What's with this "Bonie" Nissan commercial that plays EVERY commercial break on M$NBC ?

[RoverSuswade]

It's on other channels too. Probably the most obnoxious commercial in the past 5 years. I keep the remote close so I can go up a channel when it starts (which unfortunately is FOX). Then when it's safe I switch back. Is it just me or are there other DUers that it annoys?

[intheozone]

1. I hate that commercial, I hit mute or fast forward ASAP! Nt

[RoverSuswade]

3. It is in poor taste, not artistically viable,

and the volume is off the scale. It drives me away from MSNBC which, with all its faults, is the only network-spawned cable news channel I can watch.

[yeoman6987]

2. They pay every time it is on

It is an attempt at attention and have it in conversations. I guess it works. I don't think I have watched it yet.

[RoverSuswade]

4. Maybe the Kock brothers are chipping in?

I remember a stupid one about 6 monts ago where a female driver drove her Nissan off an overpass on to the top of an EL train and made it to her destination faster. Really awful.

[Control-Z]

14. I enjoyed the disclaimer at the end. Lol. (nt)

[csziggy]

5. There was a viral video series - Highway Singalongs - a while back

And I think Nissan stole the concept - or has paid the guy who started it to do it.

Here is one of the originals:

[Laurian]

7. I love that Highway Singalong!

It's a fun video and I've watched it many times. Such a stark contrast to the road wars you encounter on the freeways around here (Atlanta). "Build Me Up Buttercup" is his best one and definitely better than the one in the commercial.

I was glad to see the guy got a paying gig out if it!

[csziggy]

9. The best part is how much fun he's having

While the Nissan commercial is a little loud, I'm with you - I'm glad he got a paying gig and hopefully a new car out of it.

And it doesn't hurt that the guy, TJ, is so cute.

[WhiteAndNerdy]

10. That's what I was thinking, too.

And I love Billy Idol's cover of "Mony Mony", so that's one commercial I actually like.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. The "Mony Mony" commercial? I think it's kind of fun.

Beats the shit out of that latest Audi elf & Santa commercial.

[Initech]

13. I'm amazed that there haven't been any luxury cars with giant bows commercials yet.

Although I'm guessing that Lexus, Mercedes, and so on have figured that people don't have the money that can even purchase one of those giant bows.

[OnyxCollie]

17. I hate luxury cars with giant bows commercials.

Oh, look out the window, honey. I bought you a Jaguar.

And I made one of our indentured servants put a bow on it, just to piss him off.

[Initech]

22. Congratulations! Your $110,000 Land Rover comes courtesy of your employees pension fund!

Enjoy your Christmas gift with the giant bow on it!

[Odin2005]

20. What I don't get is who the FUCK buys a CAR for a Christmas present?

A new car, especially a new LUXURY car, is something a family buys together after careful financial discussion, not as a fucking gift.

[Initech]

23. I have been wondering about that for a long ass time.

All the luxury car companies must think we're loaded with cash come Christmas time. Hell marketers in general. Everyone's a member of the upper 1% at Christmas.

[snooper2]

26. I was thinking about getting my wife one...logistically it is a pain-in-the ass though

[NCTraveler]

27. People like me would buy a car around Christmas.

Not giving you a hard time just telling you why I would and am going to. One, it is a big purchase. I don't know why it can't be done with careful financial thought and as a family just because it is Christmas. We have know what type of vehicle we have wanted to purchase for two years. It would not be uncommon for a husband or wife to be fully aware that the other one wants the Lexus ??? with the ???? package. The discussion has been had. If I am about to put down a couple grand why can't that be our Christmas gift to ourselves. Neither one of us want to put down a couple grand and them buy each other gifts on top of that. It wouldn't make financial sense considering we are not wealthy in any way when compared relatively to the US population. Second, you really can find great deals this time of the year. A lot of people truly aren't aware that the deals do get better during specific periods. If I can knock a couple thousand extra off a loan because I am willing to spend December 23rd at a dealership, why not. Many of the cars you see in these commercials with the bows on the hood are under $50 grand. They are not all $100 grand cars. Many people such as myself will make this move around Christmas because we know we can save thousands over other times of the year. I worked at a dealership for almost ten years. Timing does make a big difference.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

8. Yeah that's annoying.

Also the Del Monte commercial about "I want to be your sweet honeybee" while they're cooking green beans.

