[Special note: This entry was posted the day prior to the horrific attacks on NYC, DC and the rest of our beloved free world. The choice of words in the subject head and text were not in any way referencing what would take place the following morning. I have chosen not to alter it as an unfortunately ironic example of how our perspectives, and lives, have now been changed. -C2]
Coming soon to a specially outfitted radio near you, it's the end of the world as we know it.
Well, at least the commercial radio world.
For your viewing pleasure, I invite you to check out the introductory TV spot for XM Satellite Radio. It's the most wondrous damn thing I've seen all year, and I'm typically a hard damn bastard to please. Just click on the "read more" below to see more. Quicktime 4+ required - 0:60 long - 5 meg in size
Could... could this... could this be the perfect TV commercial?
Really nice piece of film. Really REALLY nice. Oh yeah. My God Bowie is hot. Still. Wow. *drool*.
But perfect commercial? Maybe in America. ;)
Personally I favor ads where the story told has a twist. The minute instruments fell out of the sky a la Magnolia-frogs, I thought of "music anywhere" - which could be radio. Which could be XM. Not much of a surprise. Wonder how good their ads would have been had they had no budget. I'm whining. It's Monday. And my coffee is cold.
Truly awesome commercial. Truly unlucky timing.
Yeah. That thought (amoungst a million others) crossed my mind yesterday. Unlucky headline too. Adlist is the place where I heard it first.
This commercial is okay...but it needs more BOWIE!!!
Does this site have the one with just him in it???
yeah it's right here in the archive
http://commercial-archive.com/node/5335
(search for: XM Satellite Radio - David Bowie)
the paying part of the archive - donate two bucks and you get 30 days of viewing 25 years worth of commercials (soon tenthousand ads!).