August 07, 2004
Japanese jingle gets chart action.
"The lyrics have an enormous impact. Maybe this song is more radical and aggressive than songs created by mediocre punk rock bands," said a review on Amazon.co.jp.
Unlike the stiff, propagandalike nature of regular Japanese corporate anthems, the up-tempo rock tune, written and performed by a Nihon Break Kogyo demolition worker, sounds like the themes from old Japanese animated films featuring superheroes. (OldNewsFilter)
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If someone finds a copy of an MP3, I would be willing to host it.
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link to the song?
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link to the song?
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Here is a link to the song. Bottom of the article, after struck out text. It's really everything the articles make it out to be...
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So, according to The Book Of Demolition Man, the first prophesy has come true: We will enjoy commercial jingles as populour entertainment. Next comes the part where Taco Bell takes over the world?
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"see the USA in your Chevorlet" was a major hit in the, yes, USA, circa the 40s or 50s (dont feel like researching a date but I know it happened)
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it sounds like megaman music with slightly more real instrumentation hhhahahaha
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I don't recall the Chevy jingle actually becoming a hit record, but some others were. The first one that comes to my mind was the way-too-nice Coca-Cola jingle "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" in 1971 by the Hillside Singers; of course references to the sponsor were removed from the lyric for the single.
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Hmm...Living in Japan, I can say I've never heard of this song. It looks like it may have debuted in the Oricon top 100 (think Billboard), but I can pretty much guarantee that by the next week it was long gone. That said, if it was picked up by 2ch.net, it means half the computer literate population of Japan has seen it used in a million flash movies of varying quality.
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The BBC decides they want to be cool too [RealAudio]. (The video of the news report has images of the original Nihon Break Kogyo promotional video, as well as of the recording of the BBC company song.)