"Classic" songs that are used for adverts

[Cato]

I'm sure I heard a thrash cover of 'Shake & Vac' in the late 80s/early 90s. I thought it was by someone like Xentrix or maybe Lawn Mower Deth,though it could have been Nuclear Assault, but I did a quick google search and couldn't find anything.

[chris_b]

Good for them. At least the artists and writers are making some money from their work.

[bonzodog]

[quote name='megallica' timestamp='1456873857' post='2993210']


BTW I don't think Nuclear Assault covered Shake N Vac
[/quote]

Fair enough. It was a long time ago and I remember a thrash band doing it.

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1456902860' post='2993280']


Fair enough. It was a long time ago and I remember a thrash band doing it.
[/quote]

Yeah, it was Snuff, who also covered the Branflakes "Tasty Tasty very very tasty" song

[keefbaker]

People need to realize this stuff isn't sacrilege. First time I heard Imagine Dragons knowing them as a band I thought, "oh, the bank advert band".

This has been going on since before I was a kid and to be honest, you could argue the same stuff for sampling in songs. How many people thing of the bassline to "good times" by Chic as "the classic hip hop loop"?

Music is music is music is music. Complaining about it changes nothing but your own blood pressure.

[chris_b]

Apparently Van Morrison signed away most of his early songs and gets virtually nothing if they are used in films etc. He's been re recording most of the popular ones so that when asked if his stuff can be used he makes them use the newly recorded versions. That way he gets some money out of the use of his songs.

There were some very clever copies done in the past, when bands hadn't woken up to the revenue potential of their songs. This version Levi's recorded of Heard It Through The Grapevine is a classic in its own right.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT4DR_ae_4o"]https://www.youtube....h?v=wT4DR_ae_4o[/url]


edit - spelling!

Edited March 2, 2016 by chris_b

[keefbaker]

[i]the red car and the blue car had a race
all that red could do was stuff his face
he eats everything he sees
from trucks to prickly trees
but smart old blue he took the milky way

he's looking for a chocolate treat
fluffy and light
cos he knows it won't spoil his app-e-tite

mm mm MMMM!

oh no! the bridge has gone, poor old red just can't carry on
but smart old blue, he took the milky way[/i]

[i]-------[/i]
Ah the old classic... With the timeless message that fat people are losers.

[megallica]

Lawnmower deth did kids in America
Xentrix did ghostbusters
Nuclear assault covered good times bad times and ballroom blitz

[JellyKnees]

I'm with Bill Hicks on this one... I'm probably in the minority once again

Edited March 2, 2016 by JellyKnees

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1456936411' post='2993779']
I'm with Bill Hicks on this one... I'm probably in the minority once again
[/quote]

No. There's one more

[Beer of the Bass]

It would be nice if I could still hear the Upsetters' Return of Django without being reminded of Her Majesties Revenue & Customs!

[RandomBass]

Well I drive a Peugeot, but unfortunately it has rarely taken my breath away. Even in Berlin. Disgruntled from Sussex.

[TheGreek]

BASTARDS!!! Janice Joplin -"Another little piece of my heart" - perfume ad..

[tauzero]

What I find really annoying is when whatever cloth-eared gibbon is doing the sound editing cuts out a bar, or a beat, or even half a beat. Presumably they know bugger-all about music.

[TheGreek]

Possibly one of the best dance tunes ever, "Ride on Time" now an advert for crisps...disgraceful..

[upside downer]

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1456937128' post='2993791']
No. There's one more
[/quote]

Dear old Bill had a point but if it's done with humour the results can be entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxELSzay2lc

Or...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gib916jJW1o


"LUNG NEARLY GAVE!"

Edited June 7, 2016 by upside downer

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 28, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[wateroftyne]

One of the worst offenders for dropped beats, although I totally understand why they have to do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFtMYevHeXQ

[Passinwind]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1456779577' post='2992264']
Watching TV and the adverts come on - they're using "Changes" by David Bowie for the Toyota RAV4 advert.

How do others feel about classic pieces of music that become know (mostly by the younger generation) as "[i]isn't that the song from the **** adverts?[/i]"
[/quote]

Despise all TV ads, so it doesn't matter all that much to me what form of perversion they take.

Edited June 8, 2016 by Passinwind

[PaulWarning]

the way it's going TV ads will be the only way bands make money from recordings, at least the ad is worth watching with a decent backing track, which I is the idea, when the band are discussing new songs to cover, one will get the thumbs up because "Yeah Joe Public will know that one it was used in and advert".Anything that exposes the public to different music is good isn't it? I can do Blitzkrieg Bop at open mic now

[FinnDave]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1457040645' post='2994816']
BASTARDS!!! Janice Joplin -"Another little piece of my heart" - perfume ad..
[/quote]

Sadly, I doubt that Janice is in a position to care.

[timmo]

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1465416089' post='3068095']


Sadly, I doubt that Janice is in a position to care.
[/quote]she may care more about the spelling of Janis though 😊

[tauzero]

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1465411660' post='3068055']
Yup, drives me round the bend too. Unfortunately, they do know about squeezing info into short time frames, so an 'empty' bar or beat gets lopped out for the sake of brevity. It's actually a fairly clever way to pack your ad with just the strongest hooks of the song.

Incidentally, the first place I heard All Right Now was on a chewing gum advert...
[/quote]

I appreciate that they're making it as short as possible but the extra half beat or beat could easily be fitted in and not extend the advert at all.

[tauzero]

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1456920453' post='2993498']
[i]oh no! the bridge has gone, poor old red just can't carry on
but smart old blue, he took the milky way[/i]

[i]-------[/i]
Ah the old classic... With the timeless message that fat people are losers.
[/quote]

So red couldn't take it to the bridge after all. There's a lesson in that for all of us, I think you will agree.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1465413744' post='3068073']
the way it's going TV ads will be the only way bands make money from recordings, at least the ad is worth watching with a decent backing track, which I is the idea, when the band are discussing new songs to cover, one will get the thumbs up because "Yeah Joe Public will know that one it was used in and advert".Anything that exposes the public to different music is good isn't it? I can do Blitzkrieg Bop at open mic now
[/quote]

Except that most songs for ads are re-recordings with sound-alike musicians so the only ones benefiting are the song writers.

More reason than ever to concentrate on your songwriting skills.