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@ Chevy March
31st 2006
So I'm watching the nightly news yesterday and this Chevy commercial comes on, some garbage about living in the spotlight and driving a GM car. That's not what catches my attention though, its the music running in the background. Advertisers have a tendency to use popular music, but change a couple of notes in the song so they don't have to pay royalties to the artist. (ya I know, great karma but anything for a buck right?) Anyway, it takes a second for it to click, but it dawns on me that they are using a ripoff of Green Day's "American Idiot" as the backdrop for their commercial!! Wow! I've seen some boneheaded moves in my time, but this is near the top of the pile. It's almost as bad as when Ford decided to call its sports coupe that they were marketing to women, the "Probe" LOL.. I can't believe they're actually paying these marketing firms real money!