# Gigantic Gigantic A Big Big Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023 "2014-05-09T03:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/41 "2014-05-10T16:29:45Z")
Thanks for posting this…hadn’t seen the ad (no cable). I love the Pixies and think it’s a great ad. But, that’s one viewing and probably all I’ll ever see of it. Any ad gets annoying if you are subject to it over and over and over. The only exception I can think of is the three “unpimp your auto” VW ads with Uli Kunkel. I could watch those on repeat for days. “if you vant me to unpimp your auto let me hear say vhat…what?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/42 "2014-05-10T17:47:21Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > It might be a bit of a salacious subject for a commercial, but what song are you going to use? Really, on a subconscious level, all songs are about the penis, even “Happy Birthday”. Huh. And Patty and Mildred Hill seemed like such _nice_ old ladies. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/43 "2014-05-11T02:02:24Z")
I’ve always liked the song and I mostly like the ad. However, if I were ever in a planetarium lying on my back and you were above me holding up an iPhone, I would likely stab you in the ankle with a fork. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/44 "2014-05-11T06:25:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Huh. And Patty and Mildred Hill seemed like such _nice_ old ladies. Oh, you know, the original song was “Good morning to you” which is clearly a reference to the “Morning Glory” of whoever was their lover at the time. Sheer filth that song. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/45 "2014-05-12T03:12:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > If that’s their best song then the Pixies must suck a big bag of rocks. It’s not. “Tame,” “Gouge Away,” and “Is She Weird” are all much better songs. I’d personally put “Silver” above it too, but I know that’s not most people’s favorite. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/46 "2014-05-12T09:09:17Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > You guys are nuts. I think it’s a great spot and I love the song. > > I like the Pixies, though. I didn’t know the Pixies as a teenager, so I had no associations. It’s a pretty, stylish commercial. I like it well enough. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/47 "2014-05-12T09:23:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I know I knowI know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know that I’ve mentioned my dislike of that song on this Board more than once. But have you heard the Joan Osborne version? No, it still has the, “I knows.” I like that song though, I must be depraved. > [@Tamerlane](#): > > The same friend also got me into The Replacements, Pere Ubu, Throwing Muses, Opal and several other bands the same way -. You don’t have to add Opal to the list, you already had three. Wait, that’s an actual band name? :YouTubes: OK, not bad. > [@scabpicker](#): > > It might be a bit of a salacious subject for a commercial, but what song are you going to use? Really, on a subconscious level, all songs are about the penis, even “Happy Birthday”. Oh, you’re one of\* those. \* > [@wguy123](#): > > Thanks for posting this…hadn’t seen the ad (no cable). I love the Pixies and think it’s a great ad. But, that’s one viewing and probably all I’ll ever see of it. Any ad gets annoying if you are subject to it over and over and over. The only exception I can think of is the three “unpimp your auto” VW ads with Uli Kunkel. I could watch those on repeat for days. “if you vant me to unpimp your auto let me hear say vhat…what?” 😃 I know the ads you mean, but I didn’t recognize the name. I suppose I should actually watch The Big Lebowski at some point. The actor’s name is Peter Stormare. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/48 "2014-05-12T09:37:55Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > And in the world of horribly inappropriate songs used in commercials, there’s always Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon,” one of the bleakest songs ever about dying, [in a VW ad a few years back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIOW9fLT9eY). For me it is “Venus in Furs” used to sell Dunlop tyres: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NLWWtgqDG2M/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeAoAChgKKAgwIABABGHIgVCgxMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBKalVpfIn5UM0SzcOkiiL8JfQHZA "Dunlop - Tested For The Unexpected") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWWtgqDG2M) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/49 "2014-05-12T13:29:42Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Carnival Cruises (I think) used Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”, a song about heroin addiction. Not sure how many folks got the connection there. > > Heck, a wireless phone company uses a parody of “Fuck You” by Cee Lo Green. And Disney once used “Semi-Charmed Life” for The Tigger Movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ePJdDAyNBqs/hqdefault.jpg "The Tigger Movie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePJdDAyNBqs) “Semi-Charmed Life” is about crystal meth. It’s not even subtle about it: > [@](#): > > The sky was gold, it was rose > I was taking sips of it through my nose > And I wish I could get back there, someplace back there > Smiling in the pictures you would take > **Doing crystal meth, will lift you up until you break** > It won’t stop, I won’t come down > I keep stock with the tick-tock rhythm, I bump for the drop > And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given > Then I bumped again, then I bumped again > I said… ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/50 "2014-05-12T14:37:36Z")
One reason why the Pixies might not “hold up well” is that they basically reinvented alternative rock music. They’ve been copied and imitated so much it’s hard to appreciate how groundbreaking they were. It’s like the old joke about the movie Casablanca. “It’s just a bunch of clichés!” I, of course, am a fan of the Pixies. I love the Apple ad. Great marketing. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/51 "2014-05-12T14:52:08Z")
Great song. I could never be friends with someone who doesn’t like the Pixies. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/52 "2014-05-12T18:54:30Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > You don’t have to add Opal to the list, you already had three. Wait, that’s an actual band name? :YouTubes: OK, not bad. Pre- **Mazzy Star** Mazzy Star, with a different vocalist/keyboardist ( Kendra Smith ). They had hired Hope Sandoval as a backup singer on what turned out to be their final tour, then Smith suddenly quit and the band re-invented itself. Their best known album is just a bit more [psychodelic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o997W5gM6f8) and edgier with more keyboards. Though some of the earlier stuff could be pretty [Mazzy Star-breezy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpAIhR0OfQo) as well. I like both incarnations, really. But I find Opal slightly more interesting headphone music. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023/53 "2014-05-14T15:44:19Z")
This thread will forever color the way I see that annoying, annoying song. At least it amuses me now. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-gigantic-a-big-big-love/688023.md?page=2)