Taking Rollie's problems with that Slash/Volkswagon commercial a step further, I can't quite pinpoint why this American Express Business Card advertisement featuring "Gimme Some Money" by the Thamesman (a.k.a. Spinal Tap) offends me so much, but it really freakin' does. Maybe because [a] I love and cherish all things regarding "This Is Spinal Tap" and hate to see it used to pimp freakin' credit cards or [b] the fact that the song is seemingly being utilized entirely without any semblance of irony or perhaps [c] the fact that they chose a somewhat less celebrated song from the film (as opposed to, say, "Big Bottom," "Sex Farm," "Hell Hole" or "Listen to the Flower People"). This last point I find especially puzzling, being that since they picked a track primarily beloved by pinheaded fanboys like myself, surely they must have known how much it would upset we pinheaded fanboys. Maybe they're doing it just to fuck with us. Or maybe I just need to get a life and stop worrying about stupid shit like this.
In any event, it sucks. So screw you, Amex!
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