What's the title of the music used in this old Vauxhall Vectra ad?

Daniel Lam

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Jun 2, 2004, 10:14:45 PM6/2/04

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Hi

I'm trying to find the title of the music used in an old Vauxhall
Vectra advert. I've already tried looking at several sites, including
http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk, but none of these sites
seem to have the answer, so I thought I'd try asking here.

The advert I'm referring to is one that was transmitted in 1996. The
voice-over was provided by Tom Baker who spoke the line, "Designed for
the next millennium". All I know is that the music for this ad was an
instrumental piece.

What I do know is that it's definitely *not* Bjork's "Play Dead". This
was used for a Vectra ad in 2000; I'm after the title of the music
used for the 1996 advert.

Regards

Daniel Lam

Parish

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Jun 3, 2004, 4:00:20 AM6/3/04

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Daniel Lam wrote:

1996? Weren't Vauxhall using Layla by Derek and the Dominoes (aka Eric
Clapton) around that time for _all_ it's adverts?

> Regards
>
> Daniel Lam

Marcus Houlden

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Jun 3, 2004, 7:17:48 PM6/3/04

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On 2 Jun 2004 19:14:45 -0700, Daniel Lam <daniel...@hotmail.com>
wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:

> Hi
>
> I'm trying to find the title of the music used in an old Vauxhall
> Vectra advert. I've already tried looking at several sites, including
> http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk, but none of these sites
> seem to have the answer, so I thought I'd try asking here.
>
> The advert I'm referring to is one that was transmitted in 1996. The
> voice-over was provided by Tom Baker who spoke the line, "Designed for
> the next millennium". All I know is that the music for this ad was an
> instrumental piece.

At one point Vauxhall used the intro to Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
(kind of classical, but with pop style drums). Dunno if that was it though.

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Daniel Lam

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Jun 4, 2004, 7:11:42 PM6/4/04

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Hi people

Yes, you're both right - Eric Clapton's 'Layla' and the intro to The
Verve's 'Bittersweet Symphony' *were* used for Vauxhall ads but
unfortunately, neither of these is the track I'm looking for. 'Layla'
was used pre-1996, I think, when Vauxhall's slogan was, "Once driven,
forever smitten". The intro to 'Bittersweet Symphony' was used for an
Astra ad in 1998, *not* the Vectra ad in 1996.

If it helps, the 1996 Vectra advert was the launch advert for this
model and featured on-screen, for a few seconds, a large multi-dialled
clock, which showed time speeding forward.

Regards

Daniel

robnews

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Jun 4, 2004, 7:59:43 PM6/4/04

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John Trotter worked on a Vauxhall motors jingle as did Julian Scott

Play Dead by Björk and David Arnold?

robnews

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Jun 4, 2004, 8:03:24 PM6/4/04

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