tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Good song, good commercial, makes me feel Earnhardt = our attitude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUXBNME 1,516 Posted October 30, 2006 Good song, good commercial, makes me feel Earnhardt = our attitude Jon Cougar Menstralcramp needs to go away. I know what you mean, but damn...This dude changes his name more that P. diddy or Prince.. Also never much liked his music. Guess I'm a commie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Blue 06 195 Posted October 30, 2006 He sucks, his music sucks, and most of all, that commercial sucks a big schlong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMoney 0 Posted October 30, 2006 haid felled off= our attitude? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
De Novo 0 Posted October 30, 2006 It's one of the cheapest advertising ploys there is, and it will probably be very effective. You'd think Ford was run by commie Russians. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted October 30, 2006 This dude changes his name more that P. diddy or Prince.. Um, I thing this week it's Diddly Dude and Sir @%& Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfessorZ 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Yea, they're great. For those of you who don't know what we're talking about, let me give you a little summary. The commercial is montage of historical images - - This is Rosa Parks. She fought segregation. - This is people protesting the Vietnam War - This is Muhammad Ali - This John Cougar Mellancamp **BUY OUR FOCKING TRUCK** - This is Richard Nixon - This is a picture of the desert - This is the 9/11 light monument - These are firefighters representing the guys who died in the twin towers Are you feeling nice and patriotic? Good because it's also patriotic to BUY OUT FOCKING TRUCK!@## Chevy, as American as a black woman fighting segregation, as American as Muhammad Ali fighting racial discrimination, as American as Richard Nixon, as American as 9/11 and the fire fighters who died in the towers, as American as a little girl in a cowboy hat sitting in our FOCKING TRUCK. Are you feeling patriotic yet? ARE YOU?!?#!@ WELL GOOD!#!@@# **NOW BUY OUR FOCKING TRUCK** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 I'm not surprised to find haters in here. Mellencamp doesn't suck. "Jack and Diane" is one of the best songs ever. Seriously, ever. How do I know? Because 90% of Americans turn that song up loud and listen to the whole thing every time it comes on the radio. You most likely sing along too. There are only a handful of songs like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,836 Posted October 30, 2006 Yea, they're great. For those of you who don't know what we're talking about, let me give you a little summary. The commercial is montage of historical images - - This is Rosa Parks. She fought segregation. - This is people protesting the Vietnam War - This is Muhammad Ali - This John Cougar Mellancamp **BUY OUR FOCKING TRUCK** - This is Richard Nixon - This is a picture of the desert - This is the 9/11 light monument - These are firefighters representing the guys who died in the twin towers Are you feeling nice and patriotic? Good because it's also patriotic to BUY OUT FOCKING TRUCK!@## Chevy, as American as a black woman fighting segregation, as American as Muhammad Ali fighting racial discrimination, as American as Richard Nixon, as American as 9/11 and the fire fighters who died in the towers, as American as a little girl in a cowboy hat sitting in our FOCKING TRUCK. Are you feeling patriotic yet? ARE YOU?!?#!@ WELL GOOD!#!@@# **NOW BUY OUR FOCKING TRUCK** Thanks for putting it in perspective, Z. I suddenly find myself wanting to buy one of these focking things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUXBNME 1,516 Posted October 30, 2006 I'm not surprised to find haters in here. Mellencamp doesn't suck. "Jack and Diane" is one of the best songs ever. Seriously, ever. How do I know? Because 90% of Americans turn that song up loud and listen to the whole thing every time it comes on the radio. You most likely sing along too. There are only a handful of songs like that. I'm either not an american, or in the 10%, then The only times I hear Jack and Diane on the radio, is when I have the radio on the wrong station Thanks for putting it in perspective, Z. I suddenly find myself wanting to buy one of these focking things. Much better then the POS Ford..errr....Jaguar that you currently own Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,928 Posted October 30, 2006 I like Mellencamp, but I think that song is pretty lame actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoytdwow 202 Posted October 30, 2006 I like Mellencamp, but I think that song is pretty lame actually. Totally lame. A baldly jingoistic ploy that marries marketing with "patriotism" Focking sellout Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electric Mayhem 35 Posted October 30, 2006 I agree Jack & Diane is one of the best songs ever. I also think that pulling on the heart strings of Americans to buy a truck is lame, especially relating a truck company in any way to 9/11. