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UTUSN

(70,652 posts)
1. "The Story" - "The Story was featured heavily in General Motors commercials during the 2008 Summer
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:31 PM
Sep 2019

Olympics, leading to increased exposure to her music.[20]" (<------from Wiki) -------- what is it with gigantic corporations appropriating gorgeous, sensitive music?!1 ***************Oh, I've heard this one before!!!!!





O.K., here's where I heard it before:





UTUSN

(70,652 posts)
3. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: Melody is *ALL*/lyrics are/can-be/CRAP.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 09:39 PM
Sep 2019

Notice how gigantic corporations play gorgeous music for their sales. Back when, a DUer educated me about Sia's psychiatric travails that led to "Chandelier". Nope, nup, that ain't what it's about for me, it's about the soaring MELODIC MUSIC. And Dior made it into a commercial for the MUSIC, and deleted the psych-PAIN. So thank you, Brandi CARLILE.




UTUSN

(70,652 posts)
4. Although, the words smarted when she said, "girl, it's your brother's world, for a while longer"
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 09:45 PM
Sep 2019

Especially since Wiki says she was close to her brother. (We're talking Brandi/The Joker here)


************ON EDIT, dang, the sound cuts off when I update!1













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