Saturday, May 31, 2008

I Don't Care if You've Been Everywhere

In an earlier post this month, I opined that producers of TV commercials ought to stop using "O Fortuna" as background music.  Let me now add another to the "please do not use this music" list.  The Johnny Cash semi-hit "I've Been Everywhere" has now appeared in at least three different TV ad campaigns.  One was for a motel chain, one for gasoline, and one for something else (I forgot what it was because I was too preoccupied and annoyed by the music).   

Advertising ought to be a creative expression, not a retread of something else.

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