Members Svi Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 It's bad enough I have to hear this song 90 times every Sunday when I'm watching football. Now I have to hear it throughout the entire NLDS. Anyone else find these commercials annoying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 I have an effigy of Mellencamp soaking in kerosene as we speak, actually. I'm going to put in on a pike in my front yard on Sunday and light it on fire with a flaming arrow. C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tim in WV Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 american jingoism. Put it in German and it would be right at home in Hitler's rise to power circa 1935. "folks like me and you"....meaning white redneck peckerwood folks who buy trucks, but not anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rummy Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Holy {censored}. It just came on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 american jingoism. Put it in German and it would be right at home in Hitler's rise to power circa 1935."folks like me and you"....meaning white redneck peckerwood folks who buy trucks, but not anyone else. Except in the USA it's driven by capitalism and not just a will to power. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tim in WV Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 One and the other are the same. The thing that kills me is the "freedom" reference. Like hat we have now is somehow freedom, when my entire life has been marked by a decrease in freedoms available to the common man. The only exception is the Civil Rights Movement. Except for that it's always backwards. Government and Corporatism always grow. The rights of the individual are always under attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roosterbass Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 so effin annoying, cant deal with that...i guess the songs designed for the mass american media audience have to be dumbed down to the lowest level possible, oh well....god bless the ipod & mute button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rusty the Scoob Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 I #$$@@#$%&%*((%%$#$%@#$@ing hate that song. For all the reasons above. Cheezy american jingoism pandering to the lowest possible intellect, with Mellencamp's nails-on-chalkboard voice behind it.... good god it's awful. I really want to hit him with a chevy truck every time I hear it and don't have the mute button handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 not American, I don't have to see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ezstep Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 One and the other are the same. The thing that kills me is the "freedom" reference. Like hat we have now is somehow freedom, when my entire life has been marked by a decrease in freedoms available to the common man. The only exception is the Civil Rights Movement. Except for that it's always backwards. Government and Corporatism always grow. The rights of the individual are always under attack.I thought the "freedom" reference meant that you could get into your new $20k+ truck and drive away from whatever it is you want to escape. Besides, there is no government interference in wide, open spaces. Well, except for speed limits...and seat belts...and 42 cents/gallon tax on gasoline...and highways or lack of...and highway patrols...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perfessor Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 They shut down the forum a few minutes each morning so Thunderbroom can sing it here. It's a country version, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 I thought the "freedom" reference meant that you could get into your new $20k+ truck and drive away from whatever it is you want to escape. Besides, there is no government interference in wide, open spaces. Well, except for speed limits...and seat belts...and 42 cents/gallon tax on gasoline...and highways or lack of...and highway patrols...... You can't escape when you have tattoo payments to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toolbar Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 never heard it - guess I'm just lucky that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WillPlay4food Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Hate that frickin' song and ad campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2007 Nothing wrong with the song, although musically it sounds pretty identical to several others. I like a lot of Mellencamp stuff. Hearing it 10 times a night though gets old. Tim In WV said - "folks like me and you"....meaning white redneck peckerwood folks who buy trucks, but not anyone else."Since Mellencamp is writing a tune about the Jena 6 in complete favor of them, I hardly think this was his thought process. There are also plenty of African-Americans and Hispanics who drive pickup trucks, so I doubt that was Chevy's thought process, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les_Izzmor Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Speaking of commercials during the baseball games.Does anybody know if "The Office" is coming to TBS? And. I hear they may have a show called "Frank TV", anybody know anything about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lyricpoet Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 One and the other are the same. The thing that kills me is the "freedom" reference. Like hat we have now is somehow freedom, when my entire life has been marked by a decrease in freedoms available to the common man. The only exception is the Civil Rights Movement. Except for that it's always backwards. Government and Corporatism always grow. The rights of the individual are always under attack.You are spot on!Further, why do we think that cars are freedom? They are among the many chains that bind us, but 80+ years of auto adverts have brainwashed us. Throw in some country music, wave the flag a few times during the ad, have the same gravelly voiced voice-over guy blathering in our skulls and we continue to believe.:blah:It's like a freakin' religion, a really bad off the wall religion:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2007 You are spot on! Further, why do we think that cars are freedom? They are among the many chains that bind us, but 80+ years of auto adverts have brainwashed us. Throw in some country music, wave the flag a few times during the ad, have the same gravelly voiced voice-over guy blathering in our skulls and we continue to believe. :blah: It's like a freakin' religion, a really bad off the wall religion:rolleyes: So it will be cheaper for everyone with mass transportation to every town of 50 people? So farmers will just walk out to their farms to hop on the tractors. So connecting every little town in Utah with mass transportation and putting more government employees on the payroll is somehow going to be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 I don't watch football like all the rednecks do around here, so the song doesn't annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2007 I don't watch football like all the rednecks do around here, so the song doesn't annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pickdust Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 not American, I don't have to see this Ah! One of the lucky few!Count your blessings mang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lyricpoet Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 So it will be cheaper for everyone with mass transportation to every town of 50 people? So farmers will just walk out to their farms to hop on the tractors. So connecting every little town in Utah with mass transportation and putting more government employees on the payroll is somehow going to be helpful. Yes, exactly like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted October 4, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 One and the other are the same. The thing that kills me is the "freedom" reference. Like hat we have now is somehow freedom, when my entire life has been marked by a decrease in freedoms available to the common man. The only exception is the Civil Rights Movement. Except for that it's always backwards. Government and Corporatism always grow. The rights of the individual are always under attack. What freedoms have decreased? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2007 Yes, exactly like that... Other than none of that would work anywhere near as efficiently as you would like to present, nor is it a viable life change for rural communities, I see no problem with your solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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