Scotland infiltrates American advertising

[winterbadger]

I just caught a clip of The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a Visa commercial on FX. It used about half of the chorus, but the hint of a Scots voice is all I need to go haring off to Google...

I've never heard of them before, so many thanks to Visa for introducing me to them. More about them from Wikipedia. OK, so they've been around for 20 years, and I'm just learning about them. This is par for the course for me and music. :-)

Comments

[silme.livejournal.com]

So, there's at least one Mike Myers film you've not seen also. :)

[dativesingular.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly my favorite one, as well!

"HEED! PANTS! NOW!"

:D

[winterbadger]

I've seen it (once), but somehow didn't notice the song then. Not sure why.

I liked Shrek quite a bit, and I'm very fond of So I Married An Axe Murderer. Can't *stand* Austin Powers, though, and never found Wayne's World very funny.

[silme.livejournal.com]

It's only played in it at least twenty times! ;)

[winterbadger]

:-) I can be very oblivious sometimes. :-)