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Bruce Springsteen sells himself to Jeep ad

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
edited February 2021 in Other Music
Yes. This is an ad. Just because an advertising agency pitched the idea of "lets sell your company this super bowl as having a message like Nike so successfully did" doesn't make it Not an ad. The same with Verizon last year using Pearl Jam (this seemed to be lost on some last year). A superbowl commercial slot is expensive. It is used to make money by selling a brand and their product. Just like River Cross was used to sell Verizon's product.

Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl Ad for Jeep: Watch - Rolling Stone

https://youtu.be/D2XYH-IEvhI

Bob's car ad had more penache

https://youtu.be/UU6CFr2ndbQ



Neil young - last man standing yet again?

https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.




"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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  • EdsonNascimentoEdsonNascimento Posts: 5,521
    I think Springsteen is still talking.  They had to switch back to the game, so we will never know.
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,441
    It made me want to give my jeep back. Extremely boring commercial that felt like it never ended. 
  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,637
    Springsteen should tell America exactly where is the middle between hate, murder and empathy.
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    yeah, this doesn't bother me.




  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    edited February 2021
    https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1358792885131481090
    Post edited by Tim Simmons on
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,942
    It is a typical Bruce speech.  Wasn’t going to be short.  Ha.   

    Don’t need lectures from car companies or whatever corporation on topics totally unrelated to their product.  Loved the Cheetos sketch on SNL.  


  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,134
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,693
    C’mon. You’re Bruce Springsteen.  Should’ve been the new Bronco.  Not Jeep. 
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
    Keep reading your articles about just that, and you might get the answer to that very question.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,134
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
    Keep reading your articles about just that, and you might get the answer to that very question.
    Typical condescending response from you. No one knows the terms of the deal, my point was a simple who knows what’ll come. Apparently you do. 
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586


    Even Neil Young, who once vowed that he “Ain’t singing for Pepsi / Ain’t singing for Coke” in a 1988 tune, endorsed Amazon’s high-quality music streaming in 2019.

    _____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________

    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • jerparker20jerparker20 Posts: 2,501
    mickeyrat said:


    Even Neil Young, who once vowed that he “Ain’t singing for Pepsi / Ain’t singing for Coke” in a 1988 tune, endorsed Amazon’s high-quality music streaming in 2019.

    Yup. Not as extensive as the NYA, but a hell of a lot easier to navigate.
  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,345
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
    Yep the literal definition of selling out. I still love me some Neil though.  As i get older i find myself not giving a shit how artists decide to sell or use there music or voice.  
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
    Keep reading your articles about just that, and you might get the answer to that very question.
    Typical condescending response from you. No one knows the terms of the deal, my point was a simple who knows what’ll come. Apparently you do. 
    In Wednesday’s announcement, Mercuriadis said that his company and Young “have a common integrity, ethos and passion born out of a belief in music and these important songs. There will never be a ‘Burger of Gold’ but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear them on Neil’s terms.”

    We know what has been stated about the deal.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
    Keep reading your articles about just that, and you might get the answer to that very question.
    Typical condescending response from you. No one knows the terms of the deal, my point was a simple who knows what’ll come. Apparently you do. 
    In Wednesday’s announcement, Mercuriadis said that his company and Young “have a common integrity, ethos and passion born out of a belief in music and these important songs. There will never be a ‘Burger of Gold’ but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear them on Neil’s terms.”

    We know what has been stated about the deal.
    Neils out there praising Amazon, so obviously he is not immune
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    no springsteen music was used. he scored it.  what exactly did he sell? he was driving his own vehicle.
    _____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________

    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    on these matters ... i really don't care about anyone's opinion but my own.
    and i would never say to any artist how you can and can't make money. i don't have that right...
    my opinion is ... i fucking loved the commercial and especially the message he's preaching. he took total control and nailed it.
    even better he didn't have to use a particular song of his to say what he wanted.
  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,134
    helplessdancer said:
    on these matters ... i really don't care about anyone's opinion but my own.
    and i would never say to any artist how you can and can't make money. i don't have that right...
    my opinion is ... i fucking loved the commercial and especially the message he's preaching. he took total control and nailed it.
    even better he didn't have to use a particular song of his to say what he wanted.
    I couldn’t agree more 
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Best thing I read about it was a blurb quoting some dude on Twitter:  "Jeep for President" :lol:
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    static111 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Hawk123 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said: 

    Neil young - last man standing yet again?

    https://youtu.be/KSSvzCNBvlQ

    Thanos to Neil: In time you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives.
    Neil sold 50% of publishing rights of his entire catalog so who knows what’ll come of that and advertising 
    Keep reading your articles about just that, and you might get the answer to that very question.
    Typical condescending response from you. No one knows the terms of the deal, my point was a simple who knows what’ll come. Apparently you do. 
    In Wednesday’s announcement, Mercuriadis said that his company and Young “have a common integrity, ethos and passion born out of a belief in music and these important songs. There will never be a ‘Burger of Gold’ but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear them on Neil’s terms.”

    We know what has been stated about the deal.
    Neils out there praising Amazon, so obviously he is not immune
    Ofc he's not.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    mickeyrat said:
    no springsteen music was used. he scored it.  what exactly did he sell? he was driving his own vehicle.
    See the title of the thread.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    hedonist said:
    Best thing I read about it was a blurb quoting some dude on Twitter:  "Jeep for President" :lol:
    Haha
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,693
    Not too concerned with what 70 yr old men do for retirement money.  
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    I have a hard time caring about selling out in 2021. 
  • jerparker20jerparker20 Posts: 2,501
    Who cares.

    I do a lot things as a 40 something year old, that 20 year old me wouldn’t be down with. You know like holding down a job, investing money, listening to jazz, getting regular haircuts, being married, all that conformist stuff.
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,451

    I stopped caring about artists "selling out" when I grew up & start working for a living. 
  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,810
    Meh, outrage culture on overkill. The Variety article explains the whole thing well. This wasn't some cash grab scenario by Bruce. He did it because he believed in the message. This is on par with those complaining Eddie isn't angry and suing TM anymore. If you want to believe it's a sellout, then no one is going to change your mind, not even the artist. If that pisses you off, you can choose to boycott their music and be "disappointed". It's not like he did a lame Stella Artois ad...
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    tbergs said:
    Meh, outrage culture on overkill. The Variety article explains the whole thing well. This wasn't some cash grab scenario by Bruce. He did it because he believed in the message. This is on par with those complaining Eddie isn't angry and suing TM anymore. If you want to believe it's a sellout, then no one is going to change your mind, not even the artist. If that pisses you off, you can choose to boycott their music and be "disappointed". It's not like he did a lame Stella Artois ad...
    :lol:

    And to think his daughter has promoted another beer...in an irritating whisper, yet!
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    edited February 2021
    tbergs said:
    Meh, outrage culture on overkill. The Variety article explains the whole thing well. This wasn't some cash grab scenario by Bruce. He did it because he believed in the message. This is on par with those complaining Eddie isn't angry and suing TM anymore. If you want to believe it's a sellout, then no one is going to change your mind, not even the artist. If that pisses you off, you can choose to boycott their music and be "disappointed". It's not like he did a lame Stella Artois ad...
    Stella doesn't need ads:


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,675
    Bruce is an American legend.  He can do whatever the fuck he wants and I'm still going to see 3 shows a tour. 
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