# Enough with the fucking "Hey, Soul Sister" goddamn fucking shit already! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945 "2010-10-13T01:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/61 "2010-10-14T19:59:14Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I think we CAN agree than Train is some sort of CIA sonic weapon experiment. Didn’t Obama promise to stop violating the Geneva Convention left and right? New boss, same as the old boss. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/62 "2010-10-14T21:23:56Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I hate you with the burning passion of 1000 dying stars. Thanks. That was a great way to start my day. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/63 "2010-10-15T05:10:12Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > … > I think we CAN agree than Train is some sort of CIA sonic weapon experiment. It’s a given. Okay, I’ve seen three Samsung commercials that use this song. One for a TV, refrigerator and washing machine. I think maybe this calls for a letter writing campaign and a boycott. I can’t afford their stuff anyway. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/64 "2010-10-15T17:24:10Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Okay, I’ve seen three Samsung commercials that use this song. One for a TV, refrigerator and washing machine. I think maybe this calls for a letter writing campaign and a boycott. I can’t afford their stuff anyway. Does shit like this actually work to sell washing machines? I mean, seriously. You have to think that’s the ad agency equivalent of mailing it in; “Well, let’s have a picture of the washing machine while we play that song.” You can’t even say that you’re winning attention for the washing machine by associating it with a popular song because it’s now used so much it’s background noise. So I don’t really understand how using “Soul Sister” is going to sell a washing machine. I’d be much more impressed by thirty seconds of a guy just standing there explaining why it’s a good washing machine. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/65 "2010-10-15T18:36:00Z")
This song has a weird, hypnotic quality that more than a few of my friends have noticed. An instant, in-your-head-for-the-day quality… an earworm for the ages. It DOES help sell washing machines because when that song comes on, I become hypnotized and want to see the product that is being shoved down my throat. I can’t, in recent memory, come up with a song that even comes close to this one. The lyrics of the song absolutely suck, so it has to be the tune… maybe the uke that grabs us all. But what would compel someone to write something like “my untrimmed chest”, or “you’re so gangsta, I’m so thug”? That’s the best they could come up with? That is some shit writing. But the tune is so catchy, it doesn’t matter what the words are. Which is why it’s going to appear in more, not less, product ads in the coming months. The song makes you take note of what’s being sold, which in turn causes you to look into that product if you are on the market for a washer, fridge, or whatever. It is interesting to me that “Drops of Jupiter” is also a catchy Train song that sticks in my head and has shit lyrics. Train is definitely an evil entity that puts crap in our conscious (and subconscious) head. For what ultimate purpose they are going to be used for has not been revealed to us yet, but when the END is on its way, I have a feeling it will come with a Train soundtrack. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/66 "2010-10-16T04:03:34Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > These are the same guys who rhymed president with president and beautiful with beautiful in the horrible “Meet Virginia”. IMO, the worst Train song ever. Or just the worst. song. ever. That stupid song was on the radio every single day when I was getting ready to go to class. [/rant] ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/67 "2010-10-16T04:32:45Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Does shit like this actually work to sell washing machines? Sure. Listening to the song makes you feel dirty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945.md?page=3)