What music / advertisement positioning would actually shock you?

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It used to be a little surprising when some preciously obscure or "anti-establishment" type song would suddenly pop up in a commercial, but not at all anymore.

After long, hard thinking, the only thing I can come up with is something like Slayer's "Angel of Death" in something like an ad for Nexium, Alleve or RU-486 ad (if they actually had Ru-486 ads on tv). But, Slayer for the new Tony Hawk video game would not be shocking.

What would shock you?

― Scaredy cat, Thursday, 5 June 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

V/vm selling bacon would shock and impress me.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 5 June 2003 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Ford using Merzbow WAY UP in the mix in an ad for some SUV

― brains (cerybut), Thursday, 5 June 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Hall and Oates advertising Dairylea Dunkers.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 5 June 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Cat Stevens for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Thursday, 5 June 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Xiu Xiu for Zoloft.

― gazuga (gazuga), Friday, 6 June 2003 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Dead easy: the Smiths for McDonalds.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 June 2003 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd love to make a Smiths/McDonalds ad. It would consist of footage of the Smith's performing "Meat Is Murder." Then it would cut to Kid Rock smirking and shaking his head. Then he'd bite into a Big Mac and say "the war is on. Take sides. Meat is macho."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 6 June 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

then we'd cut to Fred Durst, Kid Rock and DMX dancing around a giant pile of burgers while Morrissey hangs by his undies behind them.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 6 June 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Fukking God, that's brilliant.

― jm (jtm), Friday, 6 June 2003 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

And then McDonalds wonders why Vegetarianism SOARS around the world...

― kate (kate), Friday, 6 June 2003 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know, that might make ME start eating meat again. I mean, they're implying I'm not macho! Somebody get me a quarter-pounder, fast!

― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 6 June 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Anything Fred Durst does can NOT be cool.

― kate (kate), Friday, 6 June 2003 10:54 (twenty-two years ago)

you can't seem to get Quarterpounders in Mcdonalds (or Maccy D's as i believe all the hep cats are saying) anymore for what its worth

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 6 June 2003 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok, well nevermind then, I'll stick with vegetarianism.

― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 6 June 2003 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

you can't seem to get Quarterpounders in Mcdonalds (or Maccy D's as i believe all the hep cats are saying) anymore for what its worth
Can you get a Royale?

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 6 June 2003 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Minore Threat/Nike
Melt Banana/Hovis
Anal Cunt/Barbie

― mei (mei), Friday, 6 June 2003 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Jello Biafra playing in the background of a "Bush for Prez in 2004" ad.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 6 June 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

belle and sebastian - snickers

― Sean@tangmonkey (Sean M), Friday, 6 June 2003 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The Beatles' "Revolution" for some clampdown corporation like Nike...

Sexual deviants like the Rolling Stones, Madonna and David Bowie for some stick-in-the-ass khaki klones like Microsoft...

Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" for some Japanese robo-junk like Honda...

Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" for some decaying senior-citizen institution like Cadillac...

The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" for some allowance-vacuuming pseudo-hedonists like Levi's...

The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" for piss-water proletariat refreshment like Schlitz...

must I go on?

PS howzabout the best (or least nauseating anyway)jingle-hell rock sellout? I vote for Cheap Trick's deathcore Pepsi jingle. Aerosmith's Gap spot was pretty aces too.

― Chris Clark, Friday, 6 June 2003 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and lest we forget, Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (sung by noted capitalist tool Richie Havens) for accounting termites Coopers & Lybrand, since absorbed into PriceWaterhouseCostelloCougarMellencamp...

― Chris Clark, Friday, 6 June 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

PS howzabout the best (or least nauseating anyway)jingle-hell rock sellout? I vote for Cheap Trick's deathcore Pepsi jingle. Aerosmith's Gap spot was pretty aces too.

i remember discovering the Long Ryders from a beer commercial..

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Friday, 6 June 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Ellen Feiss for Microsoft

― Aaron A., Friday, 6 June 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Ween's "AIDS Song" in a Trojan add, natch.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 June 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Replacing Wilford Brimley with Roky Erickson in life insurance ads would cause me to smile in shock.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Friday, 6 June 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Roky: "Ooooh...shiny eyeball that sees me for the whoooole wooorld." Director: "Good, good. Eye contact with the camera is good, Roky; but you have to read the teleprompter, too." Roky: "Can't all it has is letters on it." Director: "Um, yes, but if you read the letters out loud its words. 'kay?" Roky: "Ahhhhhhh. I see where you're going with this." Director: "Yep. Are you ready, Roky?" Roky: "You keep calling me Roky." Director: "....um...yeah..." Roky: "Because thats my name." Director: "Yeah." Roky: "I'm going to call you Bullwinkle now." Director: (long sigh) Roky: "Are we still doing the commercial?" Director: "Yes. We start whenever you're ready." Roky: "Oh...I'm ready now." Director: "Excellent. Lets do this so we go get some lunch." Roky: "Yeah, baby! Lets do this!" Director: "Fine." Clapboard Boy: "First American Fidelity Mutual Commerce Bank Insurance, Take Six-Six-Two..." (*CLACK*) Direction: "...and Rolling..." (*Roky stares absently at his hands*) Roky: "WOW! Where'd all these FINGERS come from!?"

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 6 June 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

brilliant

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Friday, 6 June 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Break Horses" - My Little Pony

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 6 June 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

Minore Threat/Nike
Melt Banana/Hovis
Anal Cunt/Barbie

-- mei (meirion.lewi...), June 6th, 2003.

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Wow! Which of the other two will be next?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

ILX = repository of the history pf the future

(Cunga - genius revival, A+++++)

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)

"YOU LIKE BARBIE - YOU'RE GAY"

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 05:49 (twenty years ago)

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