I hate the idea of "Black Friday"… a day when hoards of people seem to suddenly realize they only have a month to do their Christmas shopping and thus feel driven to wait in lines to get into stores, let alone the lines to get any service or through the checkout. The retail stores in response encourage this behavior with only slightly better prices than they will give for the next month, and only on certain items. Ultimately they hope to sell out fast of the "loss leaders" and tempt desperate shoppers to buy the more expensive model or version which may not even be on sale at all. Sure you might get a better price on this or that but ultimately they are not trying to help you out. The stores are helping themselves out and unless you know the game on Black Friday you will probably lose (See "10 Black Friday Secrets Retailers Don't Want You to Know").
I refuse to shop in the stores on Black Friday. I do however enjoy a little Christmas shopping during the weeks that follow in December. Perhaps it is the memories of going to the mall and department stores with my family when I was young, more to see all the decorations than to actually do any shopping. The decorations are certainly less impressive now that I am older and can see through the wasteful marketing, yet there is still a magic to it. There is still that perfect world picture in the back of my head while I am shopping, thinking I am picking out the ideal gift for those I love. It is like clean crisp snow coating the world in a blanket of perfection.
This song reminds me of that feeling. After being featured in several Target commercials a couple years ago, I hear it play in my head sometimes when I am out shopping and it makes me happy. Euphoria sets in as I make my selections of hopes and dreams, some of which are not presents, but are actually for me. It has occurred to me months before or after the holidays while shopping for items I probably do not need, yet I am compelled to buy.
It is inexplicable, and I do feel at odds with myself at times because I am generally opposed to the acquisition of stuff and the over consumption we are guilty of in the USA. However, I am a sucker for these ads, and although Walmart is dead to me, I don't feel the same animosity towards Target. The brainwashing has worked in this case, and the catchy tune certainly helped.
Here are four of the Target advertisements that featured Goldfrapp's "Fly Me Away", though there may be more.
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Click here for more info on Goldfrapp – Supernature – "Fly Me Away".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Goldfrapp - Supernature
