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From:
Greg Clow
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:55:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Re: (idm) Re:the ads thread
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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