What is the worst ad song ever? [link]

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 comfort like a song about shooting up junk."

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Third place, with yet another slew of responses, goes to Mercedes-Benz's use of Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz":

"I've always wondered about Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz,' which I always interpreted as a song critical of capitalism and materialism through the tragedy of poor people asking God in despair for the ultimate upper class status symbol which somehow will erase the pain of poverty. When Daimler started using it to sell Benzes, I felt awful. I still do. Joplin did drive a Porsche (which makes the next lyric—'My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends'—a possible self-criticism). Then again, she probably vomited in it."

If I had any say in how we do stuff here, I would do exactly as Vortex suggest, but as I don;t and I only have 3 weeks left here, I will pass the buck and the information on to someone else. jackholes, all of them.

I only have 3 weeks left here

oh, fuck 'em then. did you like the pillow?

Uhg. Well, they certainly are making it a lot easier to be happy about leaving, aren't they?

Last night I started watching the DVD set for s2 of Chappelle's Show. They have Charlie MurphYYY telling more stories on it, and it is hysterical. I recommend the DVD to all for that alone. (Seemed like the set at Best Buy was somehow bigger than the one being sold at Borders, so be warned.)

"Rick wants to go to the abyss. In fact, he dwells in the abyss. . . . And he wants company."

The pillow is cute, but the only pink in my house is in my kitchen.

right before I was going to be, I happened to flip to comedy central and saw Dave doing an hour of stand up. HYSTERICAL. Oh, and for those who wonder what's going on with Dave, he's been showing up at small comedy clubs in LA, just doing an hour or so on current events. So, still into comedy, but maybe not into the commercialism.

The pillow is cute, but the only pink in my house is in my kitchen.

who are you? Rebecca Locke? t /Inside joke

whoa, that pun was totally unintended.

eta the name of the character, not the actress, caus it's not funny otherwise.

I do love Charlie Murphy. Maybe the ex will buy the DVDs and then I can watch them.

Okay, the doctor can call me back any time now. Want to do laundry. Perhaps even buy more ginger ale.