Atlanta blogs today: ‘City lights, Southern nights’
October 19, 2007 at 2:15 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsInstead, how about “The City Too Busy to Cut a Deadweight Marketing Initiative from its Budget�
— Rusty the Radical Georgia Moderate on “City lights, Southern nights,” the slogan reportedly replacing “Every day is an opening day” as Atlanta’s new municipal marketing theme
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Atlanta abandons slogan, resurrects Glen Campbell’s career
— When ATLMalcontent heard the slogan, he thought of a Glen Campbell song. When I heard it, I thought of a porn store.
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The Dumbest Thing Ever Said
— memberg at Peach Pundit on Brand Atlanta Executive Director Melinda Ennis-Roughton’s description of Atlanta as “New York with Southern manners and charm”
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New York with Southern manners and charm? I grew up here. This is not New York, Southern manners are getting rarer and rarer and all the charm is being bulldozed and replaced by McMansions. Which, of course, have lawns we can’t water.
— Danny G at AdPulp on the Atlanta/New York comparison.
October 20th, 2007 at 1:21 am
FIrst thing “Southern Nights” reminds me of is the Glen Campbell song, written by prominent New Orleans producer Allen Toussaint. I’m not sure that’s what they were aiming for.
October 20th, 2007 at 11:46 am
City lights, Southern nights, but no water. Two out of three ain’t bad. Pass that along to Mrs. Bert Roughton. Man, are the Roughtons raking in the money or what? Atlanta’s Power Couple! Too bad they don’t have an ounce of talent or integrity between them. I mean, really. Sheesh!