A cri de coeur, written and originally performed by Melanie (Safka) and covered by the New Seekers. Later used, inexplicably, in a set of food commercials on TV, with an incongruous upbeat, let's-sell-this-stuff aura.
This song is indeed, as kyuuialison (above) wrote, about large institutions' twisting and distorting an artist's heartfelt expressions. But it goes beyond that, a wrenching plaint against all the things that dehumanize and demean us, hollow out our souls, and drive us crazy, slowly or quickly.
A cri de coeur, written and originally performed by Melanie (Safka) and covered by the New Seekers. Later used, inexplicably, in a set of food commercials on TV, with an incongruous upbeat, let's-sell-this-stuff aura.
This song is indeed, as kyuuialison (above) wrote, about large institutions' twisting and distorting an artist's heartfelt expressions. But it goes beyond that, a wrenching plaint against all the things that dehumanize and demean us, hollow out our souls, and drive us crazy, slowly or quickly.