Comments on: Maybe Of Montreal Should Sell A Few More Songs To Commercials http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740782 Anonymous Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:42:17 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740782 <p>@<a href="#c8438327">Thierry</a>: That's another good one! My girlfriend and I regularly break into that song, and change the word "gold" to some other item.</p> @Thierry: That’s another good one! My girlfriend and I regularly break into that song, and change the word “gold” to some other item.

]]> By: Adairdevil http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740802 Adairdevil Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:01:03 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740802 <p>@<a href="#c8430401">MayhemintheHood</a>: Could not disagree more strongly. I want that band's heads on pikes.</p> @MayhemintheHood: Could not disagree more strongly. I want that band’s heads on pikes.

]]> By: wakeupbomb http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740792 wakeupbomb Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:54:16 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740792 <p>If you can find it, the National American University jingle is awful and awesome at the same time.</p> If you can find it, the National American University jingle is awful and awesome at the same time.

]]> By: Thierry http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740812 Thierry Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:29:08 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740812 <p>@<a href="#c8437105">dulledsenses</a>: Thanks for that link - there have been plenty of times when I've heard a jingle and thought "sounds like Jim Guthrie again", and this has just confirmed most of my suspicions...</p> <p>Also, "Hands in my Pocket" is one of the worst earworms I know - Canada's answer to "Our Country".</p> <p>As far as bad jingles go, if you miss Scatman John, here the Cashman - he'll give you money for your gold!<a href="http://fr">[fr]</a><a name="youtube:mW8d4oZ_UCE"></a></p> @dulledsenses: Thanks for that link – there have been plenty of times when I’ve heard a jingle and thought “sounds like Jim Guthrie again”, and this has just confirmed most of my suspicions…

Also, “Hands in my Pocket” is one of the worst earworms I know – Canada’s answer to “Our Country”.

As far as bad jingles go, if you miss Scatman John, here the Cashman – he’ll give you money for your gold![fr]

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740822 Anonymous Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:41:04 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740822 <p>Jim Guthrie has produced a number of jingles that are becoming quite recognizable for those of us who watch television in Canada. His most well-known is the Capital One Canada anthem (otherwise known as "Hands In My Pocket"), but he has also done a number of great instrumental tracks for companies like Ikea. Evidence can be found <a href="http://206-223-179-197.beanfield.net/index.html">here</a> (navigate to 'Reels' and then 'Jim Guthrie').</p> Jim Guthrie has produced a number of jingles that are becoming quite recognizable for those of us who watch television in Canada. His most well-known is the Capital One Canada anthem (otherwise known as “Hands In My Pocket”), but he has also done a number of great instrumental tracks for companies like Ikea. Evidence can be found here (navigate to ‘Reels’ and then ‘Jim Guthrie’).

]]> By: katie_a_princess http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740832 katie_a_princess Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:08:49 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740832 <p>8 7 7 3 9 3 4 4 4 8</p> 8 7 7 3 9 3 4 4 4 8

]]> By: stottle http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740842 stottle Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:39:54 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740842 <P>So glad they did not use the Power Station song, I'm sure the great Nile Rodgers would not allow it.</P> So glad they did not use the Power Station song, I’m sure the great Nile Rodgers would not allow it.

]]> By: Bob Loblaw http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740852 Bob Loblaw Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:33:31 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740852 <p>Is it just me, or is the Toyota version sung by the guy from Toad the Wet Sprocket?</p> Is it just me, or is the Toyota version sung by the guy from Toad the Wet Sprocket?

]]> By: mike a http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740862 mike a Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:31:18 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740862 <P>Let's not forget the Vern Fonk empire, which I discovered while living in Seattle:<BR><A name=youtube:uitLlXxQSoE></A></P> <DIV class=comment-video-thumb><A class=vlink href="javascript:toggleVideoComment('uitLlXxQSoE')"><IMG src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/uitLlXxQSoE/1.jpg"></A><BR><A id=ylink_uitLlXxQSoE href="javascript:toggleVideoComment('uitLlXxQSoE')">+ Watch video</A></DIV> <DIV class=comment-video id=yvid_uitLlXxQSoE style="DISPLAY: none"><EMBED src=http://www.youtube.com/v/uitLlXxQSoE&autoplay=1 width=425 height=355 type=application/x-shockwave-flash wmode="transparent"></DIV> <P></P> Let’s not forget the Vern Fonk empire, which I discovered while living in Seattle:


+ Watch video

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740872 Anonymous Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:28:50 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740872 <p>All of these are better than that No Handlebars song. Especially Wet Pets.</p> All of these are better than that No Handlebars song. Especially Wet Pets.

