radio commercials

Sh–ty To Just Sh–tier… Sobe’s Too Long Oolong Radio Commercial

Posted on by sgottahurt

This MF’n FM commercial drives me almost up the wall when I’m driving.  I’ve been trying to record it to share with the masses for a while now, but I’ve finally caught it and bottled it up to torture you.  I missed the first oolong, but I certainly got the rest, as well as all the goji pears, if that’s how you even spell it.

Fuck you, Sobe.  Fuck you hard.  Except for this.  This you did all right.

(SIDENOTE: I know Piccolo’s name is not Goji Pear, but Oolong is definitely right.)

Musical Musings… Why Do Commercials Steal Artists Songs?

Posted on by sgottahurt

When I thought about making this image, I didn't really think about what it meant.

I once was going to write about how the Proactiv commercials ripped off a Bruce Hornsby riff, but I was sidelined into exploring the curse that product has had on its bevy of attractive hawkers.

But not this time.

Throughout the years, commercials have ruined many popular songs by using them to push products.  Not only do the songs get overplayed, but they also become synonymous with that product.

For example:

Well, there’s one thing I hate more than that.  It infuriates me to the bone in such a primal way that it makes me wonder if I truly am…

an Artist!

Anyspew, I can’t stand it when commercials rip-off song riffs.

As mentioned at this post’s start, Proactiv did this in their commercials.

Here are some others that I found (the articles about):

Or did they simply commit the act of liberal borrowing?

Want to know the source of this rage?  Budweiser has a couple of radio spots currently playing in which, I believe, this song is being ripped off:

I couldn’t find the spots anywhere on the TripleDoubleU, but one is about baseball being America’s pastime, and the other is about how there is 24 happy hours across the world.

If anyone can find those for me, I’d greatly appreciate it.   I have far more ripping and riffing to do…

BONUS STEALING!

I’ve remembered two more…

The answer for both is of course, yes.

BONUS FORGOTTEN POST!

I once wrote about Maybelline pulling this same crap…