Rush in TV commercial

[trenken]

I saw this while watching the Jets get decimated. Really the best part is when he throws the stick in the air. Whoever came up with the idea for this commercial obviously knew Neil does that sometimes.

[trenken]

QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Oct 1 2012, 03:51 PM)

QUOTE (Unattractive Truth @ Sep 30 2012, 06:59 PM) As both a die-hard Rush fan, and a Passat owner, I have been that guy about 1000 times... Do you even do the air stick toss? I have NEVER done that The air stick toss works in a commercial. To do that in a car alone is incredibly weird. Ive never done it either.

[SchemingDemon]

I heard this for the first time when I was in Dick's looking for batting gloves the other day, but I only heard the ad over the speakers, I didn't see it. I stopped immediately and started looking around like a crazy person wondering why the hell I kept hearing Fly By Night

[Unattractive Truth]

QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Oct 1 2012, 01:51 PM)

QUOTE (Unattractive Truth @ Sep 30 2012, 06:59 PM) As both a die-hard Rush fan, and a Passat owner, I have been that guy about 1000 times... Do you even do the air stick toss? I have NEVER done that No, but I plan to add it to my repetoire.

[CygnusGal]

QUOTE (SchemingDemon @ Oct 2 2012, 12:28 AM)

I heard this for the first time when I was in Dick's looking for batting gloves the other day, but I only heard the ad over the speakers, I didn't see it. I stopped immediately and started looking around like a crazy person wondering why the hell I kept hearing Fly By Night

Geddy's in your head!

 

Lucky, SchemingDemon. She hears voices in her head that sound like Rush.

[Lerxster]

I was flipping around last night and saw it on MSNBC. I had seen it on youtube and thought it was pretty good. Last night proved to me that not only was it pretty good, it may be the best use of a rock song in an ad.. ever. Take note, Pete Townsend I guess it works best if you're a Rush fan tho. It appears to have been made by a Rush fan, for Rush fans. Talk about putting a target on the market.

 

[g under p]

OK I saw this commercial last week sometime and my jaw dropped hearing my band in a commercial. I've done air drums and drumming with my sticks many many times to the point one driver next to me hunked me then yelled over

*The Camera Eye* "That's goota be " I yelled back "Yup"

 

I just never thought of or did a stick toss That made the commercial for me.

[Lerxster]

Ha, was just reading through this thread when the commercial came on Comedy Central, right after Colbert. It seems like at the end, they're using the 5.1 mix and removed Geddy's vocals. It sounds like a vocal section but all you hear is Alex's guitar, and the drums and bass. Cool.

 

I've always been against my favorite artists selling out for TV ads. I hate seeing Beatles songs used. I guess because this one is done so well, it's not embarrasing. It's not like Zeppelin and Cadillac, which I thought did nothing for both, or Help! and HH Gregg. But dammit, I missed the drum stick again!

[airmid12]

I was at work- and being a athletic trainer/sports medic we always have the TV on ESPN in the Athletic Training Room - I was at my desk listening to Pandora - Heard/Saw the commercial and couldn't believe that Fly By Night was on a Passat commercial - walked back into my office and lo and behold-Fly By Night was playing on Pandora so I thought it was just my imagination for about 3 days until one of my friends told me about it since he knew I was a fan (...except for the fact he thought it was La Villa... )

 

But totally fun - Gotta love the air stick flip - cracks me up every time -