Kodak Commercial - Pictures of You

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I haven't seen it or heard it - my wife said she heard a cover version of Pictures of You in an advertisement - wondered who it was... ..Anyone? (And is it a good version? She liked it...)

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Blimey, how come the Cure are suddenly all over the place? There was that car ad with Inbetween Days and I read that Q magazine even doled out some kind of lifetime achievement award to Robert Smith last week.

Is there a behind-the-scenes deal that their time in the wilderness is over or something?

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I saw it/heard it last night. It certainly sounds like a cover. Depressing.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's the orginal, just chopped up to fit 30 seconds or whatever.

― BrianB, Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

It feels slowed down.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

not played slowly, but actually, like somebody's pressing their thumb on the turntable

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it taken from the "Mixed Up" version? That's the one I'm most familiar with.

― BrianB, Wednesday, 8 October 2003 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Damn. Sounds like butchery of one of my favourite Cure songs. A bit of an odd choice for a commercial - sure, the 'pictures' theme fits nicely with Kodak, but it's not exactly the most positive/uplifting song...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

It's an HP ad and it's definitely not a cover. As compared with most commercials out there, I think this one is fairly benign.

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Ahem...

"They've all become prostitutes. It's apparently generally accepted that artists lend their music for commercials. Sting does it, Celine Dion, Moby, even Bob Dylan... Fuck! That's still not done in my eyes. I don't want cure fans to think of toothpaste when they hear the walk." - Robert Smith (Humo magazine July 25th, 2003)

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

HP Sauce?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

If only....

I think it's Hewlett Packard.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

That would really blow my mind, a Cure song used to sell steak sauce. I would dye my hair and wardrobe black and bleat like a sheep.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow! That quote's pretty damning. Wonder how he'll choose to spin it? I'm still depressed over Devo giving "Whip It" to The Swiffer ad campaign.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

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