A friend posted a Facebook status bemoaning the fact that the Pogues sold "If I Should Fall From Grace of God" to Subaru, and added a crack about the high cost of methadone and dentures as an explanation for this terrible lapse in judgement.
A hockey mom? Really?
Here's the real thing:
a rougher version.
Apt. 11d 
Well, the hockey boys do have better teach than Shane MacGowan. Maybe because she has a Subaru? Or they’re still in the little league?
Kids do look vaguely Irish, though.
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Evidently he has new teach though (good, since I think he lost all of them eventually).
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I don’t get it. What does the song have to do with the commercial? It’s actually a slightly scary juxtaposition. Are we supposed to believe the mom is comparing driving the carpool to being buried in the sod where the angels won’t retrieve you? Really, I hate driving, but it’s not that bad.
Now, I couldn’t understand why the Rolling Stones sold “Start Me Up” to Microsoft. Could it really have been worth killing the song? In interviews, Carly Simon admits that she regrets having sold Anticipation to the ketchup people and turning it into the ketchup song.
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A week ago I was driving that very car while listening to that very song while ferrying three kids to lacrosse practice (although only one was old enough to participate).
So they do know their market, at least.
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Interesting.
I don’t know what it says about us, but my 2 year old loves the Pogues, but that song especially.
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Ah, okay, after watching I get it. “coming up three boys…” Way to completely miss the point!
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*facepalm* Why couldn’t they parse the lyrics properly? Three is for the hour!
I’m pretty darned close to their target market and a longtime Pogues fan but there is no way in heck that I’d ever buy something advertised like this!
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I think if you have multiples you will get how that song fits.
Plus Shane really does need teeth and jack.
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Here’s an ad for the Highlander (a little kid compliments a Highlander mom for not being uncool like other parents).
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/11/04/commercials-kids-and-materialism/
There seems to be a mini-trend of selling cars via kids. Mercedes has a whole series of ads in which adorable lisping moppets are counting down the days until they get their hands on mom and dad’s pre-owned Mercedes.
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