Brit Rockers Asked to Help Boost Israeli Tourism
- Posted on Sep 27th 2007 10:00AM by David Sprague
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Over the past half-century or so, the powers that be have tried any number of ways to bring peace and prosperity to the Middle East, none of which have turned out to be terribly successful -- but now that one group is turning to a gaggle of middle-aged men in eyeliner, prospects are looking quite a bit brighter. The Israeli Tourism Board has approached Duran Duran in the hopes that the band can help bring an influx of visitors to the city of Tel Aviv through an ad that would feature an obscure instrumental from the band's 1981 debut entitled -- what else? -- 'Tel Aviv.' Heck, if it works, we can imagine the folks in the fun-loving surrounding countries cranking out a series of commercials featuring chador-clad cuties bopping along to 'Walk Like an Egyptian' or, if worse came to worse, our favorite Queen tune reworked as 'Radio Gaza.'
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