Do What You Love

I saw this during Monday Night Football and have been throwing up inside my heart ever since.

I'm offended on so many levels. Levels I'll perhaps expound upon tomorrow, when it's not so late.

Ha, whatever do you mean? I use my blackberry every time i'm rock climbing.

Tomorrow is later than today

You're the very pitcher of cynicism, ain't you?

I'm not sure it's any more sickening/depressing than the McDonalds' "I'm lovin it" campaign.

Blackberry isn't the only one doing these kind of groovy marketing 'mercials to the young and hip. The vodka commercials make me want to puke-- a group of aimless young and beautiful city dwellers find a dry pool at the top of their apartment buliding.

The next thing you know, these wowser 20 somethings have come up with the utlimate in recreation; fill up the pool with as much junk they can find. The spot is narrated with an ultra hip soundtrack, jangly camera, the works. A mini movie! The 21st century version of youth rebellion! As if these dipshit creatures have suddenly found the real reason they were put on the earth-- to perform mindless activities with more than 10 people their age, while drinking top shelf vodka.

when your cocaine yacht mixes with the salt water it's hard to snort.... but perfect for freebasing...

First, I just have to say that

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is an evoctive turn of phrase. I know just what you mean.

I think the commercials are geared towards parents who want their little darlings to follow their dreams and not be crushed by the drudgery of getting up and going to some boring job every day because you have a kid to feed.

I mean, you know, WE wanted to be songwriters too but we had to pay for guitars and guitar lessons -- dream deferred.

i don't think parents have anything to do with it. it's geared toward an age group that grew up on technology and thinks everything is improved with a hip tune playing in the background and having access to their friends even if they're on Mt. Kilimanjaro. i also think this is an age group that works it's ass off, but its superficial aspirations are to act as if they are successfully avoiding drudgery.

I think using a song written in 1967 was an intential grab at the over 40 generation who probably have kids about the same age as the kids in the commercial.

What a clever sentiment Garg

What makes me sad as a musician who loves the Beatles and John Lennon for the pure emotions in their poetry, is that the erstwhile and innocent phrase "All You Need Is Love" is turned on its head by the cynical ad group to promote the notion that "All You Need Is Blackberry" in order to succeed in life.

I think that's why it's aimed at the 30s and under-- taking a classic boomer tune and reworking it into something the youngster would think was an original song created in 2009.

So I can assume that you got/will get Mo a Blackberry?
If not, then I demand you turn in your mothers license as it will be revoked!

Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum
I smell smoke in the auditorium

Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown
He's a clown, that Charlie Brown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)

That's him on his knees
I know that's him
Yeah, from 7 come 11
Down in the boys' gym

Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown
He's a clown, that Charlie Brown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)

Who's always writing on the wall
Who's always goofing in the hall
Who's always throwing spit balls
Guess who (who, me) yeah, you

Who walks in the classroom, cool and slow
Who calls the English teacher, Daddy-O

Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown
He's a clown, that Charlie Brown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)

[Instrumental Interlude]

Who walks in the classroom, cool and slow
Who calls the English teacher, Daddy-O

Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown
He's a clown, that Charlie Brown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)