It's 2 something in the afternoon. The TV is on and I'm waiting for Bonnie Hunt to get past her opening monologue so that I can gawk at today's guest, Mira Sorvino. While waiting with eyes on my computer screen and somewhat half-listening to the telly, my ears suddenly perk up to some instrumental piece playing during a commercial break.
Oh commercial music! How fine your ditties might be!
I look up at the television and see it's the advertisement for the anti-depressant, Pristiq. The odd thing is I've come across this the commercial before and hardly noticed the tune playing in the background. It took a look-away for me to finally hear the fine little melody playing.
Pom-pom-pa-rum-pom! Pom-pa-rum-pom-pom!
If Pristiq works like the tune that accompanied it then it is a fine drug indeed. From personal experience, if Prozac had a tune it would be some gnarly speed metal track.
When charmed by a select piece of music in a commercial I do search to obtain a copy. More often than not,however, I fail to come across an actual mp3 because enough information just isn't available. Artist:Unknown. There was a minivan commercial and a Weight Watchers one too that had bits of music I could not place in my mp3 player, to my chagrin. I have been able to grab the Helio ditty. I like that one. There was a second piece as well.
Should you head over to the official website for Pristiq you'll across their commercial I've mentioned and what do ya' know it?! An mp3 download! Splendid! Now if only car and diet companies were like this . . . darn.
All this talk about commercial music gets me a thinkin', where did it all start? Aha! It must have been that Mitsubishi Eclipse one!
What's your favorite commercial music?
[note: Depressed wind-up tin toy? Greatest thing ever? Indeed!]
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