{"id":13395,"date":"2005-06-14T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/14\/worst-ad-song-ever\/"},"modified":"2005-06-14T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-14T14:15:00","slug":"worst-ad-song-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/14\/worst-ad-song-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst Ad Song Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Slate<\/i> article What’s the Worst Ad Song Ever?<\/a> has a pretty good round-up of reader-submitted “incongruous advertising soundtracks.”<\/p>\n

The big winner, submitted by dozens and dozens of you, is Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, which used Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life<\/a>” in a series of spots. As my reader Andrei put it, “Nothing says maritime comfort like a song about shooting up junk.” A sampling of other e-mails I got on this mismatch:<\/p>\n

“Love the tune, but did the cruise folks actually think about the lyrics? ‘Here comes Johnny Yen again\/ With the liquor and drugs\/ And a flesh machine\/ He’s gonna do another strip tease.’ Somewhere between the drugs and the strip tease, it hits you: Yeah, this is way more than an ordinary vacation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have to agree with that choice, but there are a bunch more in the article that are almost as bad…<\/p>\n

via Fimoculous<\/a><\/div>\n

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tags: tv<\/a> music<\/a> humor<\/a> <\/div>\n
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The Slate article What’s the Worst Ad Song Ever? has a pretty good round-up of reader-submitted “incongruous advertising soundtracks.” The big winner, submitted by dozens and dozens of you, is Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, which used Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” in a series of spots. As my reader Andrei put it, “Nothing says maritime … <\/p>\n

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