[lbo-talk] The Onion: "Song About Heroin Used to Advertise Bank"

[Andy F]

On 9/18/07, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yeah, calling it an "ode to drug culture" (like the
> Slate writer does) is iffy. The Onion piece is better,
> referring to as Iggy's description of coming off
> drugs. Either way, it is basically about heroin,
> coming clean from it or whatever. "This song has been
> used in commercials for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines,
> although the lyrics were heavily changed so that, for
> example, 'with liquor and drugs' was replaced by
> 'looks so fine.'" --
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_for_Life_%28song%29

I could have sworn there was a car commercial, for the Subaru Outback
maybe, that had the instrumental intro to the Velvet Underground's
"Heroin".
-- 
Andy