Chevy truck commercial (w/ 9/11 images etc)

THC
THC Posts: 525
edited October 2006 in A Moving Train
anyone see this Chevy truck commercial? Its got John Mellencamp singing "This is our Country"...and in the commercial there are images ranging from 9/11, Martin Luther King, Jr., Vietnam, President Nixon...and all kinds of stuff.

I thought of a pj show i saw in LA and Ed was talking about how he wanted them to take all the Truck and Vehicle ads down from the stadium before they played....I bet this commercial REALLY pisses him off......
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  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    THC wrote:
    anyone see this Chevy truck commercial? Its got John Mellencamp singing "This is our Country"...and in the commercial there are images ranging from 9/11, Martin Luther King, Jr., Vietnam, President Nixon...and all kinds of stuff.

    I thought of a pj show i saw in LA and Ed was talking about how he wanted them to take all the Truck and Vehicle ads down from the stadium before they played....I bet this commercial REALLY pisses him off......

    Hopefully Ed isnt the kind of loser that gets all angry and bent out of shape over a tv commercial.
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  • DPrival78
    DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    thats the way of the world unfortunately.. nothing is off limits if you can exploit it for profit or political gain.
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • THC
    THC Posts: 525
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Hopefully Ed isnt the kind of loser that gets all angry and bent out of shape over a tv commercial.

    or the kind that sits at a computer and insults folks....
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
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  • vedderelf
    vedderelf Posts: 100
    He certainly isn't the type of loser that falls for it. Free yellow ribbon with every purchase.
  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    THC wrote:
    or the kind that sits at a computer and insults folks....


    I wasn't referring to you kind sir. Sorry if you took it that way. I hadnt seen you state that you yourself were "pissed" over it. Relax.
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  • THC
    THC Posts: 525
    PaperPlates wrote:
    I wasn't referring to you kind sir. Sorry if you took it that way. I hadnt seen you state that you yourself were "pissed" over it. Relax.

    sorry..no worries. it actually does piss me off they would use those images to sell a vehicle though. so i don't think someone is a 'loser' if that commercial makes them angry, to be honest.
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
    -Big Fish
  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    THC wrote:
    sorry..no worries. it actually does piss me off they would use those images to sell a vehicle though. so i don't think someone is a 'loser' if that commercial makes them angry, to be honest.

    depends on just how angry it makes them. ;)
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    Kind of off topic. Is it just me, or does the song sound a lot like a Bruce Springsteen song?? Off of his 'The Rising' album.

    Am I going crazy? Or anyone else hear what I hear?
  • Skitch Patterson
    Skitch Patterson Posts: 642
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Kind of off topic. Is it just me, or does the song sound a lot like a Bruce Springsteen song?? Off of his 'The Rising' album.

    Am I going crazy? Or anyone else hear what I hear?


    john mellencamp sounding like a bruce ripoff?



    i never would have guessed.
  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    I finally saw it. It's pretty rediculous. I'm sure Martin Luther King would have LOVED to have been on a Chevy truck commerical though.

    As bad as it is, it is not worth getting worked up over.
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  • evenflow82
    evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    I hate how they have Rosa Parks on that commerical. Seriously. I'm sure she would appreciate her image being used to sell trucks.

    Melencamp is a sell out and he writes the same song over and over.
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  • robbie
    robbie Posts: 883
    see, i have no problem with melloncamps music, but this commercial is shameful. i have lost alot of respect for him with this stunt. i cant say i have no respect for him due to his efforts with Vote For Change and everything he does for Farm Aid........ but this does soil his image a little. too bad.
  • SweetHarmonics
    SweetHarmonics Posts: 290
    I like the Earnhardt placement in the ad, that part comes off as such an obvious shill for the southern demographic. You know the exec's were chiming in something about getting a white face in there in between Ali, Rosa Parks, and the Katrina stuff.
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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    The commercial is sick. If it doesn't make you angry that honest, good people's images and tragic events are being used to sell trucks, I don't know what can.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • robbie
    robbie Posts: 883
    i think their next add will have jesus singing about chevy truks while hanging on the cross......
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    robbie wrote:
    i think their next add will have jesus singing about chevy truks while hanging on the cross......

    hahahaha
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  • mwachsman
    mwachsman Posts: 474
    DOSW wrote:
    The commercial is sick. If it doesn't make you angry that honest, good people's images and tragic events are being used to sell trucks, I don't know what can.

    Doesn't make me angry at all. They showed Dale Earnhardt, oh my god! The song does suck though.
    "So, you must really love Led Zeppelin. That’s the oldest shirt I’ve ever seen on someone who wasn’t a bum."
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  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    evenflow82 wrote:
    I .

    Melencamp is a sell out and he writes the same song over and over.


    i'm dissappointed he is doing a truck commercial, but, make no bones about it, Mellencamp kicks ass.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Hopefully Ed isnt the kind of loser that gets all angry and bent out of shape over a tv commercial.

    I never knew soap made you taller....



    Capitalism knows no bounds. Using tragedy and resistance and images from the class war to sell a product. A shame, but not surprising.
  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Commy wrote:
    I never knew soap made you taller....



    Capitalism knows no bounds. Using tragedy and resistance and images from the class war to sell a product. A shame, but not surprising.

    The second part is coherent, and I pretty much agree with, the first one, I simply don't get. Can you explain? Via PM if you'd like. I didnt know soap made you taller either?
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