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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Which job is more demeaning? Game show host or commercial jingle singer? Man, it's neck and neck.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

doesn't it depend on why jingle you are singing, that is what product you are selling?

carolyn said...

does chevy's "this is our country" by the cougar mellencamp count as a jingle? or royksopp in the geico ad? or do you mean like "if you need a car or truck, pussy-cow (go see Cal)" type.

oh where are my southerncalifornians...

carolyn said...

p.s. http://www.mydogspot.com/video.htm

go to the bottom "best of cal"!


p.p.s. i vote that the jingle singer is worse.

Anonymous said...

John Mellencamp doesn't count in this instance b/c that song predates its use in any ads. But if he wrote a song particularly for an ad (though I suppose you could argue all his songs are ads for something), then it would count.

GHJ said...

I don't see how this is even a question. (Before I explain, I'm discounting pop songs that were written first, then sold for ads -- "jingle writer" implies songs written about the company, like Cal). If you're a host of a show, the viewer can see you acting like a tool. If you're a jingle singer, no one has any idea who you are. Sure, both are demeaning, but demeaning would have to imply a larger context than you and the recording engineer.

carolyn said...

long live bob eubanks!

Taryn said...

Oh, but who grows up wanting to be a jingle singer?

GHJ said...

That's true, T. But I'm merely going on the question of demeaning . . . ness.