# Wendy's Commercial w/ Blister in the Sun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796 "2007-02-12T02:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/1 "2007-02-12T02:08:52Z")
Has anyone seen the new ad by Wendy’s that plays Blister In The Sun by the Violent Femmes. Am I the only who thought WTF :eek: :dubious: It’s so nice to hear a song about masturbation while they’re slowing pouring a creamy white cheese sauce over a burger. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/2 "2007-02-12T02:13:35Z")
Hasn’t Gordon repeatedly denied that BITS is about masturbation? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/3 "2007-02-12T02:15:25Z")
I never thought about it but went back to listen to it. Damn if it doesn’t sound like it now. Especially when he stains his sheets. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/4 "2007-02-12T02:22:53Z")
I remember when the NFL had Eminem’s ‘My Name Is’ playing during an ad. I don’t think anyone really listens to these things beforehand… ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/5 "2007-02-12T03:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=Slacker] Hasn’t Gordon repeatedly denied that BITS is about masturbation? [/QUOTE] Even if HE says it’s not, I don’t think it matters because the general consensus is that the song IS about masturbation. Or to put it another way… to me Kleenex is more that just a brand of tissues. Tissues are Kleenex, Kleenex are tissues. Just because they say different, I still ask my wife to buy Kleenex, when I really don’t care what brand she buys. Perception is reality, and when I hear that song, that’s what I think about, and it’s reinforced when I see creamy white cheese pouring over a burger. ick ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/6 "2007-02-12T10:55:02Z")
Well Paul said “Lucy in the Sky With Dimonds” wasn’t about LSD. For 30 years. Till he said of course it’s about LSD. What in the world else would it be about then? Body and beats? I stain my sheets? Big hand, I know you’re the one? And even if I take it completly literaly, why would I want to think about a pus filled blister in the context of a cheese covered hamberger? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/7 "2007-02-12T11:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Well Paul said “Lucy in the Sky With Dimonds” wasn’t about LSD. For 30 years. Till he said of course it’s about LSD. [/QUOTE] Wait, he did? I missed the memo. Is “Puff the Magic Dragon” still not about marijuana? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/8 "2007-02-12T11:49:54Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Is “Puff the Magic Dragon” still not about marijuana? [/QUOTE] Don’t be silly. It’s about a [Douglas AC-47 gunship.](http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-air-support/vietnam/spooky-puff.htm) ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/9 "2007-02-12T15:53:05Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Wait, he did? [/QUOTE] I believe he still maintains that the song’s name comes from Julian Lennon’s drawing of a girl named Lucy, but that it _was_ indeed about LSD, and that the initials are just a coincidence. So, in other words, a bit of each version of the story is the truth: [Link:](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3769511.stm) > [@BBC News](#): > > In an interview published in this month’s Uncut, Sir Paul admitted drugs “informed” much of the Beatles’ music. > > He said the song Got To Get You Into My Life was “about pot - although everyone missed it at the time”, and Day Tripper was “about acid”. > > He added it was “pretty obvious” that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was inspired by LSD, and other songs made “subtle hints” about narcotics. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/10 "2007-02-12T19:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=Enright3] Perception is reality [/QUOTE] No, it isn’t. The writer of any piece – a song, a novel, a movie – is God Almighty when it comes to saying what the piece is about. Even if his claim sounds silly. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/11 "2007-02-12T20:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] No, it isn’t. The writer of any piece – a song, a novel, a movie – is God Almighty when it comes to saying what the piece is about. Even if his claim sounds silly. [/QUOTE] I disagree in principle. The author loses any right to dictate the experience of reading the novel or listening to the song as soon as it’s done, if for no other reason than that authors lie, and not even consistently. In this instance, though, I would have to say the song is not about masturbation. At most, it spends two lines describing masturbation. I also find nothing incongruous about using the song for a fast food commercial. After all, “I’m high as a kite/ And I just might/ Stop to check you out.” describes how many Americans encounter fast food. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/12 "2007-02-12T20:10:52Z")
This has been going on for a while. The Iggy Pop song about heroin being used for a cruise line. The Janis Joplin song about anti-materialism being used for Mercedes-Benzs (although they were trying to be ironic, of course.) Most people don’t care or notice. Those who do are the ones who are aware enough not to be swayed by advertising anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/13 "2007-02-12T21:20:50Z")
I always thought this song was about drugs. Then again, I never really paid much attention. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/14 "2007-02-12T21:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I never thought about it but went back to listen to it. Damn if it doesn’t sound like it now. Especially when he stains his sheets. [/QUOTE] I’ve always assumed “Blister in the Sun” is about a guy who realizes he’s gay. “Big hands, I know you’re the one?” His girlfriend is crying? Come on, he’s decided he likes guys with big wangs. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/15 "2007-02-12T21:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] No, it isn’t. The writer of any piece – a song, a novel, a movie – is God Almighty when it comes to saying what the piece is about. Even if his claim sounds silly. [/QUOTE] I beg to differ. If someone writes a song about sex/weird sex/drugs/jerking off/ what have you and they come around later and say “it was really about flowers and fluffy bunnies” we, who have a cerebal cortex have every right to :dubious: . Ah yeah right, if Johnny Rotton (Lydon) said “God Save the Queen” was a repectful ode, I guess I 'd have to believe him. And just to add…I don’t take God almighty as his word most days. He’s been know to brag. ---
**Author:** ![Iacob\_Matthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Iacob\_Matthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iacob_Matthew)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-commercial-w-blister-in-the-sun/391796/16 "2007-02-12T23:11:31Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] I’ve always assumed “Blister in the Sun” is about a guy who realizes he’s gay. “Big hands, I know you’re the one?” His girlfriend is crying? Come on, he’s decided he likes guys with big wangs. [/QUOTE] You’re not alone. I’ve always thought the same, for the same reasons.