If I wanted to put together a presentation that most people only pay attention to the chorus in popular songs, Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care Of Business" would be Exhibit A. (Exhibit B would be Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A." by the way.) Seriously, that song gets used over and over and OVER, but I don't think people are actually listening to it. Sure, BTO says they will be "takin' care of business," and that sounds like a hardworking sort of ethic. But is it really?
Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
If it were easy as fishin'
You could be a musician
It's the work that we avoid
And we're all self-employed
We love to work at nothing all day
No, "Takin' Care Of Business is really about being a lazy musician and loving it.
This is something that does not cease to make me laugh and shake my head. Especially when said choruses are used in commercials.
Example: there's a . . . Kenmore (?) ad that uses Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" to sell you a bigger fridge. Which is great . . . if you don't actually know the song and that it's making fun of that sort of consumerist posturing.
This is something that does not cease to make me laugh and shake my head. Especially when said choruses are used in commercials.
ReplyDeleteExample: there's a . . . Kenmore (?) ad that uses Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" to sell you a bigger fridge. Which is great . . . if you don't actually know the song and that it's making fun of that sort of consumerist posturing.