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Inappropriate song for an ad?

  • 24-06-2012 9:51am
    #1
    December2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭


    Theres an ad on tv which has been on for ages, that uses the tune of "Over There" to promote an insurance comparison website.

    Do you think it's appropriate?

    "Over there" was a song about war. Should it be used in the promotion of insurance?

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There#section_3


Comments

  • #2
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Absolutely. People who get up in knots about stuff like this really get on my nerves.


  • #3
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    Not as inappropriate as using Sunday Bloody Sunday for a tampon ad...


  • #4
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    December2012 wrote: »
    Theres an ad on tv which has been on for ages, that uses the tune of "Over There" to promote an insurance comparison website.

    Do you think it's appropriate?

    "Over there" was a song about war. Should it be used in the promotion of insurance?

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There#section_3

    Ah, you're talking about those ads featuring a certain Gio Compario... ;););)


  • #5
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop is on a few ads, despite being about heroin.
    Immaculate Pasta wrote: »
    Not as inappropriate as using Sunday Bloody Sunday for a tampon ad...

    "I can't close my eyes and make it go away"


  • #6
    December2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭December2012


    Immaculate Pasta wrote: »
    Not as inappropriate as using Sunday Bloody Sunday for a tampon ad...

    Please god tell me that isn't happening?


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