tongue-tied Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 i think you missed Maker's point, it might have been lost in the profanity. Link to post Share on other sites
boywiththorninside Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 What songs have been featured in the ads? I've seen "Thanks I Get," "You are My Face," and "Sky Blue Sky." Have any others been released? I hate to always be negative about the campaign, but the "Sky Blue Sky" spot was simply bad. Two people leave a wedding, get into a VW, and play with the air conditioning while making faces at one another. Yikes. Link to post Share on other sites
oceanman Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I hate to always be negative about the campaign, but the "Sky Blue Sky" spot was simply bad. Two people leave a wedding, get into a VW, and play with the air conditioning while making faces at one another. Yikes.I thought the same thing.....I just didn't get it. Oh well,still not bothered by it. Link to post Share on other sites
YouAReMYface Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 wow i was just looking at this thread and thinking ive never seen those commercials. I wasnt quite sure how i would feel if i saw one. Two seconds later, BAM the VW commercial comes on with a highly recognizable Wilco riff. It was my favorite song from the new album YOU ARE MY FACE on a freakin car commercial. I know that the band wants to get their music to as many people as possible, but this isnt the way to do it. i bet non fans have no idea who plays that song. Yeah i guess it could make some people interested, but so would playing a free show (at..oh lets say millenium park) or something along those lines. I think Jeff summed everything up in the commercial "i have no idea how this happened, all of my maps have been overthrown" Link to post Share on other sites
oceanman Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 It was my favorite song from the new albumAnd now it's not?Better change that screen name. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I know that the band wants to get their music to as many people as possible, but this isnt the way to do it. i bet non fans have no idea who plays that song. There's a difference between getting the music out there and getting the name Wilco out there, and this opportunity clearly emphasizes the former. No idea who plays the song? Let's say you saw a total babe at a party. Like, hott. You have no idea who he/she is, right? Doesn't make the person any less attractive. If you wanted to know more, you'd go up and say hi. If someone hears a really awesome song in an ad this days, it takes less than five minutes on a computer to find out who plays it. And the best part? You don't even have to see if the song likes you back. Link to post Share on other sites
YouAReMYface Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 And now it's not?Better change that screen name. you completely just took that out of context....it was my favorite song that came onto the televison. Meaning i was merely speaking in the past tense. I guess it was an easy mistake to make after re-reading, but its still my favorite song on the record. also i do like the attractive girl analogy thats pretty funny. I dunno i guess im not completely against having wilco songs on commercials, but i dont really buy the explanation that it was strictly a move intended to attract non-wilco fans. Unless they donated the proceeds to charity, which is possible, i think the money had something to do with it. It was an amazing riff though u gotta love that song no matter where you hear it. Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 When consumers "buy and play the music, it's almost like running the ad again. Every time you hear it you go, 'Oh yeah that's the stuff they played in the VW ad,' " said Christie Brown, a marketing lecturer at U-M. while i don't always think about the commercial when i hear a song used for one, i do tend to never forget that commercial in general. it usually doesn't bother me and the songs aren't ruined for me, but it's absolutely true that the product hitches a ride, so to speak. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 this thread is crumbelievable Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 i still love this band......enuf said..... -robert. Lock and throw out this f*cker....... -Robert. Link to post Share on other sites
ImWalken Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I have yet to see the YAMF commerical....I'm curious as to what happens in that one? Link to post Share on other sites
Tenderloin Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Can I quote Bill Hicks??? "Here's the deal folks...you do a commercial, you are off the artistic rollcall FOREVER...end of story. ok? You are another corporate fuckin' shill, you are another whore at the capitalist gangbang...and if you do a commercial, there's a price on your head, and everything you say is suspect and every word that comes out of your mouth is now like a turd falling into my drink. ...and that goes for everyone, except Willie Nelson." Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 "The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup." - Johnny Cash Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 i dont really buy the explanation that it was strictly a move intended to attract non-wilco fans. Unless they donated the proceeds to charity, which is possible, i think the money had something to do with it.Of course they did it for the money. NTTAWWT. Link to post Share on other sites
