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New car ad....

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:58 pm
by boardsofdublin
Anyone see the new Mercedes ad using "rue the whirl"? just saw it today on sky.
Cool ad.
Cant find it on youtube yet.
But i think maybe the lads love fancy cars too.
How many cars ads have there music been used in so far?

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:01 pm
by Infinite E
yeah i saw this. cool animation

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:18 pm
by silo flame
mildly depressing

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:37 pm
by mechanismj
silo flame wrote:mildly depressing
Back in the day I would have thought so, too. But really, they don't tour and they're not exactly climbing up the pop charts. They have to make money somehow. If I was in their shoes, I would much rather sell a track here and there than go look for some shitty dead end job to make ends meet.

the music will always hold the same meaning to me whether it's in a commercial or not.

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:43 pm
by boardsofdublin
i think its great when their music is used in ad's cause then people find them the way they want them to.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:24 am
by isawdrones
boardsofdublin wrote:i think its great when their music is used in ad's cause then people find them the way they want them to.
Through a car ad? :roll:

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:38 am
by thedisavowed
isawdrones wrote:
boardsofdublin wrote:i think its great when their music is used in ad's cause then people find them the way they want them to.
Through a car ad? :roll:
I guess he means that the only people that will take the trouble to look up the music from a commercial are people who really like the tunes, which probably is only a small fraction of the people who watch it. It's a subtle means of exposure..

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:02 am
by wwbjd
I'm gonna buy me a Mercedes!@#%

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:36 am
by jonnyjj74
Mogwai was in a Gap ad...I would rather have them use their music in commercials than have to break up due to lack of funds. Many bands seem to be giving up because of that lately.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:22 am
by mechanismj
I discovered Royksopp through that fucking Geico caveman commercial.

Re: New car ad....

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:24 pm
by derm
boardsofdublin wrote:Anyone see the new Mercedes ad using "rue the whirl"? just saw it today on sky.

But i think maybe the lads love fancy cars too.
they used to have a white VW LT35 which the drove around in edinburgh many years ago.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:13 pm
by polar sky
so did anyone get the video for this yet?

Re: New car ad....

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:02 pm
by BunnyRabbit
derm wrote:
boardsofdublin wrote:Anyone see the new Mercedes ad using "rue the whirl"? just saw it today on sky.

But i think maybe the lads love fancy cars too.
they used to have a white VW LT35 which the drove around in edinburgh many years ago.
Nice detail!

I'm pretty sure that in the interview from The Face magazine (still missing) they drove the interviewer round in a BMW and there was something about quite liking cars. Possibly, also, that beamer came from doing the advert for them.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:39 pm
by YELLOW
"They're actually a deal more open, articulate and opinionated than many other musicians of their generation, and don't appear terribly secretive. A kung fu manual is prominently stuffed in the back seat pocket of Eoin's car, and Sandison rabbits away as we motor through the Scottish countryside, eulogising about being a parent and at one point asking his wife to text him a photo of his baby daughter at the dinner table so that he can show us. "

always thought that was a funny image....from the wire interview

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:27 pm
by harpoon dodger
Ya, so where's the rest of that interview available at, eh? :?

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:57 am
by YELLOW

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:45 pm
by BunnyRabbit

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:40 pm
by YELLOW
boc allowing music in commercials never seemed appropriate...is that gyroscope in the beginning?

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:40 pm
by boardsofdublin
excuse the double post please :oops:

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:41 pm
by boardsofdublin
YELLOW wrote:boc allowing music in commercials never seemed appropriate...is that gyroscope in the beginning?
I belive it is!


I'll C your idea and raise it!

That sounds so knoby.