Shins hawking McDonalds...

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yeah i saw the McDonald's commercial during the Olympics Womens Free Skate. It was really bizarre- a man playing with a baby and you could here the beginning of "new slang" in the background. i had no idea it was a Mcdonald's commercial till the very end when they showed that McDonalds "smile" symbol. it was kind of disturbing really. but does anyone know how this may have happened? because some bands sell their music to a licensing agency not knowing where it will go. My guess is that the Shins didn't intend for "new slang" ending up as a McDonalds promotion.

― paul garcia, Saturday, 23 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two months pass...

It's pretty good isn't it? You can hear the song that much more

― Heath, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

this is the first answer to such a question which i can take seriously.

― jess, Sunday, 28 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

penis is attract

― mike hanle y, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two months pass...

Maybe it wasn't really The Shins. I mean, I hope to God that James Mercer is making better management decisions than that. We could get lucky and find out that it was something else.

― Hermonie Williams, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Why does this bother anyone? There are literally thousands of songs used in commercials and they run for a few weeks or months and that's it. There's nothing special or shocking to me about The Shins popping up in a McDonalds commercial. Sometimes it's even exciting, like when Acura used "Instrumental" by Galaxie 500 to pretty cool effect.

― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I won't lie and say I haven't fallen for it (McDonald's) but it's a damn shame that the shins have sold out to supercorporate craziness.

― Mari, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...

how is it selling out if they havent changed their writing process? they sold the song for profit, what's the harm?

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 30 July 2004 16:20 (nineteen years ago) link

ba da ba ba baaaaah, I'm hatin' it.

― Joseph Pot (STINKOR™), Saturday, 31 July 2004 06:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I've been listening to "I'm Lovin' It" alot.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 31 July 2004 07:18 (nineteen years ago) link

the original by MC Mayor McCheese & The FryGuys or the DJ Hamburglar re-mix?

― Joseph Pot (STINKOR™), Saturday, 31 July 2004 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link

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