OH man...I didn't even discover the Violent Femmes...

2007-06-19T07:54:00.000-04:00

OH man...I didn't even discover the Violent Femmes until college (and thank GOD...I might have needed counseling or something because of the sheltered midwestern life I led.)

I can't imagine "Blister In The Sun" as a burger jingle. "Add It Up", MAYBE.

hahaha :D When I hear "Blister in the Sun" I thin...

2007-06-17T15:36:00.000-04:00

hahaha :D When I hear "Blister in the Sun" I think of watching Grosse Pointe Blank in the theater with my boyfriend at the time, and hearing him gleefully singing along.

I don't actually know the other song. But wow, what a commercial. I'm not sure who that would appeal to. My first guess was that it was trying for something along the lines of "look, fellow rich people, we may be stuck in a rut, but we are still TOTALLY BADASS". But since most people who watch TV aren't rich, is it instead supposed to be yet another carrot dangled before the have-nots? Like, you can bring your "real life" into the "American dream"?

It fails either way.

Reminds me of a recent article over at Violent Acres wherein V postulates that the American Dream has changed from working hard and living a good life to having as much prestige and as many possessions as possible, and how the average person spends his life being jealous of celebrities and simultaneously looking down his nose at them. It's a good piece.

My American dream is not to keep up with the Joneses (though I am of course susceptible to bouts of jealousy) or to be famous (at least, not while I'm alive). I just want to be free to have fun.

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OH man...I didn't even discover the Violent Femmes...

hahaha :D When I hear "Blister in the Sun" I thin...