"You know that song Time in a bottle?"

[Ichingcarpenter]

It reminds me of drugs for my allergy and not Love.


If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that Id like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
Id save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
Ive looked around enough to know
That youre the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you


That commercial pisses me off so bad. You notice how drug companies use love songs now
to sell their drugs?

OK Rant off

[AlCzervik]

1. i hate that commercial mostly because it's on all the time and they reference that song

the free crdit guy also needs to go, that is just old and busted.

[TlalocW]

2. Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Reminds me of Gap jeans.

TlalocW

[Hissyspit]

21. Actually it was Wrangler:

From Wikipedia:

"The song was used in a Wrangler Jeans ad campaign.<3> Creedence's record label, Fantasy Records, owns the rights to the song and sold Wrangler the right to use the song.<3> Fogerty is angry that Wrangler has used an exerpt of the song out of context in order to convey a patriotic feeling; the song is actually about privilege and hypocrisy."

[TexasObserver]

3. I hate the commercial. I hate the voice and tone of the actress in it.

I couldn't name the product on a bet. Something for allergies and it gives her two hours. For what? More inane babble?

[2hip]

10. THANK YOU - I thought I was the only one. nt

[TexasObserver]

14. That and that damn Abilify commercial.

Abilify, in three ACTS.

Act I

It's dark and dreary. You're at your wits' end.

Act II

Your doctor prescribes Abilify. Your world changes from black and white to lucious colors. You experience joy.

Act III

Happy now, you can have that relationship - not because you have to have it, but because you want to have it.

The End.


(Of course, see side effects, such as urge to commit suicide or violence, your mileage may vary!)

Don't get me started about Extenze, for that certain part of the male body that doesn't get as hard as it used to get.

[wildbilln864]

4. by the late great Jim Croce. great song! nt

[Chipper Chat]

5. I switch IMMEDIATELY from MSNBC to CNN when it starts.

And I DASH for the remote! Not only for the reasons expressed here, but because it is so ubiqitous.
However, the chick is wearing a pretty cool green & white dress.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. She is using her sexuality to sell the drug

A Jennifer Garner look alike no doubt. I find drug commercials the most blatant using
60s and 70s love songs to push their drugs.

I always found 'time in a bottle' one of the best romantic ballads of the past 50 years.

I grew up when commercials had to compose their own jingles.

[1monster]

8. "I grew up when commercials had to compose their own jingles."

And back then, commercials were often more entertaining than the programs they sponsored...

"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz!
Oh! What a relief it is!"

"Hot dogs! Armor hot dogs!
What kind of kids eat Armor hot dogs?
Fat kids, skinny kids,
Kids who climb on rock,
Tough kids, sissy kids,
Even kids with chicken pocks
Love hog dogs, Armor hot dogs!
THE DOG KIDS LOVE TO BIIIITE!"

"Aye yi yi yiii!
I am the Frito Bandito!
I love Fritos Corn Chips.
I love them, I do.
Give me Fritos Corn Chips
And I'll be friends with you."

First Version:

"Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner.
That is what I truly want to beee.
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner,
Everyone would be in love with me!"

Second Version:

"Oh, I'm glad I'm not an Oscar Mayer Weiner.
That is what I never want to beeee.
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner,
There would be nothing left of me!

Third Version:

"Just once I'd like to be a little kid.
That is what I truly want to beeee.
'Cause then I'd get to eat an Oscar Mayer Weiner
Instead of everybody eating me!

Challenge! post your own favorite commercial jingles from way back!

[Coventina]

11. Here in Phoenix we had an awesome PSA for hepatitis

Hepatitis has some symptoms
you should learn to recognize
Like fever, feeling very tired
And loss of appetite

Your tummy hurts
You feel real sick
You will not eat a bite
Sometimes your eyes get yellow
Where they only should be white

Sooooo
Wash your hands after going to the bathroom
Wash your hands after changing baby too
'Cuz we don't want to spread hepatitis
And we don't want hepatitis to catch you
Who?

YOU!!!!!

on edit: typos

[lildreamer316]

18. Weird. I don't see her as being sexual at all.

But I'm probably jaded about that stuff.

[Misskittycat]

7. Can't stand that commercial.

[spanone]

9. they reference the song yet NEVER play it ...so they use the song to sell their product free

[JBoy]

12. It's a stupid fucking commercial.

Like you're somehow forced to sit there, unable to do anything at all, for two hours, waiting for your allergy medicine to kick in.

[C_U_L8R]

13. Not only is it a totally sucky commercial

but the sponsor was too fucking cheap to actually license the song "Time In The Bottle"
from the original songwriter's estate. Complete :30 FAIL.

[Gore1FL]

16. But the actress is freaking hot. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

17. Her snaggletooth fascinates me :-)))

[Gore1FL]

15. I gave a girlfriend Thyme in a bottle once

'told her it was the best I could do.

[Raine]

19. I despise that commericial

I hate the song reference being used to sell some sleazy prescription drug! x( :mad:

[TexasObserver]

20. When I take that stuff, I feel like Bad, bad Leroy Brown.

It should say "makes you feel like Bad, bad, Leroy Brown."