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Target Resurrects 'Baby Got Back'
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| August 2, 2005
| AP
Posted on 08/03/2005 5:24:01 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
Target Resurrects 'Baby Got Back'
POSTED: 10:16 pm EDT August 2, 2005
NEW YORK -- Remember "Baby Got Back?"
It's back -- this time in a cleaned-up version being used by Target department stores to hawk back-to-school wares, like backpacks.
But wait, wasn't that song about the well-endowed female derriere?
Yes, but it now has a "G-rated" pedigree, thanks to some careful editing from the Target ad people.
Some might be put off by the campaign -- after all, MTV even barred the song during the daytime because of the rump-shaking women in the video.
But ad executives tell the New York Post the ad is a great idea because it targets parents who remember the song and are likely to have kids in school these days.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ads; backtoschool; degenerates; moneywhores; retail; target
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To: ShadowDancer
I'm just waiting for a Macaroni&Cheese commerical set to "Me So Hungry".
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:25:13 AM PDT
by
ClaudiusI
To: ShadowDancer
It'll sell. The song is well known by the demographic they are aiming at despite any previous bans.
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:27:09 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:34:35 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Standing athwart history, shouting, "Turn those lights off! You think electricity grows on trees?")
To: ShadowDancer
They should combine ads with the new Burger King commercial..
5
posted on
08/03/2005 5:35:26 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(The state always has solutions to the problems it creates...more freedom will never be a solution)
To: ShadowDancer
maybe Applebees can do a " my baby's got back ribs" tune
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:37:20 AM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your thing.)
To: ShadowDancer
cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:37:54 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:39:19 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
("Spare the rod, spoil the liberal.")
To: rhombus
Are you kidding me? I'm 26, and the song was popular when I was a freshmen in high school. Most of today's youth returning to school have never heard this song.
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:46:37 AM PDT
by
kharaku
(G3 (http://www.cobolsoundsystem.com/mp3s/unreleased/evewasanape.mp3))
To: ShadowDancer
I think allowing this sort of material to be used in childrens ads induces children into sexual behavior, it's irresponsible of target to use this in their ads.
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:47:55 AM PDT
by
kharaku
(G3 (http://www.cobolsoundsystem.com/mp3s/unreleased/evewasanape.mp3))
To: ShadowDancer
"MTV even barred the song during the daytime because of the rump-shaking women in the video." Things sure have changed quickly. MTV has softcore porn now while the Walt Disney channel shows worse during their teenybopper shows.
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:51:01 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: ShadowDancer
Jewelry stores can now use ZZ Top's "Pearl necklace" in their ads.
12
posted on
08/03/2005 5:54:44 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: avg_freeper
Isn't it strange that Target will use that song in their advertisement, yet will ban the Salvation Army at their store locations? Hmmmmmm, maybe it isn't so strange.
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:55:41 AM PDT
by
MBB1984
To: ClaudiusI
LOL! I was drinking coffee when I read that! You owe me a new monitor and keyboard! LOL!
Some might be put off by the campaign -- after all, MTV even barred the song during the daytime because of the rump-shaking women in the videoOh how times have changed.
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:56:38 AM PDT
by
silent_jonny
(Schmidt happens :)
To: ShadowDancer; Constitution Day
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:57:34 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: rhombus
It'll sell. The song is well known by the demographic they are aiming at...........Aren't they in jeopardy of being accused of racial profiling ;-)
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posted on
08/03/2005 5:59:26 AM PDT
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: ClaudiusI
I'm just waiting for a Macaroni&Cheese commerical set to "Me So Hungry".
post of the day!
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posted on
08/03/2005 6:00:55 AM PDT
by
BaBaStooey
(Ethiopia: The New Happiest Place on Earth.)
To: avg_freeper
Which shows are you referring to?
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posted on
08/03/2005 6:01:47 AM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
To: kharaku
Are you kidding me? I'm 26, and the song was popular when I was a freshmen in high school. Most of today's youth returning to school have never heard this song.The parents buy the backpacks. If you were a freshmen, then the seniors that same year would be around 30. Many 30 year olds do have kids just entering school.
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posted on
08/03/2005 6:03:35 AM PDT
by
rhombus
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