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Just one of the issues for North Americans trying to decode Spoony's post
Last edited by ursus arctos; 22-05-2022, 13:45.
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Originally posted by delicatemoth View PostPeter Garrett sounds a bit like a robot dog. "The! Time! Has! Come!"*
Does anyone dislike Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin or Chaka Khan?
Last edited by Various Artist; 22-05-2022, 13:45.
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Originally posted by Various Artist View PostThis is a horribly apt observation, DM. I'm never going to hear that line in the same way again...
This is a very good point, meanwhile. There must be a legion of classic soul singers whose voices surely no-one can dislike – we could add, say, Sam Cooke, Levi Stubbs, Ben E King just for starters.
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Originally posted by TonTon View Post
(I'm not a fan of the general adoption of Marmite marketing in the discourse, mind ).
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
I feel the marketing followed the general adoption of "marmite" to mean something you either like or loathe with no one really equivocating on it. My perception was the company that make marmite just went with it, recognising the value in terms of brand recognition by the haters and using that hate to strengthen the affection for it among those who liked it.
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Originally posted by TonTon View Post
Are there examples of its being used in that way before 1996?
edit - the marketing cemented the concept, for sure
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I remember conversations about marmite among my uni friends before 1996*. Hence why the marketing campaign just seemed to be admitting something that was already widely acknowledged.
I mean, it could be we were the only people in the country to have that discussion although I doubt we were ahead of any curves.
* Marmite crisps in particular being discussed
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I don't like Sinatra or Joni Mitchell as singers from Sporting's original list, although I love lots of Joni Mitchell's songs. Part of the problem was that I'd heard my dad sing them hundreds of times before I heard Joni sing them (this also applies to Neil Young) so it took me a long time to get used to her own versions.
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