This is a poignant song by some very talented ladies, but darn it, I mistake it for a Folger’s commercial every time.
I thought it was just me. But I confessed to my husband this evening that Point of Grace was sounding like an old coffee jingle, like…, “Folgers,” he finished my sentence. It’s the first lines that get me - one of Folger’s commercials starts with “Every day I wake up,” and Point of Grace (How You Live) says “Wake up to the sunlight.” That wake up part, with the same sort of rhythm and feel, and suddenly I’m grabbing for that second cup.
Hmmm, I totally wish I could wake up and clog like that. My other thought is that I like the lyrics to Point of Grace, especially the “want what you have” line. Love that. It has never made me think of coffee, but then, I am not a coffee drinker.
Jen March 12th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Jane, TOTALLY wish I could clog like that, period, at any time of the day, lol! Okay, the song doesn’t make me think of coffee, just the Folger’s commercials specifically - do you have those in Canada? The coffee is repulsive, the commercials brilliant. But somehow the commercials would make me want really good coffee, and I wouldn’t even fault Folger’s for having bad coffee because their coffee songs were so good…and there is a longing, a nostalgic, run in the open fields and have a lovely life full of wonderful things feeling at the end of the ad. This song seriously has the exact effect and I tell you, they partnered with the Folger’s people. :-)
Ugh! I must admit that PofG drives me crazy. I think you hit the nail right on the head for me. Coffee Commercial!
Thanks!
Jen March 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Funki Planet, oh no! As a whole, they don’t really drive me crazy, and this song doesn’t totally drive me crazy, I just chuckle every time it comes on because it really does take me a moment to realize what I’m listening to!
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Hmmm, I totally wish I could wake up and clog like that. My other thought is that I like the lyrics to Point of Grace, especially the “want what you have” line. Love that. It has never made me think of coffee, but then, I am not a coffee drinker.
Jane, TOTALLY wish I could clog like that, period, at any time of the day, lol! Okay, the song doesn’t make me think of coffee, just the Folger’s commercials specifically - do you have those in Canada? The coffee is repulsive, the commercials brilliant. But somehow the commercials would make me want really good coffee, and I wouldn’t even fault Folger’s for having bad coffee because their coffee songs were so good…and there is a longing, a nostalgic, run in the open fields and have a lovely life full of wonderful things feeling at the end of the ad. This song seriously has the exact effect and I tell you, they partnered with the Folger’s people. :-)
Ugh! I must admit that PofG drives me crazy. I think you hit the nail right on the head for me. Coffee Commercial!
Thanks!
Funki Planet, oh no! As a whole, they don’t really drive me crazy, and this song doesn’t totally drive me crazy, I just chuckle every time it comes on because it really does take me a moment to realize what I’m listening to!
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