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May 15, 2009

Holy Fuck Help Chrysler Build A New Car Company

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Whether they came up with "Chrysler Dodge Jeep: We're building a new car company" before or after the recent bankruptcy shifts the tenor of the slogan dramatically. Hint: If you want to sell cars in the Heartland, maybe you shouldn't hire bands named Holy Fuck to soundtrack your advertisements. (Thanks for the tip, Chadwick.) In the spot, "Lovely Allen" lets us know in dramatic fashion that Chrysler Dodge Jeep builds escape pods, luxury suites, security blankets, observatories, mechanical bulls, rockets, starting gates. What they forgot to add: Currently, they're building a longer line at the unemployment office.

That "we build security blankets" image looks about right, Mr. Private Jet.

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SELLOUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: tr3ble99 at 05/15/09 11:03 AM | Reply
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wait, really guys? i was being sarcastic

Posted by: tr3ble99 in reply to tr3ble99's comment at 05/15/09 4:30 PM | Reply
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I wish at the end of that commercial it would of said 'music by Holy Fuck'

...also the term sellout needs to be reexamined when bands can't make money the traditional way anymore by selling albums. I don't blame them or any modern 'sellouts,' if being in a band is your job you need to make a living somehow

Posted by: EnchantingWizardofRhythm at 05/15/09 12:16 PM | Reply
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The song is so catchy it was just a matter of time before it made it to a commercial

Posted by: skizz at 05/15/09 12:30 PM | Reply
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whoever said sellouts
you're a complete ass, really people are still on the sell out train
fuck off- the band is trying to put food on the table & not stay poor.
IDIOT

Posted by: rc at 05/15/09 1:10 PM | Reply
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Yeah, IDIOT

Posted by: SC in reply to rc's comment at 05/15/09 1:16 PM | Reply
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Chrysler isn't dead yet? Holy Fuck!

Posted by: Will3 at 05/15/09 2:51 PM | Reply
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I read the title to this post as a request.

Posted by: LT at 05/18/09 12:56 AM | Reply
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This actually was conceived after the bankruptcy was inevitable, yes. That's...kind of the point, they're saying "yes we suck now but we'll get better soon, see?"

Also the "Heartland" is pretty much the only place that Chrysler actually does sell
vehicles, the Dodge Ram pickup is one of their few vehicles that are actually profitable.

Posted by: joseph fm at 05/20/09 12:45 PM | Reply
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Holy Shit?

Posted by: Brian at 05/22/09 4:58 PM | Reply
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All of you can go to hell. I saw Holy Fuck for the first time in Baltimore this weekend. They're great guys.

Posted by: Matt at 05/27/09 8:56 PM | Reply
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IMHO, I still cant understand how a bankrupt company can use bail out funds to contract tv ads and music royalties agreements for 10's of thousand of dollars if not more, Just to promote their resurection or air, again... But anyways, Two tumbs for Holy Fuck. Just hope they got paid before and are not somewhere in the '' to pay sometime'' pile... with bail out funds.... bankrupty seems to have become very '' en vogue'', free, and profitable,,,

Posted by: pat at 06/06/09 2:05 AM | Reply
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I dug a little deeper into this one. Enjoy the rant. http://cugerock.blogspot.com/2009/05/holy-fukbuy-our-products.html


Posted by: TommyC at 07/06/09 2:05 PM | Reply
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