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Is this how corporate America views true love!?
Article Number: 60 Date Added: 09/10/2008 13:22:33
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Like most people, and by most I mean those of you who spend 14 to 18 hours in front of a PC!!! OK, maybe some...one or two at least!

Anyway...

I listen to online radio. I mostly listen to house/club music. Progressive trance being my favorite. But I bounce around, listening to whatever the mood favours.

A couple days ago, the station I was listening to started playing advertisements. Well, not the station, the website! Live365.com allows anyone to have their own online radio station, but if you listen free, ya have to listen to Live365 adverts.

So I'm sitting here, listening and this advert comes on, with the following song about an online credit checking service...

     Well I married my dream girl;
     I married my dream girl;
     But she didn't tell me;
     Her credit was bad;

     So now instead of living in a pleasant suburb;
     we're living in the basement at her mom and dad's;

     No we can't ge a loan;
     for a respectible home;
     just because my girl defaulted on some old credit card;

     if we'd gone to {insert evil web address here!}.com;
     I'd be a happy bachelour with a dog and a yard;

And I just about hit the floor!! Originally, I thought I'd heard it all wrong! Surely, somewhere, some advertising dude did't hear this and say "Yup..that's a winner!" and put it on-air!!

Just to be safe, I had Ernesta listen in when it came on again. We both just looked at each other. Stunned! I mean absolutely gob-smacked!!

There are just so many things wrong with this, I can not believe they played it! That the company it's about approved it! That Live365.com inserted it into the advertisement schedule!!!

So in no particular order....here's whats SNAFU about this song!

1. At the start "I married my dream girl". Good for you. But in 10 seconds, "I'd be a happy bachlour..". So, you married your dream girl, but "true love" is on the condition that a credit check on you comes back favorable!?!?!

2. If the check "didn't" come back favorable... "I'd be a happy bachlour...". Meaning, you aren't that bothered to be in a relationship with your "dream girl" in the first place!!

3. Now I can think of worse things than "living in the basement..". It all depends on the basement!! So you have bad credit..you also don't have a mortgage!! Meaning you should be able to save. Eventually, the down payment you save (if it's big enough) will get you a mortgage reguardless of credit!!! Money talks my friend! All over the world! You could be "living on the street outside her mom and dad's" you self-righteous dick-weed!!

4. In today's economy, who would want a mortgage anyway!!!!

5. But the thing that bothers me most. The company asked for an advertisement of there services. Fair enough. Hired someone to do it! But....when presented with the "finished product", approved it! Paid the guy and said "this is great! Thanks!". Then...gave it to advertising agencies to spread around the globe! Live365.com, ever eager to get your money (another article) said "sure, we'll play that for you, no problem!".

Obviously, this is an advert aimed at American's in America. Now I know I haven't lived there in donkey's, but is this how bad it is!? Would the thought of dropping you "dream girl/guy" be a possibility because of a credit report!?!?!?

Holy "Moral Fibre" Shit Batman!!!!!

 

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