And the one for some financial services company with two hands on a piano playing a Bach Two-Part Invention that I am very familiar with. Annoying. I've played it before.

[RoverSuswade]

18. I played that one too in college.

I liked it because I never could master the 3-part ones - ha ha. I didn't like the "end-on-the-tonic" chord they stuck in on the commercial (Bach is rolling over in his grave).

[Manifestor_of_Light]

30. But then they wouldn't know a cadence if it bit them in the ass.

The only one I know the name of is the plagal cadence, the IV-I, or amen cadence.


I don't know what you call the baroque one where you're in a minor key and end in the relative major chord.

Yeah I need to break down and learn more music theory. Avoided it in college during the brief time I was a violin major and discovered I had better things to do with my life than spend 4 hours a day in a practice room and destroy my left shoulder.

[RoverSuswade]

33. There's the "deceptive cadence"

where it goes to the minor 6th. I actually liked the Bach Inventions - they were good for my brain. I hated those practice rooms tho - heaters banging, always cold, and you could hear what everyone else was practicing in other rooms - a cacophony!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. Well there's the relative minor of the key you're in.

Minor third down from your major key.

I fried my brain attempting a couple of lines at a time of the Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas & Partitas for Violin.
Those are horrendous!! They're just as hard, if not harder, than Paganini and Sarasate.

[neverforget]

11. Good to know I'm not the only one that hits the mute button.

So freaking annoying!

[spanone]

12. mony mony ...tommy james & the shondells

https://m.

[HeiressofBickworth]

15. I've been DVR-ing my favorite shows

just in order to avoid the commercials. Not only because of the annoyingly repetitive ones, the ones with hard-sell messages or hawking useless products, or urging folks to join one branch of the military or another, but now, because of the over-use of Christmas -- music, visuals, messages, etc. All designed to force you into a buying mood. The message is SPEND! SPEND! MORE! MORE! FASTER! FASTER!. Christmas this year started the day after Halloween, FFS! I'm sick of Christmas already.

And, for the one or two of you who might wonder, NO I don't go Christmas shopping. I figured out several years ago that buying THINGS for others is futile -- wrong size, wrong color, wrong item. So for my kids and grandchild, I make pretty greeting cards and put cash in the card. Who can't use cash? They can use it on whatever they wish, they can use the money individually or pool it and purchase something or put it towards their next vacation. Totally their choice. And money will never be returned or re-gifted.

[RoverSuswade]

19. Aleve is already out with a Christmas ad.

Then there's one with "Santa Claus is coming to town." I remote switch those also. Too early. Thanksgiving??? What is thanksgiving?

[Control-Z]

16. Are you talking about the Mony Mony one?

I love the music. Doesn't bug me at bit!

[RoverSuswade]

21. The whole thing is just in such poor taste (editing and volume).

If Tommy James is still alive he must be rolling his eyes.

[Control-Z]

24. Meh. I never am actually watching TV when it comes on.

It's mostly white noise for me. Mony Mony Is upbeat and fun. Isn't it a bunch of average people singing out their car windows?

The only commercial that absolutely pisses me off is the Xmas one that's been playing since midnight Halloween. I don't even know what they're selling. I just hate it.

[Seeking Serenity]

25. It's not even the Tommy James and the Shondells' version

It's either the 1987 Billy Idol cover version or a soundalike of the Billy Idol cover version.

But I agree with most of the others on this thread. It's gone beyond saturation levels. I can't hit the mute button fast enough.

(And yes, Tommy James is still alive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_James )

[RoverSuswade]

29. Thanks for letting me know he's still around.

I remember playing "Crystal Blue Persuasion" over and over..and over.

[MurrayDelph]

28. I think it's been very successful

in making me want to temporarily leave Oregon and visit Glendale California.

[MindPilot]

31. another case of using a song and not knowing the lyrics

It is borderline child porn...that is hyperbole, but it is unsettling.

The song is about a sexual experience and the scene of the kids in the schoolbus singing the "ride the pony" part of the chorus is disturbing to say the least.

Plus the bearded "old guy" who clearly is not hep to this new sound (he was probably serving in Vietnam when that song was released) finally "gets it".

Yeah, I absolutely loath that commercial...it is creepy, dumb, and insulting.

K&R for bringing it up.

[femmocrat]

32. I hate it.

Can't hit the mute button fast enough! I especially hate those screaming kids on the school bus.