It’s Monday, and I have a song going through my head.
Oh? And what song is that? you ask. Perhaps we’ll get a glimpse into wolf’s musical tastes. Was it Madonna? Barry Manilow? Five for Fighting? Angels and Airwaves? Lifehouse?
None of the above, though all of them have at one time or another made their musical way through my synapses.
No, I woke up with freecreditreport.com running through my brain.
You know that one?
For my international readers, as well as my domestic ones who either don’t watch TV or have been lucky enough to avoid seeing these commercials, I direct you here.
Did you watch it?
Now, I ask you: is that not the most annoying, irritating, #%^&ing catchy jingle you’ve ever heard?
I swear, it works its way into your brain and insinuates itself into your daily life. You’ll be doing the dishes and find yourself humming it. And I know I’m not the only one, because doing a search for “free credit report” on YouTube brings up no less than 1,070 results. That’s over 1000 people that cared enough about the song to either upload it, or create their own version and upload that.
Jingles are supposed to be catchy; if that’s the case, I think the person who wrote freecreditreport.com should get a bonus.
Then he/she should be shot.
And if you find yourself humming it now, you’re welcome.
July 14th, 2008 at 10:27 am
The one I get stuck in my head is the Dunkin’ Doughnuts coffee commercial. http://youtube.com/watch?v=eGD5mA-mD8Y if you haven’t seen it. Very, very aggravating.
In fact, the commercial you mention, and the commercial I mention, feed off each other so that every time I think of one, I think of the other. But this is the most insidious.
July 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Doesn’t sound too insidious, but then I’ve never heard it before (we have no Dunkin Donuts in Alaska.) I’m sure it would get pretty aggravating the twenty- or thirty-thousandth time I heard it.
July 14th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Ear worms!! I hate ‘em!! And just great. Thanks so very much for planting this little nuisance in my head.
Okay, buddy, here’s one for you!
Here’s a story….
Of a lovely lady…
Who was bringing up three very lovely girls….
Alll of them had hair of gold…
Like their mother…
The youngest one in curls…
The Braaady BUNch…
The Brady BUNch…
HAHA!!! Now we’re even!!
Lousy blog, now I’ll be up all night.
July 14th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
You are very welcome. Misery loves company.
And the joke’s on you, actually: I have never seen an episode of the Brady Bunch, so I couldn’t sing the theme song if you paid me. (Yeah, that’s one thing I’m really proud of, rather like Jerry and his ‘no vomit’ record on Seinfeld.) My goal is to go my whole life without ever seeing that show.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:46 am
free credit report dot com baby!
shooting is too good for whoever wrote this damn thing. I think we need to bring back tar and feathering.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I find myself these days running around screaming:
SIX FLAGS! MORE FLAGS, MORE FUN!!
..but I do it in the accent of the Asian guy doing the commercial, so it comes out:
SIX FRAGS!! MORE FRAGS, MORE FUN!!
This is awkward when I go to pick up Chinese food.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:01 am
grace: aww, come on. Don’t you appreciate the artistry involved in writing a catchy jingle like that one? How about being drawn and quartered instead?
July 16th, 2008 at 9:02 am
moooooog: I haven’t seen that one. However, I have seen the amusement park commercial with the creepy old guy, and that’s almost put me off roller coasters.
Almost.