it was back in college. i was living in dana 104. my first semester at berry. i guess my roommate was the one paying for it, but we had cable. he was a jerk, a racist floridian named tracy who left after that semester, so i was happy to get at least some entertainment value out of the deal. regardless, i was watching television one night, staying up late and avoiding studying. this commercial comes on. it’s a volkswagon commercial. the passat? maybe the jetta. either one, the car didn’t impress me nearly as much as the music that accompanied it. it just stuck into my head and i really liked it. at the end of the ad was an 800 number to locate a vw dealer.
i didn’t need a vw, but that song was going to drive me nuts. so i called from the hall phone and waited for the next available operator. finally, a tired young man answers and asks if i want to hear all about the new line of volkswagons. no, i say, i don’t need a new volkswagon, but i would really like to know who does that song on your ad.
silence. long sigh. “the song is called ‘harry’s game’ … it’s by the group clannad … you’re like the 20th person today that’s asked.”
if only i would’ve had adtunes. adtunes is a fantastic pop culture reference tool, even though it has only just begun to serve the needs of the commercially entertained. basically, if you’ve heard it on a movie trailer or in a commercial or anywhere else, adtunes is probably tracking it down.
