Friday, November 25, 2011

Lexus "December to Remember" Song

Lexus is running their Christmas ads again now (or whatever other holiday you want: The ACLU said they'd sue Lexus if they made it a Christmas ad, so they just say December), and this time they're focusing especially on their little "December to Remember" song in a music box, a cell-phone ring jingle, etc. And the people in these ads recognize the music, and they run outside to find their car with a bow on it parked outside. (Yay!)

But I remember the music too, and it makes me think of something else: "Oompa, loompa, doopity doo!" That's right: It sounds a lot like the Oompa Loompa song from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Maybe they build them or something, and that's part of their union contract that they have to use their song in the ads, so they get royalties.

Here's an older Lexus "December to Remember" ad (I can't find the new ones yet, sorry. The tune I'm talking about starts at .11 seconds in.):

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