“Everywhere” is the new Beethoven’s 9th

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Decades ago, Beethoven’s 5th was widely used in commercials and advertisements. I suspect Steve’s saying Christine’s song is no longer a once-famous pop song but, like Beethoven’s 5th, music that has been callously co-opted for commerce (ie: selling things). In the 80s, Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” became the anthem of dancing cartoon raisins.

Actually, I was referencing “A Clockwork Orange.”