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 541 Posted October 30, 2006 Jon Cougar Menstralcramp needs to go away. I know what you mean, but damn...This dude changes his name more that P. diddy or Prince.. Also never much liked his music. Guess I'm a commie Little story about Mellencamp. He was a struggling young artist looking for a record deal. The only offer he got was from Mercury records. They agreed to sign him under one condition..he use the stage name of John Cougar. He hated the idea, but it was his only chance. As soon as Hurt So Good and Jack and Diane made him an artist to be reckoned with, he realized that he now had the power, not Mercury records. He promptly changed his name back to Mellencamp. That's it. End of story. He's no vain idiot like Sean Combs or Ocho Sinco. Liking his music or not is an opinion. It's very staright forward roots rock. Nothing fancy. Guitars, drums, and vocals. I happen to enjoy 90% of what he does, but I can understand those who don't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 I also think that pulling on the heart strings of Americans to buy a truck is lame, especially relating a truck company in any way to 9/11. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Chevy = American company American company = American jobs buy Chevy = more American jobs Come on people, just because you hate our president, doesn't mean you have to hate our country. Look at the hunter, lumberjack and boyscout and say, "geez, America is a nice place. I may not want a Chevy truck, but its a nice looking car." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,928 Posted October 30, 2006 Chevy = American companyAmerican company = American jobs buy Chevy = more American jobs Come on people, just because you hate our president, doesn't mean you have to hate our country. Look at the hunter, lumberjack and boyscout and say, "geez, America is a nice place. I may not want a Chevy truck, but its a nice looking car." If you buy a Chevy Avalanche, you are creating more Mexico jobs. It is made in Silao, MX. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 If you buy a Chevy Avalanche, you are creating more Mexico jobs. It is made in Silao, MX. Good, maybe that will keep more Messicans in Messico. (Stupid deceiving Chevy commercial). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kozmiq 70 Posted October 30, 2006 Yea, they're great. For those of you who don't know what we're talking about, let me give you a little summary. The commercial is montage of historical images - - This is Rosa Parks. She fought segregation. - This is people protesting the Vietnam War - This is Muhammad Ali - This John Cougar Mellancamp **BUY OUR FOCKING TRUCK** - This is Richard Nixon - This is a picture of the desert - This is the 9/11 light monument - These are firefighters representing the guys who died in the twin towers Are you feeling nice and patriotic? Good because it's also patriotic to BUY OUT FOCKING TRUCK!@## Chevy, as American as a black woman fighting segregation, as American as Muhammad Ali fighting racial discrimination, as American as Richard Nixon, as American as 9/11 and the fire fighters who died in the towers, as American as a little girl in a cowboy hat sitting in our FOCKING TRUCK. Are you feeling patriotic yet? ARE YOU?!?#!@ WELL GOOD!#!@@# **NOW BUY OUR FOCKING TRUCK** You left out the fat chick dancing in a purple velvet mini dress with her white panties showing. Right after the Viet Nam footage. I liked this song/commercial the first 25,000 times that it played but the last 100,000 times it's aired, it's boring me to death. I just look for the fat girl in the white panties and then go on with my business. Oh is it about Chevys? I never really thought about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electric Mayhem 35 Posted October 30, 2006 Chevy = American companyAmerican company = American jobs buy Chevy = more American jobs Come on people, just because you hate our president, doesn't mean you have to hate our country. Look at the hunter, lumberjack and boyscout and say, "geez, America is a nice place. I may not want a Chevy truck, but its a nice looking car." Practically every car manufacturer has factories in the US. Just buying new cars means jobs for Americans. I am extremely patriotic. I don't want to be pandered to because of it. I have visions of Mr. Burns wringing his hands in a Chevy board room watching profits soar and laughing at the success of his Americana ad campaign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Practically every car manufacturer has factories in the US. Just buying new cars means jobs for Americans. I am extremely patriotic. I don't want to be pandered to because of it. I have visions of Mr. Burns wringing his hands in a Chevy board room watching profits soar and laughing at the success of his Americana ad campaign. Mr. Burns worked for the power plant, not Chevy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoytdwow 202 Posted October 30, 2006 Do you think Mellencamp will do a Honda commercial when the new Honda plant opens in Indiana next year and employs 2,000 of his fellow Indiana-ites? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,836 Posted October 30, 2006 Do you think Mellencamp will do a Honda commercial when the new Honda plant opens in Indiana next year and employs 2,000 of his fellow Indiana-ites? If they pay him enough, yes. Honestly, I don't get the hatred of the patriotic nature of the ads. They are going for their target market. If you don't like the ad then you probably aren't in that market. It is the way of advertising. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoytdwow 202 Posted October 30, 2006 Honestly, I don't get the hatred of the patriotic nature of the ads. The problem, and the same problem exists in politics today, is that, for a large segment of the population, if you don't get all misty-eyed at the patriotic displays in ads like this, then you are UNPATRIOTIC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,836 Posted October 30, 2006 The problem, and the same problem exists in politics today, is that, for a large segment of the population, if you don't get all misty-eyed at the patriotic displays in ads like this, then you are UNPATRIOTIC. Then that would be a , um, good thing in their attempt to sell cars? