In an online forum, of which I've been a member of for roughly 19 years (Back before the Flash Player, even!), someone brought up the subject of TV ads designed to make us feel guilty - because we're not spending enough money on gifts and vacations for our family and loved ones. Disneyworld, anyone? New cars for Christmas and Valentine's Day? It brought up a memory of the De Beers diamond company and there -oh-so-rich-beautiful-people commercials back in the early 1990s. An old friend of mine, Bob, and a friend of his (can't remember the guy's name - maybe Chuck?) started this riff on the commercial when I was visiting Bob one weekend up in the High Country of Western North Carolina. I never forgot the basis for it, thought it was brilliant, and repeated/sang it often for friends afterwards. And when I finally began to write it down and make it match the commercial (thanks, YouTube!) I had to add a few elements to the ending section to make it fit the music. Hope Bob and Friend don't mind...
Sing along if you like...
Ten Thousand Bucks
And Maybe More
Ten Thousand Bucks
And Maybe More
Ten Thousand Bucks
And Maybe More
Ten Thousand Bucks
And Not A Penny Less
Then when they get through with you
they take you in the back room and they
sit you down and make you sign your
life away and empty out your
bank account and tell you that
forever more your life and soul
belong to them and then you know you're
toast and that your now it debt for
three months salary - three months salary - three months salary - three months salary - three months salary - (fade out)
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