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The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« on: December 15, 2009, 03:54:53 am »
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 03:59:02 am »
Quote from: articsteve on December 15, 2009, 03:54:53 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvwTMZNWGuk&feature=player_embedded

Without question, the worst car advertising EVER.  I love that it's averaging 1.5 stars though  ;D

Eerily reminiscent of Leonard Nimoy's "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins."  And that is NOT a good thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 07:40:36 am »
Quote from: Mitlov on December 15, 2009, 03:59:02 am

Without question, the worst car advertising EVER. 

Too bad it isn't advertising.  ::)
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 11:39:01 am »
Quote from: Greg B. on December 15, 2009, 07:40:36 am
Quote from: Mitlov on December 15, 2009, 03:59:02 am

Without question, the worst car advertising EVER. 

Too bad it isn't advertising.  ::)

I'm sorry that I didn't distinguish between (1) TV, magazine, or billboard spectacle meant to get people's attention about a new car, and (2) auto show spectacle meant to get people's attention about a new car.  ::)  Six of one, half-dozen of the other if you ask me. 
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2009, 02:15:51 pm »
Beyond lame.
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2009, 02:57:41 pm »
I'm sorry that I didn't distinguish between (1) TV, magazine, or billboard spectacle meant to get people's attention about a new car, and (2) auto show spectacle meant to get people's attention about a new car.    Six of one, half-dozen of the other if you ask me. 

Correct.  I would hazard a guess that potential Volt buyers might be computer users and surf the internet.  So what's a real ad?  A TV spot or a UTube spot.  Depends on what your watching at a given time.  How many million ppl surf the web at work in the USA everyday I wonder?   

You give a kid a ton of unearned or undeserved money they will spend it accordingly.  This UTube vid demonstrates that point clearly.
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2009, 03:05:20 pm »
FFS, the troll is splitting hairs on the difference between promotion and advertising.
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2009, 03:37:50 pm »
Quote from: Leviathan on December 15, 2009, 02:15:51 pm
Beyond lame.

Since a few here seem to think this is advertising (nothing could eb further from the truth) here are some equally lame "advertisements" for you to marvel at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59TwxSdo4Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZl7uvkp57o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3F_GeQyoY


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2009, 04:58:47 pm »
...and i tho't the FRUG woz BAAAADDDD :rofl2:..........................maybe get Al Gore to read his latest POEM........a tie i tells ya............

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc45sZ-tLZD&videos
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2009, 06:24:28 pm »
It is definitely a promotion item and I'll take the black one plus $200 for the Daily Double, please.  :P :P
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2009, 04:57:28 pm »
Wow, the only thing more shameful than GM using that as a product launch presentation is the event marketing team / agency that came up with that pathetic mess.  After spending nearly a decade busting my ass to please clients with far less interesting products for budgets a fraction of what GM spends, I can't believe some marketing "strategists" have the cajones to even present garbage like this.  (sigh)

Greg B., you've missed a fundamental point of difference between the launch presentation in the original post and the ones you linked to:  the Chevy Volt one is a silly song with dancers that have nothing to do with the car... and the car itself wasn't featured in its own launch.  The Toyota presentations each showcased a vehicle and had a speaker outlining key points in a presentation.
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2009, 05:38:41 pm »
Well, as lame as the video is, it was just what someone not affiliated with GM captured and posted to youtube from the LA auto show.
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2009, 04:17:05 pm »
There is precedent for this sort of dreck.  Just look at the Microsoft Store's "dance" moment when the employees all break into a dance leaving most customers rather bewildered:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSAXEVXvNz8
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2009, 09:45:33 pm »
Quote from: random006 on December 17, 2009, 04:17:05 pm
There is precedent for this sort of dreck.  Just look at the Microsoft Store's "dance" moment when the employees all break into a dance leaving most customers rather bewildered:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSAXEVXvNz8
By "bewildered" do you mean "reaching for a firearm"?  :P
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2009, 11:23:31 am »
Quote from: random006 on December 17, 2009, 04:17:05 pm
There is precedent for this sort of dreck.  Just look at the Microsoft Store's "dance" moment when the employees all break into a dance leaving most customers rather bewildered:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSAXEVXvNz8

The original, which was kind of cool, well, as cool as Oprah can be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B95LswM2ME
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2009, 10:44:45 am »
Quote from: Mitlov on December 19, 2009, 02:58:54 am
Courtesy of James May:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCBI0Ps2LmU

Where's the jiggle?  I was expecting some busty bouncing!

Oh, someone doesn't know the term JINGLE.
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2009, 08:53:53 am »
wow that almost hurt
the song is ummmmm   BRUTAL !
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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2009, 03:06:12 pm »
Choreographers must have been the Obama's  ::)

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Re: The Chevy Volt Dance ... it's no joke
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2009, 03:36:19 pm »
Kinda reminds me of a SchoolHouse Rock tune...
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