On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Tomas Jirku wrote:
quoted 10 lines a thorn in my side re: Stereolab. Did that Volvo deal close well? I can't> >a thorn in my side re: Stereolab. Did that Volvo deal close well? I can't
> >imagine what Volvo
> >paid them but I'd guess it could buy them a *fleet* of new Farfisas. Hopefully
> >dropping socialist ideology from their oeuvre worked for this ad
>
> i wonder about this ad. it was said before that advertisers chose
> electronicmusic because of its lack of meaning. then there's this
> stereolab song about war and bombshelters. sure it's a nice, quirky song
> but do ya think anyone listened to the lyrics before choosing it for the
> ad?
I thought the same thing when VW used Psychic TV's "Roman P." a couple of
years back. Did they have any idea that the track was about Roman Polanski
and his taste for little girls?
Greg