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Thread started 04/13/07 6:22pm

COMPUTERBLUE19
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Anyone seen the Housequake/Volkswagen commercial

I just saw it on Youtube. INteresting, since I thought he was against using his songs for commercialized ventures.

It may be an old commercial b/c I have never seen it before.
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Reply #1 posted 04/13/07 6:53pm

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COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I just saw it on Youtube. INteresting, since I thought he was against using his songs for commercialized ventures.

It may be an old commercial b/c I have never seen it before.


Little Red Corvette from SOTT video was used for a corvette commercial a few years ago as well. He may not be able to control the usage sometimes.
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Reply #2 posted 04/13/07 7:12pm

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savoirfaire said:

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I just saw it on Youtube. INteresting, since I thought he was against using his songs for commercialized ventures.

It may be an old commercial b/c I have never seen it before.


Little Red Corvette from SOTT video was used for a corvette commercial a few years ago as well. He may not be able to control the usage sometimes.


ok. It is an official VW commercial that uses the song though! I find it interesting that the record company has that much pull over his material use
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Reply #3 posted 04/13/07 7:12pm

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That VW commercial was most likely done by an ad agency or a student for speculation purposes only, or maybe just for fun. It was probably never contracted by VW, and certainly not Prince or WB.

It's been around for a few years. It is fun biggrin
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