11.20.06
Luna
Penthouse
[Elektra]
Luna’s slo-mo masterpiece Penthouse is one of my favorite albums of theirs… so I spotted their latest foray into music in commericals immediately – even though it’s the unlisted bonus track on the album. The music appears in a recent Cadillac Escalade commerical and fits pretty well into the vibe. They must’ve gotten someone who knows more about indie pop at Cadillac’s commercial music group, because lately their commericals have really been picking some good ones (there is one with a great song by M. Ward).
Unfortunately the snippet of song that is repeated omits what I think is the funniest part of the song, where in the background you can hear someone sing-speak “OOh-ooh” in a really high voice once in awhile. I can’t really explain it, you just have to hear the full song for yourself since it’s not in the commercial.
I’ve seen a lot of people mislabel this song. It’s true that Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab does sing the girl part on this song along with Wareham, this is not a Luna original. It’s a cover of a Serge Gainsbourg song where Brigitte Bardot sings the girl part. A great unlisted track on the album… unfortunately, I don’t believe they have the bonus track from Penthouse on Itunes… they do seem to have a version on Luna Live, though.
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September 15th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I just heard the new Cadillac commercial and instantly recognized the great rock riff of one of my favorite bands, HUM. The song from the commercial is from their most played song and every time I hear it, which happens at least once a week on my local noon hour request segment on Phoenix local 103.9, and yell at the radio “Play something, anything from their album Downward Is Heavenward,” which I would have to bring with me if stranded on a desert isle. I wish more people new of HUM. Sadly, they are no more.
Thank you.
John
September 25th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
John, I was watching TV and saw the Cadillac commercial and I heard the riff as well. I found my self humming…something took the train from mars…counting cars… I thank you for posting this comment because now I can buy the song and I am not stuck humming pieces to the lyric ad naseum.
October 5th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
I always just crank this thing up halfway through the commercial everytime I never grow tired!
But then I get the next commercial real loud so I get something like
DIABETEEES IS NOOO FUUUN.
I seen Hum every chance I get and have even bumped into them in the clubs they’ve been at.
Really nice guys and always turn in great shows!
By the way the song is called Stars from Downward Is Heavenward as mentioned above.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:26 am
YES, the song is from HUM called Stars off You’d Prefer an Astronaut !
Sweet !
October 28th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I’ve always hated car commercials for ruining really great songs… but I’m dumbfounded how they got a HUM song into the mix on this commercial… I thought maybe I was the last HUM fan out there. I’m kind of proud to hear HUM on tv…
I remember the first time I heard the song, it was on MTV “new bands” or something, it was a late show and I had already had my share of the keg… I loved that band the minute I heard them, so the next day I ran down to the local music shop and requested a cd “HAM” cuz, I had apparently misread the letters on the tv being slightly inebriated…
Luckily the shop keeper wouldnt give up and 30 minutes later we came across their ONLY copy of HUM and we stuck it in the cd player and listened to some of the songs right there in the store… good times.. anyway ROCK ON…
December 20th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Thank you so much for finding this song….it was driving me nuts- Counting Stars, Hum. THANK YOU!!
January 20th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Someone may have mentioned this already, but Stars by Hum is not off Downward is Heavenward, it’s from You’d Prefer An Astronaut, a far better record in my opinion. Wonderful band, very nice guys. Matt Talbott is now producing very good music at present.