Song Titles Game Redux

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:22 am

Cemetary Gates - Pantera. Which I hope to never hear.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:35 pm

Boy With A Problem wrote:Blue Chair wrote -
Picture Book - The Kinks
This song is currently being ruined here as it's used in a non-stop advertising campaign for digital cameras or something - I hate when they do this.

Well, the advertising campaign might be ruining it for some...but since I'd never heard the song (or forgot it completely), it introduced a great pop tune to me. I didn't even know it was by the Kinks, though that was my first guess. And, I have to say, it's actually a pretty good set of commercials, as these things go. I'm probably now that much more likely to out and buy my first ever Kinks album (don't ask me why I haven't already!)

So, now we know at least part of the reason that songwriters allow these things to happen, assuming they still own the rights to the song.

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No ideas for a Cemetary Gates follow-up...Perhaps a song BY David Gates (of Bread)....?

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:51 pm

bobster's comment brings up an interesting point - reminds me of how a lot of people were introduced to the music of Nick Drake: VW ads.

Let's face it, while the artists are selling out, it gives songs that don't get any radioplay a lot of airtime, even if they are being used as a sell out.

Besides, I'd rather hear "Picture Book" than "Welcome To The Jungle" while I'm watching TV.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:05 pm

I like Volkswagens...

Gates Of Eden - Bob Dylan

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:47 pm

Blood of Eden - Peter Gabriel

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:13 pm

Blood Of The Lamb - Billy Bragg & Wilco

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:44 pm

Los Angeles Bobster of Anaheim wrote:

Well, the advertising campaign might be ruining it for some...but since I'd never heard the song (or forgot it completely), it introduced a great pop tune to me. I didn't even know it was by the Kinks, though that was my first guess. And, I have to say, it's actually a pretty good set of commercials, as these things go. I'm probably now that much more likely to out and buy my first ever Kinks album (don't ask me why I haven't already!)

but it's Hewlitt Packard - and the song isn't exactly pro-photography (maybe that's the joke - why Ray consented) - aren't people taking pictures to prove that they loved each other - and if you've got the cd with the bonus tracks - check out People Taking Pictures of Each Other..scathing....anyway I watched too much tv and it would have been ok once or twice - but it seemed like I kept getting hammered with it.

Young Blood - The Coasters

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:02 pm

Boy With A Problem wrote:Los Angeles Bobster of Anaheim

Hey...I was saving this joke for an appropriate special occasion! Now, it's gone. Like Gloria Gaynor and Bob Weir said, however, I will survive.

And then you went and stole my song idea too! Damn you, BWAP! Damn you.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:06 pm

But then I remembered....

Forever Young -- Bob Dylan

And all was arighted in the Los Angeles Bobster of Anaheim's home....

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:12 pm

sorry...on all counts

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:32 pm

well, damn. there goes tupac/biggie 2005.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:02 pm

Young Blood - Rickie Lee Jones

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:55 pm

"Blood on the Rooftops"
- Genesis

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:31 pm

Shopping for blood - Franz Ferdinand

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:19 am

Blood Brothers - Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:57 am

Brother Blood - Neville Bros.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:27 am

He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother) - The Hollies

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:28 am

Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:48 am

Metal Firecracker - Lucinda Williams

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:32 am

Metal Guru - T Rex

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:42 am

Heavy Metal Drummer--Wilco

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:43 am

I just did that one!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:47 am

well, then shouldn't i be complimented on mirroring your tastes? well, you probably haven't done this one...

Metal Meltdown--Judas Priest

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:44 pm

Simmer Down - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:49 pm

Down By The River - Neil Young & Crazy Horse