Hyundai commercial

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Q: Would I be considered "Thick as a Brick" if I were to buy a new Hyundai? (Or even more so?)

[Epsilon Theta]

Read the Consumer Report for it's liability report on Hyundai cars before you buy it.

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[Anonymous]

Careful the opening part is not actually a four-beat, but in threes.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

BF, as a layperson of music, I have no idea to what you refer.
Q1: Is it "Thick as a Brick" or not?
Q2: Even if it isn't, why is it so close that I, and many boomers with limited knowledge of JT, would forever think that Hyundai owners are thick as bricks?
Q3: What ad wizard thought that up?

[Epsilon Theta]

Oh, silly me. I thought this was a serious thread, asking for advice about buying a Hyundai car. Never mind....

[Anonymous]

It's OK, ET. We really don't mind if you sit this one out.

[The Mister]

<font size=2> http://j-tull.com/latestnews.htm

To quote Ian Anderson himself:
"Do I drive a Hyundai? Well, no but then I don’t drive anything being a professional passenger. After a welter of e-mails informing me of the possible fraudulent use of music from Thick As A Brick by the Hyundai Corporation of North America, I must report that it is actually me playing on the advertisement featuring the music. I was asked for my permission to use the music a few months ago and offered to re-record it myself rather than have someone else do it or see the original cut up and edited in some horrible way. Of course, they edited it anyway and left out the improvised outro which was the best bit, but I would rather it was me than some session player or computer programme doing the dubious deed. Anyway, I was adequately compensated for my efforts, so don’t feel bad about it.

So what’s next? Advert music for selling scuba gear? Passion Play sounds like a particularly exotic and expensive perfume. Roots To Branches for garden centres. Bungle In The Jungle for suppliers of tropical underwear. In The Grip Of Stronger Stuff for Smirnoff. Nobody’s Car from the Under Wraps album might have worked better for Hyundai, some wag suggested, but that was, frankly, a little unkind."
:smile:

[Dr T Non-Fan]

While the blowing seems purely Ian, I was intrigued by the slight differences in rhythm.
I thought it might have been sped up a bit.

Regardless, I'm not buying a Hyundai, not on Saturday or Sunday.

[Griffin 1]

On 2001-12-17 17:19, Epsilon Theta wrote:
Read the Consumer Report for it's liability report on Hyundai cars before you buy it.

And then what? Do the opposite of what CR recommends?

[Anonymous]

I don't know if you'd be "Thick as a Brick", but considering what actuaries make, "Cheap Bast*rd" comes to mind...:wink:

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[Epsilon Theta]

On 2001-12-17 20:19, Griffin wrote:

On 2001-12-17 17:19, Epsilon Theta wrote:
Read the Consumer Report for it's liability report on Hyundai cars before you buy it.

And then what? Do the opposite of what CR recommends?


First, I meant to type 'reliability' not 'liability'. Second, don't even consider it if the CR says it does not have good reliability. Third, this thread apparently is not about buying a Hyundai, so fuggetaboutit.

[The Mister]

On 2001-12-17 19:05, Dr T Non-Fan wrote:
Regardless, I'm not buying a Hyundai, not on Saturday or Sunday.<font size=2>Well, Sunday is the one day I would trade for a Monday. :smile:

((...with freezing rains melting and no trains running, and sad eyes passing in windows flimsy, and my seat rocking from legs not quite matching. Got passport, credit cards, a plane that I'm catching. Black Sunday falls one day too soon.))

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[Pseudolus]

They call it "Stormy Monday", but Tuesday's just as bad.