They've gone too far.

[JackT]

And that song sucked before the J.C. Penny house band got a hold of it anyways.

You take that back.

[black francis]

You take that back.

You know I love you like my skateboard but I will do no such thing.

[Mr. Brian]

This commercial is really sad, but it's even worse that it's JCPenney. Did they even do focus groups? What are we to believe; that people that shop at JCPenney are huge 80s fans that would get the reference and appreciate it? It's actually really insulting to our age group.

That commercial is targeted directly at people like my wife who love that movie and that song and now have children who need school clothes. It's good marketing if you ask me. It's still a shitty cover version.

[Mr. Brian]

Uhh what movie are they spoofing in that commercial? I know. I'm hopeless! The song cover is very bad.

The Breakfast Club

[withahip]

I don't get your comparison. Are we even reading the same thread?

"This reminds me of how pissed people got when they brought out New Coke" would be as apt a comparison.

It's complicated, I know.

[Seven Seas]

This youtube clip is another reason equated for me to slit my wrists.

Still, shopping at JC Penney, one can get some good deals at right times.

[moondance]

The Breakfast Club

Thank you. I never saw the whole thing. Just little snippets.

[insanejane]

Zabird had actually posted that commercial a while back under the "why are Murricans better advertisers?" thread. She felt the same way as you guys!

[zabird]

Thanks, Jane

Why must they subject us to sad imitations of the originals?

[Red]

Uhh what movie are they spoofing in that commercial? I know. I'm hopeless! The song cover is very bad.

please tell me you've seen The Breakfast Club......if not, go rent it right now, young lady!!! (seriously, watch it!)

[Red]

Still, shopping at JC Penney, one can get some good deals at right times.

yeah....like....buy 1 pair of jeans, get a 2nd pair for $1. i just did school shopping there!

but the ad SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and furthermore ...BF.......using another band's song in an ad (such as Ramones) is a little different than remaking a classic film for an ad. i personally think it's cool to hear a great song in an ad (if they use the original) but to see shit like this substituted for a classic film like The Breakfast Club is just sacrilege!

[withahip]

That ad is going to get more kids interested in the original and keep the interest in 80s music (the oldies) going.

The 80s is to kids now what the early 60s was to us. Big Chll anyone?

[JackT]

I remember going to see Breakfast club in Westhampton, L.I. when it came out. I was a Freshman in College, so it must have been during a break (Thanksgiving maybe?).

I went with this girl I liked and who also liked me. After the movie she said she thought it was dumb, and that's when I started thinking she might not be my kind of gal.

It was one of the only movies I can remember coming out wanting to know what "that song" was. When I got back up to school I dialed around the radio until I heard them playing the Simple Minds tune.

I think the song has a very unusual melody.

Looking back on the movie now, it is a little corny and teen-angsty, but I still like it. Like the part where the janitor makes Dick pay him 50 bucks. Or when Big Bri describes what they do in physics club.

I always thought Molly Ringwald's gums looked a little unhealthy.

[Frank The Bunny]

yeah....like....buy 1 pair of jeans, get a 2nd pair for $1. i just did school shopping there!

but the ad SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and furthermore ...BF.......using another band's song in an ad (such as Ramones) is a little different than remaking a classic film for an ad. i personally think it's cool to hear a great song in an ad (if they use the original) but to see shit like this substituted for a classic film like The Breakfast Club is just sacrilege!

Red - you stated the point I was trying to make beautifully.

[black francis]

yeah....like....buy 1 pair of jeans, get a 2nd pair for $1. i just did school shopping there!

but the ad SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and furthermore ...BF.......using another band's song in an ad (such as Ramones) is a little different than remaking a classic film for an ad. i personally think it's cool to hear a great song in an ad (if they use the original) but to see shit like this substituted for a classic film like The Breakfast Club is just sacrilege!

I would agree about bands letting people use their songs for ads except until very recently most of them have no say in the matter. Like The Smiths and Nissan or Labatts Beer. I came a little late for The Breakfast Club and have no feelings about it one way or another.