Organizers of the 2012 Olympic Games are using song to invite the world to come to London:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011 ... ism-jingle
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'London Calling' Repurposed As A Tourism Jingle
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'London Calling' Repurposed As A Tourism Jingle
by djcraig » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:53 am
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by q89747 » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:34 am
No surprise any more. People in suits realize they can appropriate once-rebellious music for their own ends, selling things to cretins, and of course they're right.
The Onion gave the whole sad situation a nice treatment-- funny (and sad) because it's true I guess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-a ... bank,1489/
The Onion gave the whole sad situation a nice treatment-- funny (and sad) because it's true I guess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-a ... bank,1489/
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by Frau_Blucher » Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:50 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by q89747[/i]
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The Onion gave the whole sad situation a nice treatment-- funny (and sad) because it's true I guess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-a ... bank,1489/
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Thing is, some cruise line already used it for real. Come on Onion, try harder.
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The Onion gave the whole sad situation a nice treatment-- funny (and sad) because it's true I guess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-a ... bank,1489/
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Thing is, some cruise line already used it for real. Come on Onion, try harder.
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by plagiarism » Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:24 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher[/i]
Thing is, some cruise line already used it for real. Come on Onion, try harder.
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The Onion article is dated 2001. A quick search says that Carnival started using the song in 2004.
Thing is, some cruise line already used it for real. Come on Onion, try harder.
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The Onion article is dated 2001. A quick search says that Carnival started using the song in 2004.
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by Frank_Chickens » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:56 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by q89747[/i]
<br>No surprise any more. People in suits realize they can appropriate once-rebellious music for their own ends, selling things to cretins, and of course they're right.
The Onion gave the whole sad situation a nice treatment-- funny (and sad) because it's true I guess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-a ... bank,1489/
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Don't see what the problem is, they sold out years ago.
<br>No surprise any more. People in suits realize they can appropriate once-rebellious music for their own ends, selling things to cretins, and of course they're right.
The Onion gave the whole sad situation a nice treatment-- funny (and sad) because it's true I guess.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/song-a ... bank,1489/
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Don't see what the problem is, they sold out years ago.
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