Put the lime in the Coke, you nut

[vraiblonde]

Where's my gun?

A perfectly good song and a perfectly good drink - ruined by a retarded commercial. There oughta be a law.

 

[BuddyLee]

Where's my gun?

A perfectly good song and a perfectly good drink - ruined by a retarded commercial. There oughta be a law.

Me and the gf always laugh when they play it at Blockbuster.

 

[Kain99]

I Love that silly commercial. I even ran out and bought a 12 pack of the new Lime Coke!

 

[workin hard]

I love that commercial and just when I think it is out of my head, it comes on again.

Effective advertising

 

[huntr1]

Where's my gun?

A perfectly good song and a perfectly good drink - ruined by a retarded commercial. There oughta be a law.

Daycare kid sings it. He doesn't know all the words. But he sings it anyway. Over, and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ove and over and over and over again.

 

[mainman]

Daycare kid sings it. He doesn't know all the words. But he sings it anyway. Over, and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ove and over and over and over again.

I bet that would annoy someone that hated repetition.

 

[kwillia]

I bet that would annoy someone that hated repetition.

You are talking about his post, right...

 

[Voter2002]

OK music fans....without running over to Google, who knows who wrote and sang the original song (that Coke butchered).....
Famous album in 71. Hit song from the movie Midnight Cowboy. Worked with McCartney and Lennon on music. Became Lennon's drinking buddy when he had a short seperation from Yoko.....

Anyone?

 

[mainman]

You are talking about his post, right...

 

[Agee]

OK music fans....without running over to Google, who knows who wrote and sang the original song (that Coke butchered).....
Famous album in 71. Hit song from the movie Midnight Cowboy. Worked with McCartney and Lennon on music. Became Lennon's drinking buddy when he had a short seperation from Yoko.....

Anyone?

Harry Neilson.

The TV Show "Courtship of Eddies Father" also used his song "Best Friend" as its theme song.

 

[Tonio]

A perfectly good song and a perfectly good drink - ruined by a retarded commercial. There oughta be a law.

Haven't seen the commercial. What song did they ruin?

I was disappointed when John Lennon's Instant Karma showed up in a commercial a few years ago, because it's not right to make a whore out of a dead artist.

I read years ago that Michael Jackson had drafted a list of Beatle songs that he deemed OK to use in commercials. Jacko bought the rights to the songs back in the '80s. When Jacko goes jail, if his assets are foreclosed, I hope Paul McCartney buys the songs back.

 

[Voter2002]

Correct answer Airgasm! Harry Nilsson

 

[Voter2002]

Haven't seen the commercial. What song did they ruin?

Harry Nilsson's song Coconut ("she put the lime in the coconut and drank it all up").

 

[Tonio]

Harry Nilsson's song Coconut ("she put the lime in the coconut and drank it all up").

I've heard that song. That's Nilsson? The same guy who sang Everybody's Talkin' and Without You?

 

[Voter2002]

I've heard that song. That's Nilsson? The same guy who sang Everybody's Talkin' and Without You?

The very same....

 

[vraiblonde]

I was disappointed when John Lennon's Instant Karma showed up in a commercial a few years ago, because it's not right to make a whore out of a dead artist.

Talk to Yoko - she owns the rights to all of John Lennon's post-Beatles stuff.

That's when I started disliking MJ - when he beat out McCartney for the Beatles catalog. They were supposed to be friends, then he goes and screws him like that. I still find it amazing that a songwriter doesn't own the rights to his own work. How does that happen?

 

[CableChick]

Took Coke long enough to figure this one out! Love the marketing aspect .. someone made some bucks! I love the original song!


My son too sings it at the dinner table!!

 

[Tonio]

Talk to Yoko - she owns the rights to all of John Lennon's post-Beatles stuff.

That's when I started disliking MJ - when he beat out McCartney for the Beatles catalog. They were supposed to be friends, then he goes and screws him like that. I still find it amazing that a songwriter doesn't own the rights to his own work. How does that happen?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A8825-2004Mar19&notFound=true

I turned in this question last year:

Southern Maryland: When I read that Michael Jackson was in financial trouble, I thought, "Hey, maybe Paul McCartney can buy the Beatles songs back." McCartney says that when the songs came on the market years ago, he approached Yoko about buying them together, but Yoko thought the asking price was too high.
What does it mean that Jacko "owns" the songs? The surviving Beatles and their families still get royalties as the songwriters.

David Segal: My understanding -- and there will be people who know this stuff better -- is that Jackson owns the publishing rights to the tunes, which means he gets a percent of revenue any time the song is played. McCartney will get a songwriter's royalty when those songs are played. I'm not sure how that split actually works, but Jackson's share is huge and it must gall Sir Paul to no end that he's putting so much in Jackson's pockets. Especially because of that duet, "The Girl is Mine."

Was the low point of McCartney's career? I think it might be.

 

[huntr1]

I bet that would annoy someone that hated repetition.

Just for you MM...

and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ove and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ove and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ove and over and over and over again.