70s Music in Modern Commercials
70s Music is so great - and it keeps showing up everywhere. There are so many commercials out right now that use 70s music. If you notice some, put them here.
( >> = a clickable link to the commercial)
Company/Product (when) - Original Artist - Song
>> Swiffer mop (Jan 2009) - Player - Baby Come Back
>> Prius (May 2009) - The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
>> Taco Bell Pina Colada Freeze (June 2009) - Rupert Holmes - pina colada (escape)
>> Ore-ida french fries (June 2009) - Burton Cummings - Stand Tall
>> Tumms - Todd Rungrend - Hello It's Me
>> Arby's $5 summer combo (july 2009) - Alice Cooper - School's Out
>> Walmart - Fruit Of The Loom (july 2009) - Alicia Bridges - I love the night life
(still looking for a better video on this one)
More...
Pringles (Sep 09) - Hooked on a feeling
Celsius Burns 100 (Sep 2009) - The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Budweiser Select 55 (Oct 2009) - ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
Snuggie (Nov 09) - Silver Convention - Get up and Boogie (it's a really lame commercial Razz )
Diamond commercial (Everlon Diamond Knot) (Nov 2009) - Sony & Cher - I've Got You Babe
>> Sun Life Bank - KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
Iowa Lottery is using "How do you like it?" to promote their entry in to Mega Millions lottery....
Chase - new Chase Ink business cards - "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes
And I remember hearing "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" during a super bowl commercial ... I just wish I could remember what it was for... couldn't have been all that good I guess.
-tg
Found it! - "Aint' No Sunshine When She's Gone" -- it's in a commercial for Dante's Inferno:Welcome to Hell .... it's the newest xBox/Playstation game. Heard it this morning.
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lol - not the kind of song I'd expect to hear for a video game Razz
-Tjoe
You have to see it ... it's actually perfect... boy sees girl... girl is snatched and tossed into hell... skies turn gray... boy jumps into hell to save girl... boy is attacked by hellish minions... fade to black, cue the "Comming Soon" tag...
-tg