Quite often in movies, commercials or what have you, one particular song gets snatched up for promoting a new movie, or even some video games. It's a good song, perhaps you know the artist who sings it, and you are happy to find them getting recognized. No problems.
Two weeks from now, you hear the song in a television show, or a movie, or a commercial and its okay, a little weird, but it works. A few weeks later, it is almost in everything. Five years later, it's almost referenced for everything, and guess what? It becomes overplayed and you hate hearing it.
I got this idea from listening to "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. It's a great song, received praise for being on the TV show Miami Vice in the 80s. Now all you have to do it turn on some media and it will play somewhere, either in a moment of realization, in revenge, for comedic effect, ETC.
I like the song sure, but I have gotten to the point where if I hear it advertising a movie or something, I kind of want to physically throw up. With the exception of maybe The Hangover, I have grown tired of the song.
I will say two songs that got lots of accolades to the point where it got heard everywhere was James Brown's "I Feel Good", which I hate, and even Electric Light Orchestra can't spare us of "Mr. Blue Sky" in almost every trailer in the world, and to some extent, some movies.
I guess Kick-Ass also playing "Bad Reputation" in every other trailer kind of makes we wish I was Mr. Potato Head some days.
So, to the escapist members, are there any songs that you think have been played too much (Not necessarily overplaying on the radio, just in commercials, shows, whatever)?
Two weeks from now, you hear the song in a television show, or a movie, or a commercial and its okay, a little weird, but it works. A few weeks later, it is almost in everything. Five years later, it's almost referenced for everything, and guess what? It becomes overplayed and you hate hearing it.
I got this idea from listening to "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. It's a great song, received praise for being on the TV show Miami Vice in the 80s. Now all you have to do it turn on some media and it will play somewhere, either in a moment of realization, in revenge, for comedic effect, ETC.
I like the song sure, but I have gotten to the point where if I hear it advertising a movie or something, I kind of want to physically throw up. With the exception of maybe The Hangover, I have grown tired of the song.
I will say two songs that got lots of accolades to the point where it got heard everywhere was James Brown's "I Feel Good", which I hate, and even Electric Light Orchestra can't spare us of "Mr. Blue Sky" in almost every trailer in the world, and to some extent, some movies.
I guess Kick-Ass also playing "Bad Reputation" in every other trailer kind of makes we wish I was Mr. Potato Head some days.
So, to the escapist members, are there any songs that you think have been played too much (Not necessarily overplaying on the radio, just in commercials, shows, whatever)?