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    Posted: January 05 2011 at 16:25

I've seen an awful lot of commercials lately that use prog songs to project nostalgia.  I think it would be cool to have a thread that collects the best (and worst) uses of prog music in television ads.

Here's an old one to start the ball rolling....
 
 
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2011 at 16:32
I posted a lot of ads here today.


Might as well post them here too..


Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Rather than start a new thread, here is an ad featuring a version of Flash by Queen






Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Here is a great "making of" video.



Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

More Queen in advertising



Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

And more Queen for Cadbury Dairy Milk





Edited by Snow Dog - January 05 2011 at 17:06
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The best I know is Focus for Pepsi's commercial for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 
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Interesting thread!This video is a blasphemy.A great gig in the sky for a banana(ok,the company is goodLOL)?I don't like when good music is used for shopping reasons.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

The best I know is Focus for Pepsi's commercial for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 


Yeah,right.A little bit interrupting but good.
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Zappa did a funny in 1967 for Luden's cough drops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUvFst5bOI
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Commercial from Chile
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I though the Nike football commercial with Focus' Hocus Pocus was acceptable, luckily it was made by a Dutch company.
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Edited by martinprog77 - January 06 2011 at 02:04
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]i like this one [ i know Alice Cooper is not prog anyways ]LOLLOLLOLLOLLOL


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I love this. I hate Cadillacs though
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Do you listen to Yes?Yeah,classic rock.
Nice!
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Originally posted by Prog Geo Prog Geo wrote:

Do you listen to Yes?Yeah,classic rock.
Nice!

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Originally posted by Prog Geo Prog Geo wrote:

Do you listen to Yes?Yeah,classic rock.
Nice!


Oh I like this!
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Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

I've seen an awful lot of commercials lately that use prog songs to project nostalgia.  I think it would be cool to have a thread that collects the best (and worst) uses of prog music in television ads.

Here's an old one to start the ball rolling....
 

I don't think that was released to the world of television. More than likely it was another one of those things, or pieces that Storm did (Hipgnosis) and kept aside for a joke! That humor is very much in keeping with Hipgnosis' style.

In the book "The Album Cover" book, there are many goodies in there, although Storm does not talk about film, and he probably should, but that would likely be another whole book! If you ever get that, you must check out the original cover for "Animals" ... it's one of the reasons why I think that PF was not happy with having to do different material right after DSOTM, although it was not bad at all ... let the truth out ... and see it! ... ooopppsss ... can't do that ... will just call it "art ducko"!
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It depends the country you're living from.
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Points: 643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2011 at 15:45
Some classic Yes was used for a TV spot a year or two ago, but I can't place either the tune or the company being advertised (it might have been a bank or credit card). All I know was it made me feel old, and it wasn't very uplifting. And it seemed like a sell-out at the time. Anyone else see it?
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Points: 1361 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2011 at 21:48
Prog music in commercials??  Makes me glad I don't have a TV.
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