Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


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.


billytea - Jul 21, 2004 9:46:32 am PDT #4174 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

earwormed with Billy Idol - Got to be a Lover.

Forgot To Be A Lover. I'm very insistent about this, as I love this song.


erinaceous - Jul 21, 2004 9:48:11 am PDT #4175 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.

Did anyone see the Ben Stiller Show parody of "One" being used to sell breakfast cereal? Ben does a fine, fine Bono.

Joe, gotcher email! Thanks! I will never, ever be back on the Lopate show again. Because my cell turned itself on in my bag and rang on-air. (To keep this on-topic, the caller was MC Paul Barman ...)


msbelle - Jul 21, 2004 9:50:45 am PDT #4176 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

so sorry bt - I stand corrected.

eta - and now Prince/Sheena Easton take over the music in my head.


Lyra Jane - Jul 21, 2004 9:51:25 am PDT #4177 of 10003
Up with the sun

Sue, I chose U2 because I was pretty sure they'd never really had a song in an ad, though I know "Beautiful Day" was used to promote the broadcast of the 2000 Olympics. I googled it, and their hands really are relatively clean on the issue -- the most commercial thing is "Electrical Storm" in a New Zealand spot about yacht racing.

But as you point out, they aren't exactly hurting for the money.


billytea - Jul 21, 2004 9:56:42 am PDT #4178 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

eta - and now Prince/Sheena Easton take over the music in my head.

Which one? I have unreasonable love for Strut, especially since me singing along is deeply inappropriate on so many levels.


joe boucher - Jul 21, 2004 9:58:25 am PDT #4179 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

It's my high school nightmare, on a cruise ship!

"Come Sail Away" (how apropos!) was the big spotlight dance in "The Virgin Suicides" and "Freaks and Geeks".

It's my high school nightmare, on a cruise ship!

Leonard's loss. Mine, too. Guess which one I care about.


Lyra Jane - Jul 21, 2004 10:00:35 am PDT #4180 of 10003
Up with the sun

Article about bands that won't allow music to be used for ads. it's from 2002- have any of the artists named in it changed their minds since?

Though this passage:

R.E.M. The jangly strains of the seminal '90s alt-rock band have become so well known, they're instantly recognizable: Think It's the "End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" and "Losing My Religion". Advertisers could have a field day with R.E.M.'s repertoire. Stick "Everybody Hurts" on an aspirin commercial. "One I Love" is perfect for a Hallmark Valentine's Day campaign.

(emphasis mine)

Makes me wonder if the writer could find irony in a dictionary.


Gandalfe - Jul 21, 2004 10:08:02 am PDT #4181 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Gandalfe - Jul 21, 2004 10:08:13 am PDT #4182 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

I always wanted Budwiser to use Oingo Boingo's "No Spill Blood" for a commercial.


msbelle - Jul 21, 2004 10:09:32 am PDT #4183 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

U Got the Look.

"I stand corrected" is what triggered it.