(idm) Re:the ads thread

From Technotica
Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 17:54

Oh!

I wanted to reply to this one...I have a relative that works on Madison Ave
at a large Ad firm.....several weeks back the music directors excitedly
told the weekly creative meeting about this new 'Techno' that they'll be
using for some ads...things like "Portishead'....Portishead....Techno....!
   It shows they really have no idea what's going on....

Linda Leigh

np....air conditioner on max



At 11:59 AM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>> 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.)
>
>i guess if these marketing guys at vw don't know about the meaning of
>those songs, they must be a bit... deaf?
>
>--
>david turgeon at http://www.notype.com
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