Have you seen this Hover-round commercial with the Beach Boys “I Get Around” playing underneath the whole thing? It’s not the actual Beach Boys recording (just a poorly done cover), but it really is embarrassing. Do Brian Wilson and Mike Love and Al Jardine need money that bad?
Over the years, many songs from many artists have served as commercial themes: “Like A Rock” by Bob Seger and “This Is Our Country” by John Mellencamp have both been the backdrop for Chevy trucks, and Alan Jackson and Toby Keith have been Ford spokesmen and their songs have been featured in their adds. There are countless others. But this Beach Boys one is the most appalling to me. Let’s take a fun song about, well, sleeping around, and play it for a motorized scooter that helps the elderly who can no longer get around like they used to. There’s just something weird about that. Maybe it’s me. I dunno.
But it got me to thinking…what other songs would work for endorsement deals?
Here are a few. Feel free to add more:
- “Any Way You Want It”, Journey – Burger King. Remember “have it your way?” This would be a different take.
- “Touch of Grey”, Grateful Dead – Just For Men.
- “A Little Mud On The Tires”, Brad Paisley - Jeep or John Deere ATV’s.
- Â ”Loser”, Beck – Chicago Cubs. They could use it for their season ticket drives.
I’m sure there are many more.
4 responses so far ↓
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Anon E. Mouse
// May 11, 2007 at 2:14 am
You know, just when you start to make a point and not sound like an idiot for a little while, you go and do something stupid (remoinds me of Gary Sandberg).
You hate the Cubs – we get it. We got it a long time ago.
BJ – methinks this obsession of yours is just you overcompensating for something. What I do not know (nor do I want to know. Build a little baseball field for your little imaginary winter town – hell, buy several and have an imaginary league of your own and live out your sick little fantasies that way.
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bjstone
// May 11, 2007 at 4:32 am
Well, two things come to mind here.
1. You don’t take jokes well, mouse
and
2. If you “get” that I hate the Cubs, why are you always the first (and usually the only one) to comment on it? Who’s obsessed?
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chef Kevin
// May 11, 2007 at 4:32 pm
The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up” for Viagra.
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Anon E. Mouse
// May 14, 2007 at 2:23 am
BJ – My spell checker doesn’t acknowledge “Ptttthhhhhhhhtttt!” as being a word, but it fits here.
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