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** They're oddly apropos for the History Channel, especially considering their newfound love of both the end of the world and the pretend. |
** They're oddly apropos for the History Channel, especially considering their newfound love of both the end of the world and the pretend. |
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* A few years back, there was an advert for Pizza Hut's "Twisted Crust" which used [[They Might Be Giants]]' jolly, upbeat "Twisting". It was pulled really quickly. When you listen properly, the lyric actually goes "She wants to see you again / Twisting, slowly twisting / In the wind..." Possibly hanging from a skyhook, even. |
* A few years back, there was an advert for Pizza Hut's "Twisted Crust" which used [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]' jolly, upbeat "Twisting". It was pulled really quickly. When you listen properly, the lyric actually goes "She wants to see you again / Twisting, slowly twisting / In the wind..." Possibly hanging from a skyhook, even. |
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* "Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols has been used more than once in car adverts by virtue of the first line, which goes "you've got a great car". The ''second'' line, [[The Alleged Car|"what's wrong with it today?"]], is rarely played. |
* "Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols has been used more than once in car adverts by virtue of the first line, which goes "you've got a great car". The ''second'' line, [[The Alleged Car|"what's wrong with it today?"]], is rarely played. |
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* Stylized commercials for American mega-store Target featured Devo's "Beautiful World"—a song mocking the consumer culture the ad intended to glorify. |
* Stylized commercials for American mega-store Target featured Devo's "Beautiful World"—a song mocking the consumer culture the ad intended to glorify. |