IATTBYB Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Should I be concerned that I still have not seen any of these ads on TV? Am I out of the VW/Wilco demographic? Or should I watch something other than Nova, Antiques Roadshow, Moyers, and Washington Week in Review (now that 24 and Lost are done for the year)? Can I ask anymore questions? Link to post Share on other sites
intodeep Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Should I be concerned that I still have not seen any of these ads on TV? Am I out of the VW/Wilco demographic? Or should I watch something other than Nova, Antiques Roadshow, Moyers, and Washington Week in Review (now that 24 and Lost are done for the year)? Can I ask anymore questions?The only time i saw one (and it was only once) was while i was watching comcast on demand music section. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Link Starbucks to Release Sonic Youth Celebrity Compilation Thurston: "We asked all these different people to choose their favorite Sonic Youth song. Jeff Tweedy, Beck, Marc Jacobs, Portia de Rossi, Michelle Williams ... Starbucks is the new record store, right?" When Pitchfork called up Thurston Moore for an interview, we expected to chat about his forthcoming solo record, as well as Sonic Youth's legendary 1988 album Daydream Nation, recently reissued and being taken on tour this summer (including, as you know, a stop at the Pitchfork Music Festival). And we did chat about that -- a whole lot -- and we can't wait to let you know everything Thurston said. But you're just going to have to wait until Monday, because in the middle of our interview, Thurston dropped a bomb... Pitchfork: Is Sonic Youth working on any new material right now? Thurston Moore: No, no. We kind of need to record a song for this Starbucks record that's coming out. Pitchfork: For, uh, Starbucks?! Thurston Moore: Yeah. We sort of devised this idea of a Sonic Youth record where we asked all these different people to choose their favorite song, people like artists and actors and other musicians and what have you. So all these people, from Jeff Tweedy to Beck to Marc Jacobs to Portia de Rossi to Michelle Williams [laughs], they all chose their favorite songs and wrote a little thing about it. So it's a compilation record of artists choosing songs of Sonic Youth. There's going to be one exclusive song of ours that we'll record, so that's something we have to record. Pitchfork: So it's going to be one of those things up at the counter along with the biscotti and the disc of Elton John's favorite Christmas songs? Thurston Moore: [laughs] Yeah, something like that. I wish Starbucks would ask me to compile a mixtape record. Pitchfork: That would be ... interesting. Thurston Moore: I love doing that stuff. But you know, it's so funny, because Starbucks is the new record store, right? [laughs] Pitchfork: Yeah. I guess if you're in there buying a four dollar cup of coffee, the idea of throwing down a few more for the CD seems like no big deal. Thurston Moore: Exactly, or getting the Paul McCartney gift card, you know. It's attractive, in a way [laughs]. I like these underground bands that only make records and stuff that they sell only at gigs, and it's only available if you go to the gig to their merch table and they advertise it on their site and at different blogs and they'll list all these things like "edition of 50, only available on this little tour we're doing." So if you're a fan you kind of got to go to get the merch. Well, there you have it. A Sonic Youth album... for Starbucks. We'll give you the weekend to think that over. Stay tuned for much, much more from Thurston on Monday, when we'll run the full interview. [note: full interview is here] Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 The (sad) fact is that in the future all music will be dispensed this way along with your latte. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in the past (the 60s) LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 That price thing annoys me. Starbucks prices are about the same as any fucking other coffee shop. I never understand people harping on the "four dollar cup of coffee" thing. It's an urban myth. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Not true, Sir. I can get a coffee from Drunken Donuts for about 2 bucks, half the price of Star****s. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ChooChooCharlie Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Not true, Sir. I can get a coffee from Drunken Donuts for about 2 bucks, half the price of Star****s.And soooooo much more tasty! Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 That price thing annoys me. Starbucks prices are about the same as any fucking other coffee shop. I never understand people harping on the "four dollar cup of coffee" thing. It's an urban myth.I suppose it depends on what you are ordering. You can certainly get cheaper "coffee" other places, but if you want special stuff, then of course you are going to pay more. LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Not true, Sir. I can get a coffee from Drunken Donuts for about 2 bucks, half the price of Star****s.You can get a $2 cup of coffee at Starbucks. It's when you start going espresso that the price goes up. And to my palate, Starbucks is better. (DD's key lime pie doughnut is, however, the shit.) Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I get a big ass cup of coffee from the locally owned bakery every morning for 2 bucks. Link to post Share on other sites
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