the blog of June 21, 2006

Drive

Who among us has not been going a little crazy trying to identify the REM song on those pesky Progressive Insurance commercials?

Well thanks to Google I have learned that it's the song "Drive" from a 2003 release of the same name... Not a full-blown album but one of those things we used to call an "EP" back in the days of vinyl. Something between an LP and a Single. So what do they call those now?

And why the shameless sellout by REM? Don't they have enough money? But it's probably the other way around -- the insurance industry needs REM more than REM needs their stinking money.