I’ve got a pet peeve of spotting French ads using English language songs that they would never think of using if most people listened to and/or understood the lyrics.
Some examples :
A car manufacturer using the same song for decades, Johnny and Mary. Hard to tell who the song is really about, but it’s clearly about a broken, quite unhappy and mentally unstable couple.
A big mart chain using Prayer in C in its happy, “let’s be optimistic” clips.
And see the children are starving / And their houses were destroyed / Don’t think they could forgive you
Hey, when seas will cover lands / And when men will be no more / Don’t think you can forgive you
A perfume ad with Sia’s Chandelier blaring out. Yeah, suicide by booze, definitely what I want to feel classy.
I’ve got a pet peeve of spotting French ads using English language songs that they would never think of using if most people listened to and/or understood the lyrics.
Some examples :
A car manufacturer using the same song for decades, Johnny and Mary. Hard to tell who the song is really about, but it’s clearly about a broken, quite unhappy and mentally unstable couple.
A big mart chain using Prayer in C in its happy, “let’s be optimistic” clips.
A perfume ad with Sia’s Chandelier blaring out. Yeah, suicide by booze, definitely what I want to feel classy.