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anybody heard the streetlife ad on the radio?

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booyhohoho · 10/12/2010 12:54

not sure if it's just broadcasting in northern ireland or not. have googled and youtubed but no joy.

it is basically a girl saying (i cant remember word for word so may be slightly wrong with wording)

"he's late, I'm nervous, oh here he is, i hope he like the new dress he bought me, he sees me, he gives me that look, i feel great"

it just doesn't sit right with me.

guy taking his time, girl hanging on waiting for his approval, on something he bought!! (so not really on the thing he bought but on how her body shows it off) and only when she gets it after him keeping her waiting is she no longer nervous but feels good.

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Sakura · 10/12/2010 13:02

It's pretty bad when you analyse it, isn't it.
The problem, is, it actually depicts real life quite well Sad

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booyhohoho · 10/12/2010 13:06

i know, I've been that girl. i was just listening to it with my mouth open. I know tehy are not trying to sell that idea at all, tehy are selling clothes but it just doesn't sit well with me. girls should be buying clothes because they liek them and tehy feel good in them, not because a man will approve.

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booyhohoho · 10/12/2010 13:07

sorry, i don't just mean girls, i mean women too. i said girls because she sounded so young in teh ad.

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Sakura · 10/12/2010 13:08

oh, is it an ad . Sorry I missed that part.
I thought it was a song, a rap song or something

That's really bad

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booyhohoho · 10/12/2010 13:10

yes a radio ad for streetlife clothing.

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booyhohoho · 10/12/2010 17:56

it is very crap. even worse, i think, because it has our horrible NI accent.

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ISNT · 11/12/2010 10:17

Is it the 80s song "streetlife"?

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ISNT · 11/12/2010 10:19

Aha got the lyrics to streetlife. It even mentions sexual equality (what a rhyme!!!). Why didn't they just use that song?

Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Check it out
Street life into the night with the syncopated melodies
Street life look left look right you've got lips from a magazine
Cheap sound that comes from the underground communicates to everyone
Street life it's alright you get your tips from a popular song
It's the beat of the concrete street that you'll love for a million years
It's the sound that comes from underground
That's got you clapping, got you shaking your rears
Street life, ooh ooh ooh
Street life step to the mike with your sexual equality
Street life look left look right you've got the lips from a magazine
Cheap sound that comes from the underground
Is like a bass drum kicking along
Street life sweet life cheap life it's street life going on and on
To the beat of the concrete street you can live for a million years
The dumb sound that comes from underground
That's got you clapping, got you shaking your rears
Street life, ooh ooh ooh
It's all you know, it's all you see
It's all you follow, it's all you believe
Ooh ooh ooh
Move your feet to the concrete beat and you can live for a million years
To the sound that comes from underground
Clap your hands, get shaking your rears
Street life, ooh ooh ooh
Street life, ooh ooh ooh

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booyhohoho · 11/12/2010 11:20

Wow!! why the hell didn't they use that? it's an obvious choice isn't it??

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ISNT · 11/12/2010 11:24

Pretty darned obvious I'd have thought Confused

Is a good song too Grin

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walkinginaWUKTERwonderland · 11/12/2010 11:56

The NI accent is lovely Booyhoo!

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