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VW Hearts Wilco
By Shawn | March 27, 2008
Esquire.com just had a “contest” I guess, for the best songs in car commercials or best car commercials with songs or car songs with a commercial, fuck I don’t get it either. BUT with Wilco my favorite “still together/alive” band of all time licensing their entire album Sky Blue Sky (my Album of the year 2007) to Volkswagen, it comes as no surprise to me that in this contest (even though probably only created because of Wilco) they won 5 of the 10 spots, and thats half folks…HALF!
10. “Sky Blue Sky,” by Wilco, for the 2007 Volkswagen Eos
9. “Our Country,” by John Mellencamp, for the 2007 Chevy Silverado
8. “You Are My Face,” by Wilco, for the 2007 Volkswagen Jetta
7. “Walken,” by Wilco, for the 2007 Volkswagen Jetta
6. “Stars,” by Hum, for the 2007 Cadillac CTS
5. “Either Way,” by Wilco, for the 2007 Volkswagen Beetle
4. “Red Morning Light,” by Kings of Leon, for the 2008 Ford Focus
3. “The Funeral,” by Band of Horses, for the 2008 Ford Edge
2. “The Thanks I Get,” by Wilco, for the 2007 Volkswagen GTI
1. Whatever song was playing behind the footage of Bob Dylan driving a big, black luxury SUV through the desert for the 2008 Cadillac Escalade
I also like Band of Horses and Hum, but what I REALLY like is that we are getting away from shitty country and dick rock in our fucking car commercials and that good music is getting a chance to sell out to evil corporate empires just like Bob Seger. Check out all the bad assedness by clicking the linky thing below.
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March 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
The only problem is that, (hopefully) Wilco will not be synonymous with crappy Volkswagen cars, then you’ll hear this conversation:
D-Bag #1: Wanna go to the Wilco concert this weekend?
D-Bag #2: Who’s that? Are they the ones who write all the commercials for Volkswagen?
D-Bag #1: Yeah, I’ve liked them since the 2008 Jetta was released! The cars come with free-cd’s!!!
D-Bag #2: Na, I think I’ll listen to some country instead.