Bob Dylan, Chrysler, and me in my lonely world

[What_the]

@Exapno_Mapcase

But whoever put the words “What’s more American than America?” into the mouth of Bob Dylan should be superglued to a football and punted the length of the field.

Were those the exact words?

Being from Michigan, my reaction was that it was about “than Detroit” more specifically “than America”.

… oh, and that we make pretty good beer here (Michigan) too.

[BobLibDem]

@What_the

Were those the exact words?

Being from Michigan, my reaction was that it was about “than Detroit” more specifically “than America”.

… oh, and that we make pretty good beer here (Michigan) too.

And watches, too!

[johnpost]

@SeaDragonTattoo

This.
I thought, “that can’t really be him talking!”

you couldn’t understand him if he was.

[jrsone]

Chrysler does this same commercial each year, just reaplacing the musician/rapper/singer.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@What_the

Were those the exact words?

Being from Michigan, my reaction was that it was about “than Detroit” more specifically “than America”.

… oh, and that we make pretty good beer here (Michigan) too.

Those were the exact words.

Eminem made the commercial about Detroit. This one was about “America”.

It’s still not going to persuade me to buy an American car as long as the Japanese and Germans make better ones.

[Voyager]

@Mr.Goob

I can see Chrysler backing up a dump truck of $100 bills onto his front lawn and saying want to do a commercial for us?

Well, at least he wasn’t plugging Cadillac.

“Good car to drive.
After a war…”

[stanger]

Okay, I am not a big Bob Dylan fan, but I have heard some of his stuff and enjoyed it.

But can you tell me the music that was played in the background of the commercial?

It sounded like something from Things Have Changed, but I am not an expert.

It was long and instrumental - so was it made for the commercial, or does anyone recognize it as an extended and edited version, or maybe an album cut or alternate version?

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

Someone on Facebook commented that Dylan may have become a born-again Chrystian.

[Son_of_a_Rich]

After he appeared on Dharma and fucking Greg, nothing he does can surprise me.

[Accidental_Martyr]

@Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew

Someone on Facebook commented that Dylan may have become a born-again Chrystian.

Again?

[VarlosZ]

Didn’t love the ad as a whole (in part because of the awkwardness of having Bob Dylan shilling for some corporation), but I thought the end was very effective. “We … will build you car.” Etc. Dylan’s delivery was really good.

[Inigo_Montoya]

@Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew

Someone on Facebook commented that Dylan may have become a born-again Chrystian.

Nice. Whack them with a trout for me willya?

[SaharaTea]

@stanger

But can you tell me the music that was played in the background of the commercial?

It sounded like something from Things Have Changed, but I am not an expert.

It was long and instrumental - so was it made for the commercial, or does anyone recognize it as an extended and edited version, or maybe an album cut or alternate version?

I believe it was “Things Have Changed” - just a long instrumental version expressly for the ad.

[snowthx]

@JohnT

The US manufactured over 10,000,000 vehicles within its borders in 2012, more than Japan or Germany.

List of countries by motor vehicle production - Wikipedia

Here is a relatively recent list of all cars manufactured in the US.

Exactly my point. Why do they need to say “Imported…”? As if “Domestic” is some sort of negative.

[GrandWino]

@snowthx

Exactly my point. Why do they need to say “Imported…”? As if “Domestic” is some sort of negative.

Because the US auto makers still suffer from the stigma of “imports = good, domestic = crap”.

[John_Bredin]

@Bob Ducca

Because the US auto makers still suffer from the stigma of “imports = good, domestic = crap”.

And to spell it out for snowthx, the “Imported from Detroit/America” slogan is intended to mock or invert/subvert that idea, not endorse it. :smack: Blatant oxymoron apparently not blatant enough. :dubious: