Annoying commercials

The top of my list right now is Applebees. It irritates me so much in fact I sent them the following comment:

"I have no complaint about a single restaurant, it's your new commercials I find very offensive. Why pervert a classic like "Mack the Knife" to try to promote your food? Can't you be creative and make your own song? I am so utterly and completely repulsed by your new commercials I change the station when one comes on. The lyrics are cheesy in the extreme and dishonor the original artist. You took a classic song and violated it with your stupid commercial. I'm less likely to visit your restaurant chain becuase of it."

I am sure the artist has no problem selling their song for the commericial, even if it is redone. It's apparently getting people to talk and any publicity is good.

McDonald's defiled that song twenty years ago, see last paragraph...

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmacktheknife.html

I don't particularly like that song - it sounds cool, but the lyrics are kinda dumb...

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Originally posted by Quoth the Raven:
I am sure the artist has no problem selling their song for the commericial, even if it is redone. It's apparently getting people to talk and any publicity is good.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You may have had a valid point if the artist who made it most famous (and with whom it is most affiliated) weren't dead. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald also made a version of it. But Applebees has completely violated the song, it's criminal.

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Originally posted by Beachcomber:
You may have had a valid point if the artist who made it most famous (and with whom it is most affiliated) weren't dead. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald also made a version of it. But Applebees has completely violated the song, it's criminal.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I like seeing Sammy Davis Jr. in the commerical. Nothing like dead guys shelling out for products!