# That music is just \*wrong\*

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752 "2006-12-03T23:13:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752/1 "2006-12-03T23:13:18Z")

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Just saw an ad for Mr. Clean Eraser Sticks (vs. a regular sponge with cleaner of some sort, I gather). The music was … banjos. In a “Dueling” kind of duet. Not the actual song, thank god, but still … ew…

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752/2 "2006-12-03T23:32:26Z")

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I don’t follow. Is it banjo music in general that you have trouble with, or is that particular banjo music in that context?

Granted, I haven’t seen the commercial.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752/3 "2006-12-04T00:04:43Z")

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It’s the evocation of “Dueling Banjos” – have you ever seen “Deliverance”?

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752/4 "2006-12-04T00:08:02Z")

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Yeah, and I get the association in popular culture. However, the music for “Dueling Banjos” is very distinctive. Did they use that particular piece, or just one done in a reminiscent style? And is there some unpleasant connection between Mr. Clean and the music that makes it particularly skeevy or something?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752/5 "2006-12-04T00:53:25Z")

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Hmph. Guess it’s just me – big bald guy with a magic [del]wand[/del] eraser …

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**Author:** ![UKCatGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@UKCatGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UKCatGirl)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-is-just-wrong/382752/6 "2006-12-04T02:58:29Z")

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I work at Disney, and in a one of the area where people can meet characters, that song is played. There’s nothing we can do but laugh everytime we hear it.