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,680 Posted October 30, 2006 Don't care for that commercial...just doesn't do it for me. I like just about every "Man Law" copmmercial though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Don't care for that commercial...just doesn't do it for me. I like just about every "Man Law" copmmercial though. The beer spilling one is the best. When that guy taps Cary Hart's beer and he stands up - that's hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoytdwow 202 Posted October 30, 2006 Then that would be a , um, good thing in their attempt to sell cars? Sure, but it's offensive to smart people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted October 30, 2006 Practically every car manufacturer has factories in the US. Just buying new cars means jobs for Americans. My Toyota was built in Ohio and my Ford was built in Canada. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,836 Posted October 30, 2006 Sure, but it's offensive to smart people I'm pretty sure that Chevy will sacrifice the MENSA market if they get 100X more hicks to buy them. Also the goal of advertising is for you to buy the product, not to like the commercial (ex: Energizer Bunny). Also, if you are old enough to remember "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" you can probably still sing the jingle. That was a fairly patriotic campaign as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,790 Posted October 30, 2006 I agree that I like the song and the commercials, but: Wasn't it JCM that was soo anti-establishment, anti-sell-out, not too long ago?? I'd really like to know the process here. Did he write this jingoistic song ("hey, Toby Kieth's making a BUNDLE on this stuff!") , then get his agent to market it to the highest bidder? - Or did Chevy contract with him to write the song for their new ad campaign? It's not like Chevy just happened to hear this song before it was even released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artist Formerly Known as Big O 0 Posted October 30, 2006 The song sucks, the ad concept sucks, Mellencamp sucks and Tony's constant fishing expeditions suck as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoytdwow 202 Posted October 30, 2006 The song sucks, the ad concept sucks, Ford sucks, Mellencamp used to be good, and Tony's constant fishing expeditions suck as well. fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArnieBragg 1 Posted October 30, 2006 The song sucks, the ad concept sucks, Mellencamp sucks and Tony's constant fishing expeditions suck as well. Yup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 The song sucks, the ad concept sucks, Mellencamp sucks and Tony's constant fishing expeditions suck as well. I wasn't fishing turdsack. I went fishing once, last Friday. I genuinely like the song, I genuinely like the commercial. I didn't mention anything about America and Patriotism in the original post. You could argue that every post is fishing. If I'm a Texans fan, then wiffleballs post about Vince Young is really offensive to me and is requires I respond with a "you suck, stop fishing for pro-Texan comments." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artist Formerly Known as Big O 0 Posted October 30, 2006 I wasn't fishing turdsack. I went fishing once, last Friday. I genuinely like the song, I genuinely like the commercial. I didn't mention anything about America and Patriotism in the original post. You could argue that every post is fishing. If I'm a Texans fan, then wiffleballs post about Vince Young is really offensive to me and is requires I respond with a "you suck, stop fishing for pro-Texan comments." My bad, you weren't fishing, poopoo head. Instead, you're just sadly mistaken if you believe "90% of Americans" crank up Mellencrap songs and buy into corporate shills playing on our patriotism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 poopoo head. It's cacahead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 30, 2006 What a stupid topic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUXBNME 1,516 Posted October 30, 2006 Little story about Mellencamp. He was a struggling young artist looking for a record deal. The only offer he got was from Mercury records. They agreed to sign him under one condition..he use the stage name of John Cougar. He hated the idea, but it was his only chance. As soon as Hurt So Good and Jack and Diane made him an artist to be reckoned with, he realized that he now had the power, not Mercury records. He promptly changed his name back to Mellencamp. That's it. End of story. He's no vain idiot like Sean Combs or Ocho Sinco. Liking his music or not is an opinion. It's very staright forward roots rock. Nothing fancy. Guitars, drums, and vocals. I happen to enjoy 90% of what he does, but I can understand those who don't. You are dead to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony hardware 0 Posted October 30, 2006 What a stupid topic You're right. It's nowhere near as exciting as these classics: http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.p...=247719&hl= http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.p...=237620&hl= Maybe you should start another post about Buttgrove geeks. Maybe you'll get a response this time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artist Formerly Known as Big O 0 Posted October 30, 2006 It's cacahead. Cabeza de Caca, que' no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
