(idm) RE: the ads thread

From Michael Stein
Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 19:47

>> I thought the same thing when VW used Psychic TV's "Roman P." a couple of
>> years back. Did they have any idea that the track was about Roman
Polanski
>> and his taste for little girls?

>& how about the volkswagen ad with the spiritualized song that goes "all
>i really want is just a little pill to take the pain away" or something
>to that order?  (might not be "pill", but i think the message is quite
>obvious no matter what word you put in there...  for those who want to
>check, it's the first track on their "ladies & gentlemen..." cd.)

Um... listen to that track again.  The lyrics would be "All I want in life
is a little bit of love to take the pain away."  No "pills" mentioned, but
knowing Jason, he likely had pills on his mind :-)

Mike.