Mercedes-Benz

[saturnwreck]

I have seen a Mercedes commercial recently that shows two guys driving down the road into the mountains and suddenly stopping as a tree falls across the road. The song is kind of folk/rockabilly.

Does anyone know who does this song?

 

[mr_coffee]

I'm sorry to be posting this... I had two beers after I left work today, and I guess the need to type forced me back to adtunes.com where I can't help but try to find soundracks to ads, but I ran a generic search for mercedes ad songs and came up with this:

The Cure - Pictures of You

I honestly don't know if that's the right ad or not, but when I saw the title, I remembered the song, and it was folk/rockablilly enough for me to think it might be it, though I can't attest to the images in the commercial themselves. Hope this was it.

Later.

 

[michelle]

"Pictures of You" is used for a HP ad.

 

[mr_coffee]

Ok, still not sure they're even discussing the right commercial... a little further down in the same log I found "the REAL answer" about that commercial, and then several other answers about mercedes commercials

Built to Spill - Some Things Last a Long Time
Mozella - Amazed

could either of those be it?
Amazed was labelled "haunting", but Mozella is a singer/songwriter so it might sound folkish too, I'm not sure. On the other hand I didn't realize that these were both (or all 3 if you count my mis-found last one) were from the current ad campaign, and I don't believe the current ads have the scenes described. These ads had pictures of drivers and their Benz's. The "Pictures of You" was a mistake, should have been the title to the commercial perhaps, but not the song playing. I give up trying to find this answer unless I see this ad rerun some time so that I can look it up, I was just feeling crazy last night and ran some searches & came up with a bunch of sites talking about the ad, but the answers I found threw me off track apparently.

Hope this helps.

 

[saturnwreck]

I have checked out a few of the suggestions here, but so far have not found the song I am looking for - but I will keep trying.

 

[michelle]

Did it have any lyrics?

And, where did you see the ad -- US, Canada, elsewhere... Channel, during which show, etc... We could keep an eye out if you've seen it during a particular show/time frame.

 

[Kate]

Does anyone know who the band and what the song is on the new(to me anyway) Mecrcedes commercial where two guys are driving down a road and a cut tree falls directly in front of them. It has a Cajun beat to it. Thanks

 

[michelle]

I merged the latest request with the older one.

No clue on the song, never seen the ad. Maybe it will eventually be posted on Mercedes Benz TV commercials section.

 

[givemfitz]

I've seen a commercial a few times and it's definately zydeco but I'll have to trust the word of others that it's mercedes. If it is it'll be on their site eventually.

 

[PurseGal]

This is my first time posting a message!

I have emailed a contact that I have at Mercedes, they will try to have an answer in the next day or two. I will happily post the answer. I feel like I have heard the song in this ad before but by a different artist. I am currently cruising Bob Dylan lyrics. Either way, we should know soon.

 

[PurseGal]

Sorry for the delay. I received a message saying it will be a few more days. To help out in the meantime, I believe I saw the commercial during The Apprentice which makes sense because I haven't seen it again since the show finished. I can't remember the lyrics right (something like " I'm gonna something down the highway till the something turns to grey -and then there is another line, a break, and then Yeah Yeah Yeah.) The ad is for the e-class line of Mercedes and apparently came from their offices in Germany, hence the delay. Hope to know soon.

 

[PurseGal]

Okay, finally an update. The song titled "End of the Road" was composed by a gentleman named Bruce Watson through Groove Addicts production studio. Unfortunately this song exists only as a 30 second commercial. Here's hoping all of the positive feedback will result in a full length song.