Is there a Nick Drake song called something like "Mayfair"? Because I've heard a song that may be titled something like that used in an ad for something twice. (Well, I've seen the ad twice and I still couldn't tell you what it was for.)
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
sumi - May 31, 2004 6:34:24 pm PDT #2861 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
DavidS - May 31, 2004 6:46:13 pm PDT #2862 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yep. It's on Fruit Tree (the box) and Time Of No Reply (the outtakes).
Jon B. - May 31, 2004 6:54:30 pm PDT #2863 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Ha! That's an ad for my employer! (MetLife) Freaked me out when they played the set of ads at one of our employee assemblies.
sumi - May 31, 2004 6:55:58 pm PDT #2864 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Glad I wasn't mistaken -- he has a pretty distinctive voice -- have you seen this ad?
Jon B. - May 31, 2004 7:02:00 pm PDT #2865 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Me? I saw it at the employee meeting last year, but I can't remember anything about it other than the music. If I saw it again, I'd probably go "Oh yeah, that one."
sumi - May 31, 2004 7:04:23 pm PDT #2866 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Exactly -- I hear the song, I think "Oh, Nick Drake" and before I've figured out what the ad is -- it's gone. (I'm guessing that makes it a not very effective ad.)
DavidS - May 31, 2004 7:04:42 pm PDT #2867 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Freaked me out when they played the set of ads at one of our employee assemblies.
You have assemblies? Man, just ascend already.
My reactions to various commercial co-options:
"Revolution" - Beatles for Nike: "I don't think that's the revolution he was talking about.'
"Pink Moon" - Nick Drake for VW: "Cool."
"Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop for Nike: "Holy Shit! Vomiting!"
Jon B. - May 31, 2004 7:11:07 pm PDT #2868 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
You have assemblies? Man, just ascend already.
It's worse. They call them "Town Meetings".
DXMachina - Jun 01, 2004 3:41:55 am PDT #2869 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
My reactions to various commercial co-options:
"Do You Realize" - Flaming Lips for some car or another, "Do you realize that everybody you know dies in the next line?"
Lilty Cash - Jun 01, 2004 4:28:34 am PDT #2870 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
There's also a second volume which I haven't heard: Verve Remixed 2
I think I iTunes'd a track off this- a remix of 'Whatever Lola Wants'. It's fantabulous.