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Not because they’re just behind McFuckwit’s for nationally-artery-choking success.
Goddamn it, they did this commercial — and I just love the hell out of the music.
The creepy, capering guy in the fiberglass mask I can do without — but damn, that’s some good fingerwork on that banjo. No burger joint in the world has a right to own music that well-done.
The music credits are Beacon Street Studios, title “Banjo”, composers Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau. It’s not on iTunes yet (hint hint), but I hope it will be soon (hint hint).
Crispin Porter + Bogusky* hit it out of the fuckin’ park this time.
Oh, and while you’re at it, check this one out. Totally unrelated and very good.
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* That last name can’t be real.
11:00 on June 20th, 2007
I laughed so hard when i first saw that commercial. then they stripped it down to just the king dancing. blah.
On a side note i love the king. He just so damn creepy its delightful.
12:37 on June 20th, 2007
Remember the debut? “Wake Up with the King”?
Guy wakes up and there’s this King sitting up in bed next to him.
Criminy.
Many, many years ago, when Mitsubishi was ramping up advertising in the US — this would have been in the 1980s — they ran an ad featuring Zeros bombing the hell out of navy ships. The tagline — I swear this is true — was “From the people who brought you Pearl Harbor”.*
Commercials as a genre annoy me, but I like ballsy ones.
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* The ad was done by Jerry Della Femina.
18:32 on June 20th, 2007
I can never see that creepy BK guy without thinking of my favorite macro:
http://dumbniggers.com/images/bk king, god now.jpg
Of course, I just watched “Fast Food Nation” (just after seeing “Supersize Me”) and I am not only sworn off fast food…but meat as well for a while…
And if you like that music, you may also like Nickel Creek’s “The Smoothie Song”.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1115181044&fr=yfp-t-474
They are a young, semi-famous “progressive bluegrass” band. I like ‘em, and the girl ain’t that bad to look at either… DAMN!!! *drool*…
I’ve never really been into mainstream country, but some of the stuff from the Austin music scene is pretty good stuff…the kind of “alt-country” or “indie country” that you would see on “Austin City Limits” or GMC’s “Wide Open Country”.
18:35 on June 20th, 2007
Shit. You know, I just googled that pic and I totally didn’t look at the main URL…ick. Sorry about that. Really, really really sorry.
And sick to my stomach as well.
Here is an alternate URL: http://elitemrp.net/cgi-bin/wiyg/wiyg.pl?l1=WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?&back=king1&ft=.jpg