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10/21/01 at 2:04am
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Call it a challenge. Try and name a car commercial and the song that it uses. I'll start us off with a few. Here goes:

Compiling the list on 2/13; So far, here's what we have:

Buick ?: Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
Buick Rendezvous: Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Chevrolet trucks: Like A Rock - Bob Seger
Dodge ?: Just Push Play - Aerosmith
Dodge Viper: Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
Lexus ?: Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy - Dinah Shore
Lexus ?: Summer Wind - Lyle Lovett
Mazda Miata: High Roller - Crystal Method
Mercedes (C-Class?) : Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah
Mercedes M-Class: Robots - Balanescu Quartet
Mitsubishi Eclipse: Start The Commotion - Wise Guys
Mitsubishi ?: Ooh La La - Rod Stewart
Mitsubishi Lancer: One Week - Barenaked Ladies
Mitsubishi ?: Ready To Go - Republica
Mitsubishi ?: 20th Century Boy - T Rex
Nissan ?: Walking On The Moon - The Police
Nissan ?: How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Nissan ?: Voodoo Chile - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nissan Frontier: Wicked Garden - Stone Temple Pilots
Nissan Xterra: Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Nissan 300ZX: You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Nissan Maxima: Tom Sawyer - Rush
Nissan Maxima: Blood and Roses - The Smithereens
Toyota ?: Saved By Zero - The Fixx
Volkswagen Cabrio: Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Volkswagen Jetta: Da Da Da - Trio
Volkswagen Jetta: One Million Miles Away - J Ralph
Volkswagen Beetle: Little Fluffy Clouds - Orb
Volkswagen ?: Mr. Roboto - Styx
Volkswagen ?: Renaissance Fair - Hooverphonic



Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

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10/21/01 at 8:21am
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How about this:
Mercedes M-Class: Balanescu Quartet - Robots. It's a cover of a Kraftwerk song.

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10/21/01 at 11:31pm
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Volkswagen (Cabrio) - Pink Moon; Nick Drake

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10/22/01 at 7:52am
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I was very glad the song 'Dah dah dah' by Trio finally got heard in America when VW used it...Great song by a german minimalist band


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A very very busy superhero! Who does...things!
Now get out of here before I tell your mother.
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10/22/01 at 9:30am
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I was very glad the song 'Dah dah dah' by Trio finally got heard in America when VW used it...Great song by a german minimalist band

Personally, I find "Ya Ya" to be an even better song -- you just can't beat that cheesy Casio-tone synth solo in the middle!

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10/22/01 at 1:52pm
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The whole album was great... I was commenting more that if it wasn't for the VW commerical, they wouldn't even qualify for a "whatever happened to..." special on VH1
Most of the time ...like Bargain by The Who.... they just annoy me and ruin the song
Still waiting for Townsend to sell Squeeze Box to Viagra

[Edited last by Grant B on October 22, 2001 at 03:53 PM]

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10/22/01 at 8:16pm
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Visit http://music.adcritic.com/ . They list the music and artist used in many popular commercials.

Interesting site.
-Camp
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10/22/01 at 9:22pm
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My personal favorite car ad remains the Nissan 300ZX ad featuring Barbie/GI Joe/Ken with Van Halen's cover of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me."
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10/23/01 at 1:00pm
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what song is in that one where the guy breaks up the wedding? i dont even remember what car was advertised...

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10/23/01 at 1:21pm
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it's the VW Jetta VR6 in that wedding ad. I wish I knew the song because I'm also currently looking for it. Hope that info helps.

[edit]I found the song using adcritic.com. It's J Ralph - One Million Miles Away.[/edit]
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[Edited last by Darren Davis on October 23, 2001 at 04:59 PM]
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10/24/01 at 9:56am
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i love that Jetta VR6 commercial.

My next car uses the Barenaked Ladies - One Week song in it and that is the Mits. Lancer.
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10/25/01 at 3:19pm
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cool post!

off the top of my head...

volkswagon - "renaissance fair" by hooverphonic
mitsubishi - "start the commotion" by the wise guys
nissan - "fly" by lenny kravitz
nissan - "wicked garden" - stp (i think...)
nissan - can't think of title - the who (the one where he screams at the beginning)

boy - somewhere there is a really cool cd waiting to be made.


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10/25/01 at 7:36pm
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I think The Who song is "won't get fooled again." That's off the top of my head. I think Baba O' Reily was also used in another commercial.

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10/25/01 at 9:22pm
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Rod Stewart's Ooh La La added; used in a Mistubishi commercial?

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10/25/01 at 10:06pm
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The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" -- Nissan commercial
Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Jimi's "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" -- Nissan commercial as well, I believe....

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10/27/01 at 11:42am
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there's another Mitsubishi commercial (SUV I think) that uses an old Marc Bolan/T Rex tune. i can't remember the name of it though, but as soon as I heard it I knew it sounded like T Rex. All I can remember is that it has "Boy" in the title.

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10/27/01 at 5:58pm
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I am looking for the music of that Acura commercial where the guy gets to his date in San Francisco in a record time from LA

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10/27/01 at 6:46pm
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"Roll Over Beethoven" for the Ford Explorer....well, maybe not.
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10/28/01 at 4:21pm
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What you need by Inxs was used for Chevy trucks for a while. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "like a rock", the Bob Segar tune that Chevrolet has been using since 1991. Time for a new song chev!

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10/29/01 at 5:18am
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The Nissan Maxima has had a couple of songs in their commercials, such as

Tom Sawyer by Rush
Blood and Roses by the Smithereens

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You are the crispy noodle in the vegetarian salad of life

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10/29/01 at 8:21am
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nick -

i think the song is called "21st century boy". i also dug the commercial and a quick search on napster found it. i can't remember the artist, but i don't think it was t-rex...but i'm not sure.

i'll try to remember to check and post.

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10/29/01 at 10:00am
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There's a new Toyota commercial for their 0% financing program and they use "Saved by Zero" by The Fixx.

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10/29/01 at 5:40pm
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Well, I think it is for Dodge, Aerosmith has the
title song 'Just Push Play' in a commercial.

Ugh!!! Every year that goes by I dislike one of
my childhood bands even more.
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10/29/01 at 9:12pm
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Quote:
i think the song is called "21st century boy".

I don't believe I've seen the commercial, but I do recall that Bad Religion did a song that had that title. Or was it 21st Century Digital Boy? I think that was it.

I'll be updating the list soon. Thanks for all the input!

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10/30/01 at 4:15am
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The Cult's 'She Sells Sanctuary' was used as well, but I can't remember for what car. Nissan? Mitsubishi?

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10/30/01 at 8:07am
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i love that tune (she sells sanctuary)!

i still crank it to this day when i hear it. it was the nissan maxima (i think)

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10/30/01 at 10:06am
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Nobody knows the music from the Acura commercial I mentioned?

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10/30/01 at 4:01pm
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- That is T.Rex "20th Century Boy" for
Mitsubishi.

- Is the ACURA commercial with Sarah Vaughan?

- Also ... Here's one Edgar Winter "Frankenstein"
for Buick.
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10/31/01 at 7:41am
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Mitsubishi made great use of "Ready to Go" by Republica a few years ago. Actually helped their record sales in the US, I hear.
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10/31/01 at 11:30am
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I love that "20th Century Boy" -- I'm so caught up in the tune I always forget what car the ad is for! I actually didn't really get into that song until they used it in "Velvet Goldmine", a FABULOUS movie with a great soundtrack.
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