All thanks to the awesome power of commercials

Let's see a show of hands for people who like getting a song stuck in their head that they don't like. Anyone? Okay, I'm going to assume that everyone kept their hand down purposefully, and did not accidentally have them glued to the table. It's okay, we've all been there. And superglue is an underestimated menace. Especially when you stick something to a wall with it, as you risk tearing down the whole wall when trying to pry it off with a truck and some chains. At least that's what I remember from the ads. But it's even worse if it's not a real song, but just a jingle from a commercial. It also sucks when commercials try to use some catchy song, and then have the artist's info at the bottom so you can relive the awesome moment of watching that commercial by purchasing the song and become part of the community. It's hard to tell for me how much this is a calculated move, and how much is just coincidence, and I believe my fellow countrymen will remember a certain Bacardi commercial in horror. Or maybe not, judging by how popular that song was. But there have been two commercials recently, where the use of well-known songs did not completely annoy me, but reminded me that I hadn't listened to them, and the albums they're on, for way too long.

The first one was that Tuesday afternoon one (I think the proper title would be: The Afternoon: "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)") from "Days of Future Passed" by the Moody Blues, and the other is "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed off the "Transfomer" album. Both are really great albums I think, even though the somewhat indulgent classical parts on "Days of Future Passed" had to grow on me a little bit, and there are disappointingly few songs about shape-shifting robots on Lou Reed's album.