVERYTHING. They even edit out the "subversive" lyrics (can't remember the specifics now but if you listen to the original then see the commercial you'll know immediately:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Want_to_Sing_Out,_Sing_Out
That movie has another Cat Stevens song that I really like Widespread Panic's cover of ("Trouble")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude
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What about the ad - no idea
What about the ad - no idea for what - where they use the first part of James Brown's
"It's your thing
Do what you wanna do"
and cut out just before
"I can't tell you
Who to sock it to" ?