Comments on: Heard It On TV: Miriam Makeba and Honda

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:40 +0000

My wife heard this song on the Honda commercial and instantly loved it. She and I had never heard the song before. We downloaded the MP3 from Amazon. Great song!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:02:27 +0000

I agree aaannie, I think that Rose from the Sprint ski lift commercial is gay, because she’s having too much of a good time on the beach, with another woman in the chair across from her.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:33:09 +0000

At first, I did not want to see this treasured star being exploited by commercialism … but if it brings more people to Miriam’s music, I change my mind!

By: Sheena

Sheena — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:13:55 +0000

omg! I love Miriam!!! I have miriam marathons R.I.P

By: Lola

Lola — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:38:49 +0000

Yeah, love that something good can actually come from commercials!

I am so pampered & accustomed to watching DVR-ed TV, that my ADD goes into overattack when forced to actually sit through commercials during live TV. I have a bad/INSANE habit of actually shouting during commercials, and that sort of negativity just can’t be healthy. DVR = sanity

By: foist

foist — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:19:44 +0000

It’s Cadillac using “1901″ – totally ruined the song for me. (It’s almost as bad as KFC using “Sweet Home Alabama”… for KENTUCKY Fried Chicken.) Not surprisingly though, it’s Adtunes.com’s #3 song on its Top Ad Music list for 2009.

I think car companies should take a look at, what Lincoln has done in their commercials for the MKS, MKT, and MKZ: female singers doing cover songs. So far they have used Cat Power, CSS, Shiny Toy Guns, and Sia in their advertising. An impressive list if you ask me.

By: aaannie

aaannie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:34:47 +0000

So, kind of random, but has anyone else seen the Sprint “chairlift” commercial? I’m only asking because I think the third person on the ski-lift, Rose, is a total lez! Am I projecting here? It’s definitely possible, but I want to hear what y’all think…
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sprint+ski+commercial&search_type=&aq=f

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:06:42 +0000

FIDO AND TELUS, FIDO AND TELUS********

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:06:18 +0000

yeah, and phoenix is in a car commercial too? it upsets me.

there was once a telus commercial where they played 99 red balloons and there were a bunch of pigs tied to red balloons floating away. it was super cute!
(telus is a cell phone service provider thing for people who don’t know — sometimes i forget that america doesn’t have rogers or fido (sidenote was it a fido commercial? are fido and rogers the same thing? am i too tired to be writing a coherent comment? yes))

By: Davis

Davis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:48:03 +0000

A beautiful girl with a beautiful voice!! That song Pata Pata when they put it in the commercials it just makes me feel so relaxed!!!! What a great song with a really beautiful beat!!!!!

By: brown bear

brown bear — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:07:57 +0000

OH MY GOD. this has been one of my absolute favorite songs ever since i first heard it during a visit to south africa a year ago; miriam makeba’s music is SO amazing. i was so proud of honda when i first saw this commercial.

By: crystal

crystal — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:13:05 +0000

The only thing I love more than hatchbacks is this new segment, definitely a keeper. Miriam is ace, nice one!