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The 2007 album Jarvis by British singer songwriter Jarvis Cocker features a song called From Auschwitz To Ipswich which features the line:
"Well if your ancestors could see you standing there They would gaze in wonder at your Frigidaire They had to fight just to survive So can't you do something with your life?"
The word Frigidaire sung to have the double meaning of expensive fridge and 'frigid hair'
The popular blues song "I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town", sung by Ray Charles mentions the brand:
"Let me tell you, honey
We gonna move away from here
I don't need no iceman
I'm gonna get you a Fridgidaire"
In "¡Bienvenido Mister Marshall!", the lyrics of the main song features:
"Los yanquis han venido, ole el salero, con mil regalos
y a las niñas bonitas van a obsequiarlas con aeroplanos.
Con aeroplanos de chorro libre,
que corta el aire
y también rascacielos bien conservados en Frigidaire.
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