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    Greeks Compose World's Most Embarrassing Tribute Song

    Good. Lord. How embarrassing. Backstory: This is the 60th anniversary of Ogilvy, one of the world's largest ad agencies. Their offices were given a budget to create a tribute to beloved founder David Ogilvy. This is what the Athens office created. Problems: It's a ballad. It's extremely earnest. In English, "David" does not in fact rhyme with "Avid." We could go on. And on. This, uh, music video has been floating around for a few days, but it is very important that you watch it—if only to reaffirm your belief in the supremacy of American songwriting over the loathsome Greek balladeers:


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