The 2008 Summer Olympics are coming to Beijing and McDonald's has a new commercial to remind you that Happy Meals taste even better than victory. The spot features "A Minha Menina," a 40-year-old tune from Tropicália heroes Os Mutantes, who have been recording new material since their reunion tour two years ago. The commercial has gotten a rave review from someone who reviews commercials. Watch it after the jump, then buy some delicious fast food for the young athlete in your life.
TMBG has been consistently penning Munchkin-sized ditties for Dunkin' Donuts since 2006. The two most recent ads to feature the Giants -- "All Night Blowout" and "Moving" -- are again centered on large, milky iced-lattes that help you put a little caffeine in your soul during troubled, sleepy, etc. times. While these brief ditties may not have the hipster caché of Santogold, Julian, and Pharrell's epic Converse composition "My Drive Thru," they do have one much larger thing going for them: They are brief commercial jingles, not a jingle disguised as a new song.
Alternate post title: Have You Driven A Ford While Listening To Santogold Lately? You know where this is going. There's been Buds and there's been Chucks, but now Santogold's throwing tunes to Ford. Which might sound shocking for a second, until you realize that now Santogold can buy herself some food. And food's great, don't lie. People should eat, at least that's my position. Anyway Eliza tipped us off after noticing a dab of "L.E.S. Artistes" in the new spot for the Ford Flex, and Eliza has very good ears: Ford's ad is soundtracked with the "L.E.S." Squeak E. Clean remix. Check it.
Since Scott Reitherman's Throw Me The Statue project secured BTW status, he's been a busy guy. He's taken away to SXSW. He's Taken Away on the ferry. And he's taken over our televisions with that Rhapsody ad. The tune from that spot, sunny Moonbeams standout "Lolita," gets a video today, with an appropriately desirable young girl (not Nabokov young -- even Scott makes certain lyrically his Lolita's 19, not 12) being chased by a father/son combo. Exploding cakes ensue.
With her spread out style and numerous monster jams, it's not easy to understand Santogold's Commercial Appeal. If it seems like we're reporting on it every other day, it's because we practically are; see: the "Creator" spot for Bud Light, the Converse commissioned Casablancas & Pharrell cut). While we're waiting to hear what the team of Julian, White & Williams came up with, here's another advertiser-underwritten Santi jam to bide the time, made possible by the coffers of Anheuser-Busch. In its full-flavored form, "Lights Out" is an '80s new wavey standout on the superbly schizophrenic mixtape that is Santogold. For the King Of Beers (Light), Santi mostly cuts the palm-muted eight-note guitar chug and swaps the synth-styles from the Cars to the Cure. It's nice. This remix is for you at budlighttime.com. (Only if you're 21. Please download responsibly.)
What do you get when you combine the selling power of Bud Light's Santogold with the laconic New York charm of the Stroke's Casablancas and the non-laconic L.A. sizzle of N.E.R.D.-y Pharrell Williams (not featuring Lindsay Lohan)? Basically, a well-produced Neptunes-style sneaker jingle with the guy from the Strokes and Santi on it. Could be worse ... we like commercials that sound good. The Guardian gives us the deets about how the power trio plans to lace up and sell us new kicks.
We actually didn't even plan on trying to see Naeem at Coachella because we've YoYoYoYoYoYod it up with him plenty of times prior, but the news that he didn't make his set due to hospitalization was sad and inescapable. We're not sure what ailed young master Juwan, but he's taking this "adopt a healthier lifestyle" thing pretty seriously. Per doctor's orders: it's not enough to eat salads, nor even to toss salads -- Naeem now pimps his salads. This comes via the eagle eyes at bestweekever.tv:
Kraft realized the untapped potential of indie music and salad dressing with the Flaming Lips, so we're in the midst of an age of full-blown indie/salad demographic hybridization. Heady times, you guys.
When we posted the "Great DJ" clip a few months ago, we said it was "ready-made for an iTunes/iPod commercial." Close! The Brittipped indie duo are behind a new iPod/iTunes dancing silhouette spot, but the tune is "Shut Up and Let Me Go." Will Ting Tings be the next Black Eyed Peas? Or the next Jet? Hopefully neither.
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The 2008 Summer Olympics are coming to Beijing and McDonald's has a new commercial to remind you that Happy Meals taste even better than victory. The spot features "A Minha Menina," a 40-year-old tune from Tropicália heroes Os Mutantes, who have been recording new material since their reunion tour two years ago. The commercial has gotten a rave review from someone who reviews commercials. Watch it after the jump, then buy some delicious fast food for the young athlete in your life.
