songs you actually WANT to hear in a car advert

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― stevem (blueski), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Luomo, "Shelter"

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Like to Move It, Move It" for a van or truck and show a couple of growed-up fratsers carrying a couch down a narrow stairwell.

― Huck Stable (Horace Mann), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

want = would sound particularly good advertising a car more than any other product

Broadcast 'Message From Home' (hatchback with twee/retro overtones in aesthetic)
MBV 'Soon' (durability for the hard-nosed businessman on the long rain-lashed road to the NEC)
Vitalic 'La Rock' (actually better for tyres)

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

'Motorway Mashin' -- DJ Shadow

Do these threads remind anyone else of the old Radio One ploy of inviting listeners to choose 'topical' songs on a given topic.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Come on now, WARM LEATHERETTE, surely??!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Love Horses"

You could have a horsebox or something if you wanted.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

'Little Red Corvette'
Quite specific.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"join".
"tzzzzzzzzz".
"the car crash set".

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

That's so weird Steve.

This morning I was thinking of doing an ad for the Irish Driving Test which would involve someone getting into the car to do a test, and as the instructor sat in, turning on La Rock and playing it at full volume. Then speeding around in cliched white knuckle instructor looking terrified style.

Brilliant.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything by T-Rex or Eddie Cochran

― hmmm, Monday, 2 February 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

'Only Losers Take The Bus' - Fatima Mansions

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i would say 'Rubicon' too but the video pretty much rules that out what with it actually and bizarrely being pretty damn close to Ronan's concept

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything by Swervedriver.

― Rocco, Monday, 2 February 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Always crashing in the same car?

― Shooz (shooz), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"(I hate) Fast Cars" by the Buzzcocks.
"Motorcrash" by the Sugarcubes

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Squarepusher did a nice little song for this thread.

― Begs2Differ, Monday, 2 February 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

― eleki-san, Monday, 2 February 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Metal Machine Music

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Don't Fear The Reaper"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:00 (twenty-one years ago)

drive she said -stan ridgeway

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

black flag's "drinking and driving"

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

squarepusher "my red hot car"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dictators - "I Live for Cars and Girls"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Pashmina OTM

But also: I was just listening to the first track off Ethiopiques 5 and thinking it would make great driving music. I'd buy a dozen cars from whoever used that in their commercial

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Can "Uphill"

― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Bob Seger "Like A Rock"

― jazz odysseus, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Jamie Lidell "Daddy's Car"

― mike h. (mike h.), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 05:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Rheostatics - Fish Tailin'
Sloan - 500 Up
Various tunes by Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Most car ads are terrible!

― Leee Majors (Leee), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 06:34 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cage's 4"33'. (Or more precisely, the first 30 seconds of it.)that I fucking HATE car ads & avoid 'em; so, what could be easier to ignore than a totally silent commercial?

Actually, cliche or not, "Radar Love", "Born To Be Wild" and "Maybelline" would make great ads, and probably already have.

I've mentioned several times how hearing "TV Eye" in a Nissan commercial left me simultaneously disgusted and oddly thrilled.

― Myonga Von Bontee, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

...uh, make that "BECAUSE I fucking hate car ads." Silly.

― Myonga Von Bontee, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

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