]]> By: cookiedough http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740882 cookiedough Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:21:39 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740882 <p>i dont know why you hate on of montreal so much.</p> <p>and i dont think jingles work at all. more ads should be like this.<a name="youtube:XOajzfDQbKU"></a></p><p></p> i dont know why you hate on of montreal so much.

and i dont think jingles work at all. more ads should be like this.

]]> By: unperson http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740892 unperson Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:41:00 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740892 <p>This is the one that makes me and my wife want to go on a killing spree:<br> <a name="youtube:9EVxI0uGzeY"></a></p><p></p> This is the one that makes me and my wife want to go on a killing spree:

]]> By: Al Shipley http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740902 Al Shipley Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:28:30 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740902 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials#c8430503">How do I say this ... THROWDINI!</A>: My favorite Shoe City jingle is the one that ends "your city/ is my city/ and my city/ is Shoe City."</P> @How do I say this … THROWDINI!: My favorite Shoe City jingle is the one that ends “your city/ is my city/ and my city/ is Shoe City.”

]]> By: bcapirigi http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740912 bcapirigi Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:07:09 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740912 <p>Apparently Youtube is devoid of commercials for the Block Island Ferry, which has had the same reggae-inspired jingle since my childhood. It also invites listeners to "take a trip back to carefree times," as though Block Island were, somehow, the past.</p> <p>That said, I always want to sample it in something.</p> Apparently Youtube is devoid of commercials for the Block Island Ferry, which has had the same reggae-inspired jingle since my childhood. It also invites listeners to “take a trip back to carefree times,” as though Block Island were, somehow, the past.

That said, I always want to sample it in something.

]]> By: How do I say this ... THROWDINI! http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740922 How do I say this ... THROWDINI! Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:00:03 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740922 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials#c8430356">The Van Buren Boys</A>: I haven't lived in DC is some time, but in the late 90s, the jingle we were obsessed with was for Shoe City. It featured a Boyz II Men-type group singing</P> <P><I>T-Shirts/<BR>Sweatshirts/<BR>Footwear and boots/<BR>T-Shirts/<BR>Sweatshirts/<BR>Footwear and boots/<BR>No one does the city like Shoe Ciitaaaaayyy</I></P> @The Van Buren Boys: I haven’t lived in DC is some time, but in the late 90s, the jingle we were obsessed with was for Shoe City. It featured a Boyz II Men-type group singing

T-Shirts/
Sweatshirts/
Footwear and boots/
T-Shirts/
Sweatshirts/
Footwear and boots/
No one does the city like Shoe Ciitaaaaayyy

]]> By: MayhemintheHood http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740932 MayhemintheHood Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:56:26 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740932 <P>Hey, not every ad can be a FreeCreditReport.com ad...we all know those are the best commercial songs ever. The band in those ads should put out a cd.</P> <P>F R E E that spells free, credit report dot com baby.</P> Hey, not every ad can be a FreeCreditReport.com ad…we all know those are the best commercial songs ever. The band in those ads should put out a cd.

F R E E that spells free, credit report dot com baby.

]]> By: The Van Buren Boys http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740942 The Van Buren Boys Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:54:46 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740942 <p>@<a href="#c8429953">Jerkwheat</a>: When I first moved to the DC area, I mentioned that jingle to friend of mine from the area and his face lit up. They've been using that song for a long time now and it's more popular than I could ever imagine. Of course, since I've now been here for a few years I'm starting to get attached to it.</p> @Jerkwheat: When I first moved to the DC area, I mentioned that jingle to friend of mine from the area and his face lit up. They’ve been using that song for a long time now and it’s more popular than I could ever imagine. Of course, since I’ve now been here for a few years I’m starting to get attached to it.

]]> By: Mike Barthel http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740952 Mike Barthel Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:53:31 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740952 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials#c8430036">Chris Molanphy</A>: I guess it does mean more in the ad than it does in the original song.</P> @Chris Molanphy: I guess it does mean more in the ad than it does in the original song.

]]> By: dyfl http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740962 dyfl Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:46:34 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740962 <p>Oh my God, that Wet Pets ad might be the catchiest thing I've EVER heard. Plus he rhymed "dogs" and "scorpions." I'm in awe.</p> Oh my God, that Wet Pets ad might be the catchiest thing I’ve EVER heard. Plus he rhymed “dogs” and “scorpions.” I’m in awe.

]]> By: El Zilcho! http://idolator.com/5065933/maybe-of-montreal-should-sell-a-few-more-songs-to-commercials/comment-page-1#comment-740972 El Zilcho! Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:46:33 +0000 http://560c2efaffc37daaa3ea69c3986435c4#comment-740972 <p>I have never seen such a wacky commercial for lawyers.</p> I have never seen such a wacky commercial for lawyers.

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