Mellencamp Chevy Commercials

[tony hardware 0]

Cabeza de Caca, que' no?

 

Tu hija le gusta mi salsicha cuando doy le la en su cama.

[Artist Formerly Known as Big O 0]

Tu hija le gusta mi salsicha cuando doy le la en su cama.

 

 

No tenemos una hija, pendejo! Pero, su mama le gusta mi vedga!

[tony hardware 0]

No tenemos una hija, pendejo! Pero, su mama le gusta mi vedga!

 

Tienes un perro ?

[rallo 136]

I like Mellencamp, but I think that song is pretty lame actually.

 

yes... it reminds me of that sh1tty brian adams song when espn did that 50 states in 50 days....

 

 

"... life is an open road for me"

 

man that song was the suck... this one not much better... now all i'm hearing is "from the east coast... to the west coast... this is our country"

[tony hardware 0]

50 states in 50 days....

 

Good segment! Bad song.

 

JCM>Bryan Adams (not to be confused with Ryan Adams who is )

[swandown 0]

Sports Guy Bill Simmons nailed it on his website:

 

That reminds me, we didn't get a breakout promo for a new Fox show this month (although "Justice" feels like it's about to break into an SNL sketch at any time), but after everything's said and done, we'll remember these playoffs for four haunting words: "This is our ... country." We couldn't get away from the song all month in the Chevy ads, and about 109 days after it had become completely intolerable -- seriously, what does Katrina footage have to do with me wanting to buy a Chevy? -- they made us wait over a minute before Game 2's pregame performance, which would have been the most horrifying moment of the playoffs if not for Bob Seger's teeth on HDTV. I made a joke in a previous column about how John Mellencamp was gunning to replace Seger as the sellout rock artist of his generation, but this has taken on a life of its own.

 

In fact, I even spent a few minutes on his Web site recently hoping to find SOME explanation, even if it was something like, "Guys, I'm sorry, I'm going through a bad divorce, my wife took everything, it was either do these Chevy ads or declare for bankruptcy." But here was his actual take on the song, courtesy this weekend of the Detroit Free-Press, which reported that a message on his Web site said: "I wrote this song to tell a story about some of the challenges our country faces and how our beliefs and ideals can help us meet them, a message of hope and tolerance. It's a song that is all about standing up for the working people who are the backbone of our nation."

 

Here's how that same message reads on his Web site right now:

 

"About a year ago, I wrote this song to tell a story about some of the challenges our country faces and how our beliefs and ideals can help us meet them. This partnership with Chevy -- an American company that is creating jobs and supporting our communities -- makes perfect sense for a song that is all about standing up for the working people who are the backbone of our nation."

 

Hmmmm ... Quote No. 1 sure reads differently than Quote No. 2! But let's assume that he meant everything he said in Quote No. 2, and that he's not just shilling this song to make money and promote his new album that comes out in four months. And let's factor in his outspoken views against the war in Iraq and our own government over the past few years (explained in this open letter). What does any of this have to do with a Chevy Silverado? He can't possibly expect us to believe the "partnership with an American company" angle, right? So was he thinking, "I'm not getting my political message across, maybe I'll do it secretly through a Chevy ad?" Does he have a master plan to use these never-ending ads to increase his visibility, then use that visibility to take more shots at the government? Or am I putting way too much thought into this subject because they won't stop showing the ads and they're beginning to drive me crazy?

 

I don't know the answer, but one thing's for sure: "From the East Coast to the West Coast, down the Dixie Highway back home ... this is our country ... I'll take the check in cash please, in unmarked $100 bills ... this is our country ... "

[ArnieBragg 1]

Are the networks required to play this commercial during every fuckin' break?

 

Its starting to make my ears bleed when I hear that awful song.

[The Total Package 0]

Both the song and the commercial are so generic as to be completely meaningless. The song doesn't actually SAY anything, and the commerical is just random images.

[tony hardware 0]

I don't care what you people say, I these again about 4 times during the Country Music Award show and I still love them.

[DBZFan2K 0]

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**

 

 

LOL, perfect

 

Also, I found this from a random blog on the web...

 

Chevy (12:54 PM)

 

I'm getting sick of the John Cougar Mellencamp commercial for the Chevy Silverado.

 

Lots and lots of iconic American images, John's singing and playing, and finally a big honking pickup truck that gets shitty gas mileage and is probably only assembled in America from foreign-manufactured parts like other GM offerings.

 

Yeah, that'll save your fucking company, GM. Spend millions on a song, sales pitch, and advertising time instead of research and development.

 

Congratulations in joining Ford in choosing "Die" over "Adapt."

 

Now there's the flying Chevy cars commercial with the 5 year 100,000 mile powertrain warranty and roadside assistance.

 

Well, isn't that grand? Tell the world your shit cars break down often enough that it takes reassurance you'll come and drag the heap off when it breaks down.

 

It's Game Two of the World Series, and that jerkass is now getting ready to sing his "Our Country" song... then they play "Small Town" over the PA> Ashlee Simpson moment?

 

And where were the local bands playing last year in Houston's World Series games? Did I forget something, or did that kind of local-loyalty not happen?