Thursday, August 17, 2006

all you need is love

From All You Need is Love by The Beatles.

All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.

As idealistic as I think the song is, I like it. While I am quite sure this is not what McCartney and Lennon were trying to say, God is love, and I think you can follow the logic of why I like the song from here.

The reason the song has been going through my head, though, is that Chase currently has an advertising campaign using the song as a backdrop to people making purchases with credit cards. Am I the only person who thinks this is the dumbest song a credit card company could pick to encourage people to make purchases with its cards? I have an idea for a minor rewrite so Chase can keep the same tune but the lyrics will be more applicable.
All you need is stuff.
All you need is stuff.
All you need is stuff, more stuff.
Stuff is all you need.
There. That's better.

4 comments:

GoldenSunrise said...

Dust hates anything that encourages someone to go into debt. : )

Achtung BB said...

So "Love" isn't all I need?

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of the VeggieTales "StuffMart" song!

T said...

I concur, but it is a great marketing ploy and I bet the overall credit card purchases are going up up with the song. I like your version! I only have a debit card and I like it that way, but I understand the value in an occasional small credit card too. It's the people who pay more to their minimum balance then I do for my car that kills me.