One Thing Leads to Another?

While I honestly wish advertising agencies weren’t so damn lazy and would actually try to write a catchy jingle along the lines of “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke,” “Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Pepper, Too” or, at minimum give us a an addictive catchphrase like “Twoallbeefpattiespecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun,” I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the songs from my youth and teenage years being co-opted into today’s commercials.

Not saying I like all the uses (I’m lookin’ at you, Mark Knopfler and Sting, crassly allowing “I want my MTV” to be changed to “I want my MPG”) and definitely no love Mellencamp’s direction for attaching the ever-annoying “Our Country” to Chevy Trucks before even releasing it on an album … and then having the balls to put in on his subsequent album. Did you think we wouldn’t notice, Johnny? Did you think we’d accept it as a creative part of the Freedom’s Road sequencing? Not after watching as much sports as Americans do (and I skip through or surf during commercials).

Believe it or not, though, not here to gripe. To see exactly why I’m spouting off this time, click here …

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