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(...) Don't forget (blue oyster) Cult, The Cult, and The Church... (...) If this moves beyond banter to actual hassle, you may want to consider moving it to .debate from .fun... it's a perennial topic there. (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GMJnH5.2At@lugnet.com... (...) DOH! I wrote that wrong. Can you tell I'm on little sleep today? Something better would be, 'I'm a teenybopper and a slave to marketing phase.' Though, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You 'classic' rockers are missing out on some great music being made NOW. Radiohead, Sparklehorse, Built to Spill, and Spiritualized are just some of the awesome bands out there... (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sorry, but all this talk about Christian Rock artists reminded me of when I was 10 and my parents bought me a Petra album because they didn't want me to listen to 'worldly' rock-and-roll. Things like that happening when you are 10 have an (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ROTFL! I parsed that wrong the first time through, and wow did it come out wrong... Where were all the teenybopper slaves when I was a young angry punk, with loose enough morals to take advantage of them? :) James (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wait, they were selling teenybopper slaves? Infidels! But ya, old music IS better. ++Lar (who once saw Cheap Trick, Little River Band and Foreigner in a triple bill but did not catch any of Robin's flung guitar picks) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:GMIEn9.L6r@lugnet.com... (...) classic (...) you're (...) Hehe. Well, I have seemed to have skipped the teenybopper slave to marketing and poorly written music phase, so I suppose I am (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes: "Ask your doctor (...) ROTFL Yes! Maybe *that's* why healthcare costs are skyrocketing-- we've got too many morons tying up doctors with info-seeking office visits! BTW, Dave! just between you and me-- I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Lots and lots to be sure. I have seen that one advert where the young lady sits on a block or something with the voice-over saying "I am part of a disturbing trend..." I have understood (hey, I'm not even a doctor on tv) that 90% of U.S. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nonsense--as a 30-year-old, I'm sure my voice is 1.67X as important as any 18-year-old's! 8^) (...) Free market arguments aside, I don't particularly care for the ever-increasing presence of ads for prescription drugs. "Ask your doctor about (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I helps to quiet the voices in my head. Perhaps they're entertained by all the silly commercials ;-) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You regularly sleep with the TV on? That's bad! It mostly isn't worth watching while you're awake. Why let it disturb your beauty sleep? (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Precisely! Dave!, Dave!, I'm surprised at you. The sad fact is, you *aren't* their most important consumer (at least you aren't the demo they're after). That would be the 18 & under crowd. It sounds like someone is becoming old and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm with you there. I also hate when a commercial uses an annoying sound effect to grab your attention, such as a ringing phone or an alarm. I either have the urge to jump up for the phone or to wake myself from some dream because it's time to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now you have went and told be the brand name. ;) Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As long as were venting about cheesy commercial effects... I can't stand it when a commercial character eats a piece of candy or something and their eyes bug out, steam comes out of their ears, or their head turns into a piece of fruit. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Precisely! I made a deliberate effort not to purchase Taco Bell products while they had that awful spokesdog because the commercials annoyed me so much. A memorable ad campaign is only successful if it motivates a consumer to purchase the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I like: Austin Spare (have most everything -- beware my chaos magick!) Harry Clarke (have most everything) Any Kelmscott book, certainly the Chaucer edition John Austen (Hamlet era and even soem later more Deco style stuff) Duchess of Malfi (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not if the goal is to sell product. I never buy whatever product that Snuggles bear represents. As far as branding goes I guess they can think of themselves as having successfully made me remember a product I never buy. Weeee! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You remember the Ad. You talk about it. Its works. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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