Most overused words and phrases in music ads

[Famous Mortimer]

"Mighty"

[Dr Rock]

'Essential'

[Pauline Walnuts]

'Played on 6 Music'

[Echo Valley 2-6809]

Stunning.

As in "The stunning debut album from [person never to be heard from again]."

[lankyguy95]

PHENOMENAL new album

[Brundle-Fly]

'in these troubled/ challenging times'

[Egyptian Feast]

'Iconic'

[Dr Rock]

'Sausages'

[Brundle-Fly]

'Iconic'

I hate the way that word is so ubiquitous now.   To join 'genius' and 'legendary' and even 'celebrity' as words that have become devoid of their original meaning.

[Brundle-Fly]

'brave'  Going into a burning house to save a child is brave. Singing about your divorce, not so much

[BlodwynPig]

Now

[The Mollusk]

'in these troubled/ challenging times'

Haha this drives me fuckin nuts. Anything released in the early months of 2020 that was slightly doomed or despondent sounding, or had any themes of isolation, had an automatic big fuck off sticker of "ODDLY PRESCIENT FOR THE YEAR THAT FOLLOWED" slapped on it by journalists. Lazy shite. Yes I'm living through this hell wank right now, I really don't need walking to the door of a room I'm already in. And besides being a shit selling point - listen to this thing that reminds you how awful your life is right now - in almost all cases it was coincidental and so an insult to the standalone merit of the record it was attached to. Bollocks.

[Pauline Walnuts]

Now

[BJBMK2]

When advertising rereleases/remasters.

"Now for the first time.."

"As you've NEVER heard before..."

[bollocks]

"new"

[Brundle-Fly]

'goes back to their roots'

[Glebe]

"Coldplay."

[Excellent_Biscuits]

"stripped back" can fuck off.

[Johnny Yesno]

'Important'

[Sebastian Cobb]

song-based

[turnstyle]

RETURN TO FORM

An expression used to market Reveal after Up, like they were saying 'that last one was a bit weird, sorry guys!', ignoring the fact that Up is one of REM's best albums.

[Egyptian Feast]

Maybe more of a thing you'd see in ads for reissues and album reviews by hacks, but use of the word 'seminal' should be severely restricted. If it is ever used in conjunction with the word 'sophomore', hot pokers should be used in conjunction with anuses.

[Excellent_Biscuits]

Would the Beatles 'Help' be their semaphore album?

Cheers!

[Dr Rock]

'Boring load of old shite'

[Tokyo van Ramming]

Where are there music ads? I can't recall noticing any for a very long time.

[thecuriousorange]

It's got the one from the John Lewis ad.

[Astronaut Omens]

It's a while since I looked at the Boomkat website, but there was a time when literally every piece of vinyl they had for sale was a "sick twelve!!".