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I propose that we rename this article. The title has almost nothing at all to do with the actual trope. I get that the idea was that the song's lyrics were meant to be ironic but the people using the song didn't get that, but to look at all these examples (and the laconic description), the trope is actually about accidental misuse of songs in general, not just ones with ironic lyrics. It's easy to see why this became the case - a trope solely concerned with unironic misuse of ironic songs would be Too Rare to Trope. That, combined with the fact that there are enough examples of the Trope as-is to make it worth considering as a trope, I think it would be more optimal to change the Trope name than, say, remove every example that doesn't pertain to ironic lyrics. Maybe we should give it a more fitting, more self-descriptive name: something like "Misaimed Soundtrack." What do you guys think?
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While I'm not opposed to Misaimed Soundtrack, I think a good chunk of the examples do have some sort of irony involved, at least the ones related to advertising or politics. You'd have to do a wick check to prove it needs a rename.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
- The advertising campaign for Dragon Age: Origins was infamous for using "This Is The New Shit" by Marilyn Manson, likely in an attempt to show that the game was Darker and Edgier as well as Hotter and Sexier than previous Western fantasy RP Gs. The lyrics are mostly mocking fans craving innovation, while producers crank out the same old material with big helpings of sex, violence and grittiness in order to appeal to the audience's baser instincts.
- This was back in the day when Bioware still had a sense of humor about itself, it may well have been intentional.
Should this be rewritten to be less opinionated?
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Because the irony trope exists, should we merge this?
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No, because they aren't the same thing at all.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I'm fairly sure that U.S. law only requires that anyone who will pay the standard fee can buy the rights to make their *own* recording of a song, not the right to use an existing recording. So, for enough money you could make an ad with studio musicians singing "Hey, Jude"—but that doesn't let you use the Beatles' recording of the song.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Needs Help
, started by MarkThis on May 12th 2012 at 1:09:36 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman