# The Cure's "Pictures of You" in that HP commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039 "2004-01-01T01:10:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/1 "2004-01-01T01:10:11Z")
There’s currently a Hewlett-Packard commerical running that features a cool remix of The Cure’s “Pictures of You”. Does anyone know who made this remix? ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/2 "2004-01-01T04:15:53Z")
Isn’t it the original version? The copy I have sounds like that, at least as far as I remember the commercial. It’s a great song. Maybe I’m misremembering the commercial, how is it different? ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/3 "2004-01-01T04:46:12Z")
i think it is the cures version…and it gets me in the mood to hear some cure everytime ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/4 "2004-01-01T04:56:53Z")
It sounds like the usual one to me. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/5 "2004-01-01T17:52:55Z")
Yeah, it’s not changed considerably from the album version, just edited down to show the full dynamics of the song in a short commercial. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/6 "2004-01-01T17:56:27Z")
It aint the version I got. At least I don’t think it is. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/7 "2004-01-01T17:56:57Z")
I was thinking this would be a complaint thread… such a sad song seems so out of place. What’s the message? Buy our camera, then you can look back on better times and be sad! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/8 "2004-01-01T18:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cheddarsnax \* > \*\*I was thinking this would be a complaint thread… such a sad song seems so out of place. What’s the message? Buy our camera, then you can look back on better times and be sad! \*\* Oh, like they put that much thought into it. Some ad weenie said, “Pictures! We need a song about pictures!” ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/9 "2004-01-01T18:21:50Z")
Who cares if it fits the commercial! I get to hear The Cure! Anyway, I’m a big fan of the band and I’ve never heard this song…performed…this way. It seems very slowed down and musically expanded. It may not be a remix, but its certainly a different mix. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/10 "2004-01-01T22:54:33Z")
Isn’t it the remix from the album Mixed Up? It’s been years since I listened to my Cure cds, but that one version does sound a bit different from the cut on Disinegration. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cures-pictures-of-you-in-that-hp-commercial/222039/11 "2004-01-01T23:11:47Z")
yep, it’s form the mixed up CD.