OFF: BtbW - the story so far

Chris Bates C.D.Bates at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK
Thu Aug 1 10:55:01 EDT 1996


Andrea A Apold wrote:

> I can't remember when exactly, but in my mind the official death of this
> song occurred when it was used in an ad for some kind of family van
> or station wagon (I keep thinking it was an Isuzu, but could be wrong)
> that featured a typical "commercial" family singing this song as they
> boarded this completely conservtive family vehicle...

Surely this was an example of post-modern irony? Or maybe you misheard
and they were singing Born to be Mild.....


Chris



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