▲ 151 ▼ What’s the most tone-deaf advertisement or marketing campaign you’ve ever seen? (piefed.world) submitted 1 month ago by lasta@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments The kind of thing which makes you say “how could they possibly have thought this was a good idea?”
[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (2 children) I remember General Electric got a lot of flak for a commercial of theirs, meant to "celebrate America's hard workers" or whatever. They used the song Sixteen Tons. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (2 children) No way lmao That's a new level of tonedeaf permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago There are multiple actual mercedes-benz commercials featuring the song "Mercedes Benz" by Janis Joplin, which is not-at-all-subtly mocking consumerism and purchasing status symbols permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago Or an incredible troll from the inside lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] goober@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh yeah. That reminds me a while ago there was some car ad, a car is driving in some beautiful remote mountainous area and the music playing is Major Tom. I'm still laughing. Gonna die far away and alone in that tin can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oof, yeah, ouch. Reminds me of the time Mazda used the Lorax to promote an SUV they were selling. Totally would've answered with that, had I not remembered the GE thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (2 children) No way lmao That's a new level of tonedeaf permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago There are multiple actual mercedes-benz commercials featuring the song "Mercedes Benz" by Janis Joplin, which is not-at-all-subtly mocking consumerism and purchasing status symbols permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago Or an incredible troll from the inside lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago There are multiple actual mercedes-benz commercials featuring the song "Mercedes Benz" by Janis Joplin, which is not-at-all-subtly mocking consumerism and purchasing status symbols permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago Or an incredible troll from the inside lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goober@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh yeah. That reminds me a while ago there was some car ad, a car is driving in some beautiful remote mountainous area and the music playing is Major Tom. I'm still laughing. Gonna die far away and alone in that tin can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oof, yeah, ouch. Reminds me of the time Mazda used the Lorax to promote an SUV they were selling. Totally would've answered with that, had I not remembered the GE thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oof, yeah, ouch. Reminds me of the time Mazda used the Lorax to promote an SUV they were selling. Totally would've answered with that, had I not remembered the GE thing. permalink fedilink source parent