Barking Spiders Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Sometimes TV ads get knocked for misuse of certain well known pieces of music. Conversely, if you don't listen to music radio they can be a great way of discovering songs that might become faves. Here's four of the bat for me which have become big faves but were it not for the ads I'd never heard of three of these groups. Let's go... First up, So Easy by Royksopp, used in a 2002 T-Mobile ad Next, Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols used in this 2007 Vodafone ad Next, I was already a Leftfield fan but only heard Phat Planet for the first time on this seminal 1998 Guinness ad This last tune is called Zoraide by Cairobi, which was used on Halford's 2014 christmas 'Nothing beats a bike' ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Not a chance. We seldom watch the commercial TV channels; if we do, the sound gets muted instantly when ads come on. It's a pet hate. Not much from the radio (R4...) either, but I do get off to sleep listening to France Musique, the classical station. If I hear any good stuff, I've forgotten what it was the next morning anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Making It Better - The Barons Ltd. Baby Let Me Kiss You - King Floyd Recently heard the above on TV, though can’t remember the ads - probably an ad person’s worst nightmare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) I found out years later it was a butchered Manfred Mann song. They were tasty bars, too. Edited April 13, 2021 by Doctor J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I'd heard Moloko's 'Pure Pleasure Seeker' before somewhere, but it took this advert to remind me how good it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) 1983 - This tune became a serious earworm for me, so much so that I actually got myself a copy of the extended version on 12" vinyl (...yep, I've still got it! ) (p.s. - not my video ) Edited April 14, 2021 by Stingray5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 This was heard by just about everyone on an advert. I can't for the life of me remember what they were advertising. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ezbass Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 The old Lois Jeans advert introduced me to The Smiths’ How Soon Is Now, although it was an instrumental version. IIRC the was also a jeans company that used a Stiltskin tune for an ad, another one that was, at the time, new to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 This. opened up soo many avenues for me, but this remains one of my favourite tunes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Viz the Babylon Zoo and the Stiltskin ads, the problem was they used the best bits of each tune, while the main parts with the vocals aren't up to the quality of the snippets 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, ubit said: This was heard by just about everyone on an advert. I can't for the life of me remember what they were advertising. Levi 501's Same with the Stiltskin song. Didn't Apple use a Royal Blood song for one of their ad's? Edited April 14, 2021 by Skybone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Stiltskin didn't exist before the Levi's ad - the song was written for the ad, and the "band" put together to cash in on its success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Venus in Furs by The Velvet underground and Nico for me on the Dunlop (?) tyre advert. I bought the Stiltskin 12"single. Side A was the instrumental version, I think, with the vocal version on the B side. Let's just say, it didn't get played very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Panzer Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Chicago - If you leave me now. They only played a few lines from the song and being early Internet days I had to ask around to find out who it was. Good old Nan knew who it was of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Manfred Mann - A 'B-Side'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BoomTing Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 6 hours ago, ubit said: This was heard by just about everyone on an advert. I can't for the life of me remember what they were advertising. That's what I was going to pick. Was mad on it at the time (and the Album) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdenspur Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) http://youtu.be/l274PJTsejU This from a few years back. Great riff. Edited April 14, 2021 by howdenspur Hmm, not embedding properly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomTing Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, howdenspur said: http://youtu.be/l274PJTsejU This from a few years back. Great riff. Wow I didn't know Hawkwind music was used in ADs seems a sell out!!! Added: Seems like the British equivalent of "out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac!!" Edited April 14, 2021 by BoomTing Added: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 This became an earworm for months, and the song still works for me. "Living On The Ceiling" by Blancmange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Jacques Loussier 's jazz arrangement of Bach's Air on a G string, truncated by the Benson and Hedges cigar adverts. Jacques Loussier - Air On A G String - YouTube Only when I listened to the full version did I realise that there was an artist who was creating jazz arrangements of Bach pieces and that version that we are familiar with (from 0'56") had the introduction lopped off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Win - You've Got The Power Used to great effect on a great advert: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 It’s a long way away from Forever And Ever for Demis! Saw this on a car advert this evening. Never heard it before, and really dig it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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