🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[curious_slut]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

Me when Hulu makes me endure a 90 second ad break:

Me when vintage commercials are on tap:

Zoom zoom

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

Me when Hulu makes me endure a 90 second ad break:

Me when vintage commercials are on tap:

Zoom zoom

I am, as I type, watching Castle on Hulu, posting during the 90 second break. I like the countdown...

 

[vagrantx]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

Me when Hulu makes me endure a 90 second ad break:

I am, as I type, watching Castle on Hulu, posting during the 90 second break. I like the countdown...

Hulu isn't available here, but, do your streaming services have commercials!? What's the point of paying for them then?

 

[TXRafe]

Hulu isn't available here, but, do your streaming services have commercials!? What's the point of paying for them then?

saves money, i dont mind the commericals, im usually doing 7 different things anyway. paying for all the apps is still cheaper than cable used to be. plus i havent been able to appointment watch television is at least 10 years.

 

[MindYaBitness]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

Are You Gonna be My Girl-Jet

 

[Wonderer67]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

There’s a story behind this. My ex-mother in law was pretty much everything I wasn’t. Staunchly conservative. Catholic. Prim and Proper. Baby Boomer 50s sensibility.

Somehow we became great friends and really got along. And I broke her chops incessantly (along with help from my ex wife, bro and sister in laws) about everything: movies, politics, actors and of course music. She was a Diamondhead. She loved show tunes, bombast and all things Niel Diamond. She DESPISED Barry Manilow for whatever reason. So along w encouragement from bro/sis in law and my ex, we decided to “come out” that we were big Fanilows. For one night only, we had it out after Sunday night dinner: Diamond vs Manilow. My ex BiL and I started a mock “argument” of who was better. And we played songs by each. My ex MiL was really serious about it. A few weeks later I broke the news to her that I was really joking. Man, was she pissed at me!

I will admit that Diamond and Manilow are brilliant songwriters. But their style is nothing like mine. They are bombast. Show Tune-y, Maximalists of music. My musical tastes count be more opposite!

Anyway, I had to admit that I really like this song. Until we practiced for this, I didn’t think anything of Barry Manilow. But I learned that he started out as a jingle writer. Wrote some of the jingles you hear here.

Barry Manilow. - A Very Strange Medley

 

[UnquietDreams]

Hulu isn't available here, but, do your streaming services have commercials!? What's the point of paying for them then?

I get it for 99 cents a month (Black Friday deal) with commercials. And I got it originally for What We Do in the Shadows.

 

[curious_slut]

Hulu isn't available here, but, do your streaming services have commercials!? What's the point of paying for them then?

Hulu does get very cheap on Black Friday as @UnquietDreams mentioned so I'll use a different email to sign up every year I'm old enough to remember when Hulu was free with ads but now it's just a lot cheaper than ad free.

 

[lavendersilk]

Hulu does get very cheap on Black Friday as @UnquietDreams mentioned so I'll use a different email to sign up every year I'm old enough to remember when Hulu was free with ads but now it's just a lot cheaper than ad free.

How sneaky! I would never have thought of that...

 

[curious_slut]

How sneaky! I would never have thought of that...

Taking advantage of corporations wouldn't make you any less angelic

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

House music isn't known for its lyrics. The focus is more on the beat, and while some have singers, the vocals are more often short snippets sampled from other songs.

I first heard Dirty Vegas's "Days Go By" in an ad for Mitsubishi, and enjoyed the beat. I bought it and downloaded it, and figured it would end up in my library after a week or two, like so many others. I still edit videos for projects occasionally, and you never know when a song may come in handy. That was my thought, but I listened to the lyrics. And again. And again. And it has been in my regular rotation since 2004 or so.

"You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin
You leave me when I'm at my worst
A feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you"

There are two actual acoustic versions, both outstanding -- one on the album, and a later one with just acoustic guitar and violin under the vocals.

"Days Go By" resonated with me then, and still does. Though I have never had anyone pop and lock to it in my passenger seat. But then again, I drive a Kia...

"Days Go By," Dirty Vegas

 

[ny_m_teacher]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial
Kosha Dillz - Cellular Phone

Wego Bud Light Commercial

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

Phil Collins (& Gorilla): In the air tonight
Cadbuty's chocolate commercial in UK

I was gonna pick this one if it wasn't already taken

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Taking advantage of corporations wouldn't make you any less angelic

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

In good old fashion Aussie pride, I had to pick a beer commercial. There's something fabulous about the ways Aussie ads handle the beer industry. They're always spot on. This one was no exception:

Help Yourself - Tom Jones

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

To the surprise of no one

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Hulu isn't available here, but, do your streaming services have commercials!? What's the point of paying for them then?

Yeah even fucking Amazon Prime made the default membership include commercials.

Big Tech. Taking business models that already existed and making them just a lot shittier for employees and customers since the 90’s.

 

[The_Quiet_Man]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

This slow version of this Eric Clapton classic appeared in Michelob commercials ("The Night Belongs to Michelob" ad campaign) in the late 80's and early 90's. I've always thought it was superior to Clapton's original version.

 

[BreukelenAnima]

Day 15: A song or jingle heard in a TV commercial

Great song ("Happy Jack" by The Who) in a great ad.

 

[37_ttej]

Day 16: A song you have put on a mixtape for someone

I don’t think I’ve ever done a mix tape for someone else.
Certainly made my own though.
I remember ripping this one from the radio to cassette back in the day.

Satisfied - Richard Marx

 

[lingus60]

Day 16: A song you have put on a mixtape for someone

Elbow : Balu
Not exactly a mix tape, but recommended to someone....

 

[vagrantx]

Day 16: A song you have put on a mixtape for someone

SO wanted to know what I was listening to that was so upbeat, so I put together a Vaporwave playlist for her!

Cats? Check.
Synths? Check.
Sounds like it's both from the 1980s and the 2180s at the same time? Fucking check-a-roony!

Space Purr - Flower Planet

 

[orangecurious]

Day 16: A song you have put on a mixtape for someone

Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
There was a time, many moons ago, where anyone getting a mixtape from me was guaranteed this would be on it.
A classic song of social integration, why not take the skinheads bowling?
"I had a dream, i wanted to lick your knees"

 

[sister jenny]

Day 16: A song you have put on a mixtape for someone

”What a difference a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you”

Burned a CD for my sister the last time we met up, and this was the first song on it.
There was mostly sad, darker songs but I wanted to start with something positive and beautiful, so not to worry her too much.

I love this song, and yes it makes me cry.

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 16: A song you have put on a mixtape for someone

Those were the days...

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive

(I really wanted to post the Paul Rudd version of this and see who noticed...)