Political Ads (Tune - Various)
How would you like a skin so white, white That you could walk proudly into Australia Holt is better all the way And all the way with LBJ Change up to Ian Smith Super We'll make the embargo crack Gives more freedom Gives more power If you're not black Change up to Ian Smith Super You buy We'll try UDI Vietcong guns go banga-langa-langa-ling Ratta-tatta-tatta-tattering Boomer-oomer-oomer-oomering When the blood goes spurta-lurta-lurta-ling Just send conscripts please Oh send conscripts please As we go escalata-lata-lata-ling Send more conscripts please Light up a draft card And protest 'gainst drafting Light up a draft card And dispute your call US incendiary bombing Is the choicest bombing to use Is never wrong Kills Vietcong US incendiary bombing
Advertisers have known for years that the best way for a company to increase its sales is to come up with a jingle which will get stuck in people's heads. This has two effects. Firstly the product is constantly in the victims' consumer's mind. Much cheaper than repeated media ads. The second is that the brain power used in keeping the jingle playing, reduces that available for critical analysis: The better the jingle the worse less good the product can be. It surprises us that political organisations of all types and persuasions have not exploited use of the jingle. Here are a few examples of what to expect if they do.