'60s war protest song is out of step in fashion ad (LAUGH ALERT)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | September 26, 2005 | RICHARD 'DOPEY' ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

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Good grief! Is that really Grace Slick?

No wonder children cry when I enter the room.

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"It's guys like you who had the intellectual honesty to see the light who really deserve the credit."

It's nice of you to say so, but, as I tell my kids (over and over again, as they roll their eyes toward the ceiling) any moron can learn from his own mistakes.

Smart people avoid making mistakes by learning from the mistakes of those who have gone before.

By that standard, the only thing to say about me is, "duh."

[speedy]

That is sick. Shows what clean living will do for you.

[speedy]

I'm just glad you're on our side!

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Yeah, the conservative movement needs ditch-diggers, too.

[NRA1995]

Yes it really is, from about 2001, I believe

[MEGoody]

Big deal. The leftists are shallow, so their anthems may just as well be used in shallow ways.

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Gah-rosssse.

[sully777]

Jefferson Airplane lyrics in ads must be more relevant than Volunteers. I personally think Jefferson Starship's Ride The Tiger would do better:

Look to the summer of '75
All the world is gonna come alive
Do you want to ride the tiger?

NOW THAT'S relevant music for a commercial (sarcasm)... You know it's like tears in the hands of a western man that tells you about salt, carbon, and water...(hehe)

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While on the subject of relevancy of music to ads: I'm unnerved by the use of Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones in various ads. What next, Chainsaw?

I think the best song would be Ted Nugent's Wango Tango show up as a new Viagra ad? I feel that may be the purest attempt at truth in advertising.

[sully777]

AHHHHHHHHH!

Grace Slick morphed into Dolph Lungren and Rosie O'Donnell's love child

[LexBaird]

Oh, please, somebody besides me remember Donovan, too.

Quite right, Slick.

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Shake the geezer tree, and down we come.

[Chi-townChief]

It was this kind of virulent anti-Americanism from the lefties that caused so many of us would-be liberals to embark on the long march to the right back in the late 60s and 70s.

[speedy]

Yes, and it continues today. Thankfully, although progress is always painfully slow.

[LexBaird]

I wonder if Townshend still wants to die before he "gets old"?

[JimC214]

And don't forget the Donovan classic the Intergalactic Laxative.

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Pete Townsend. Speaking of geezers...

[KC_Conspirator]

Yes, the Revolution starts at 7:00. Please RSVP.

I knew this was all a joke when the "Woodstock brought to you by Pepsi" event happened.

[Chi-townChief]

The original Woodstock was probably the most bogus event of our generation.

[LRS]

Blows against the nursing home...