Wha? Huh? Am I that old?

Twice, TWICE now I have heard songs from my youth in commercials. Songs that were so COOL when I was in late elementary and junior high.

Old Navy - Old navy tries to hard to be cool with a little bit of the absurd. Remember all the cute teens and college students with their performance fleece. My skin crawls at the remembrance of those commercials. So I was surprised when I was pulled from the kitchen upon hearing a tune that was familiar. I happened upon a sad, sad moment. It seems the advertising execs at Old Navy have decided that it is time to tear to shreds the songs of a generation. They've decided the best way to advertise their new tunics is to rewrite the song "Bust a Move". You want it, you got it, you want it, baby you got it, just bust a move. They have replaced move with "tunic" or better yet I believe it is actually "tun" which must be the new lingo for tunic.

GM - Now we all know that General Motors is not the most hip car manufacturer. When I think of GM I think of my grandparents, nostalgia, apple pie, and other Americana type old items. I guess that GM is trying to appeal to a younger crowd so they have come up with a commercial that both exploits the space program (which by the way is pretty tacky with the shuttle explosion last year and the problems they have encountered sending another shuttle into space and relieving the space station crew, but that is not my original point) and has a hip, cool, retro even theme song. What song might they be using you ask. Well let me just tell you: “Push It” – ah push it, ah push it, ah push it, push it real good. Did I just enter crazy world, Eddie are you behind the curtain directing this episode of craziness.

So there you go people, my people, my generation, the songs of our youth are not anthems for commercials. Both are used to their detriment and maybe even death.

Ben you might think this is for you but I intended to steal a few minutes from the ever growing paperwork pile and give a baby blog to the people.