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| From | Joe Field <joe@flyingcolorscomics.com> |
| Subject | Re: Pop Songs in Movies |
| Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:31:09 -0800 |
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Jaimie Vernon wrote:
> Some dimbulb marketing for Wendy's Hamburgers thought it would be
> nifty-neato to attach The Violent Femmes' "Blister In The Sun" to
> their new chili and potato campaign.
> The song's about masturbation. Why not just inject "I Touch Myself" by
> the Divinyls or "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper?
>
> Morons.
Sure, that was the original intended meaning. But there are a lot of
songs that individual listeners interpret in their own ways. Maybe
Wendy's licensed it because it, uh, has a... good beat?
Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com
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