Adverts
Thursday 13th August, 2009 21:17 Comments: 3
I've recently had the Hugo Boss Orange advert's music stuck in my head (Drive My Car by The Hot Rats). That "beep beep" bit is especially catchy. It also has Sienna Miller in it (you can watch the advert in HD if you find her attractive), pulling some funny faces and twirling around. Perhaps it cost them so much to hire her that they couldn't afford any writers?
I've also been watching a lot of 4oD recently, which contains a load of adverts for the new Toyota Prius and B&Q. The latter's advert has been poorly encoded or corrupted as it makes horrible hissing/scratchy garbled sounds as it's playing (it happens on all of the 3 different computers I've tried). I'm so used to hearing it that when I watch Channel 4 (or 4+1 or More4 etc.) using Freeview that I've started making the hissing noises myself. Perhaps this is a sign that I've gone mad?
I've also been watching a lot of 4oD recently, which contains a load of adverts for the new Toyota Prius and B&Q. The latter's advert has been poorly encoded or corrupted as it makes horrible hissing/scratchy garbled sounds as it's playing (it happens on all of the 3 different computers I've tried). I'm so used to hearing it that when I watch Channel 4 (or 4+1 or More4 etc.) using Freeview that I've started making the hissing noises myself. Perhaps this is a sign that I've gone mad?
Robert - Sunday 16th August, 2009 00:40 Another advert with cool music is the All New Fiesta advert with the moving TVs. It turns out the track is Shack 54 by Two Lone Swordsmen (available to download on iTunes and Amazon).
Sadly the music for the current Zurich advert (written by Spacetrain) has not been released. The music for the current Coors Light advert is Trash by The Whip (released in 2006).
I found the Rice Krispies advert, but it uses (evil) QuickTime: http://www.marshallstreet.co.uk/movie_page.php?movie=showreels/spencer_ferszt/kelloggs_rice_krispies_1037/rice_krispies_big_bake.mov&spot_id=1037