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Average Jane on Bad Ad Songs

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This week, Slate shared the results of asking visitors, "What’s the worst ad song ever?"

One I particularly agree with:

"I have to nominate Applebees’ ‘Take this steak and top it’ ads. Since
the source of the jingle is ‘Take This Job and Shove It’—and the ‘shove
it’ is short for ‘shove it up your ass’—it’s a horrible choice.
Applebees wants to shove a steak up my ass?"
—ILR

Others seemed a little nitpicky to me since they depended on a thorough knowledge of how the lyrics and meaning of the song differed from the intent of the commercial.

What ad songs do you really dislike?  What bothers you about them?

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3 responses to “Average Jane on Bad Ad Songs”

  1. Goofy Girl Avatar
    Goofy Girl

    The Red Lobster one from about a year ago, that sticks in your head so that you are humming it all day like an idiot:
    “The shrimp boat is on the way,
    it’s coming into the bay,
    La, la, la la la la la…”
    Darn. Now it’s stuck in there again.

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  2. Cagey Avatar
    Cagey

    Hmmm, can’t think of one – damn DVR has me spoiled. Or not. It doesn’t sound like I am missing much!

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  3. Katt Avatar
    Katt

    The Friskies commercial that uses the Joe Cocker song “Feeling Alright.”
    The song goes, “Feeling alright. I’m not feeling too good myself…”
    Makes me think of sick cats.
    (New here – love your site.)

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