NY-26: Have You Heard Those Lame Radio Spots From Jack Davis?
In the past couple weeks, I’ve caught two of Jack Davis’s radio spots on my way home from work. Audio of the first one is posted on his website… and its a musical number so you can listen to it and read the lyrics.
The second one, which I just heard today, apparently isn’t on the website yet, but sounded like a parody of “Build Me Up Buttercup,” originally performed by The Foundations — but I could be wrong. I could barely understand the lyrics, and only barely managed to catch Jack Davis’s name.
I know the guy has plenty of money to spend, but there are a lot more effective uses of a 60-second radio spot. It makes it so much harder to take the message seriously when it’s done entirely to a melody.
UPDATE, July 21, 2008: Buffalo Pundit catches the “Build Me Up Buttercup” Ad…
Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Blogs For Victory. Follow Matt on Twitter.