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Thread #140630   Message #3232294
Posted By: Gurney
01-Oct-11 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: folk music being used to advertise consumer goods
Subject: RE: folk music being used to advertise consumer goods
Tightwad advertising people. I met a guy who makes his living composing jingles just for advertisers.

I'd say it is a mistaken effort, given that so few people ever hear any folk music except Scarborough Fair, and even that mixed up with Canticle. But every time I hear the music, I remember Hamlet cigars, and I haven't seen the ad. for 40 years.