Ramones - Diet Pepsi Commercial

Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop

OK, so I confess that I absolutely detest Pepsi. And don’t even get me started on the evil aftertaste in Diet Sodas. So put them together as Pepsi Diet Soda and create a commercial and you get something I’d really, really hate. And in fact, the only redeeming thing about that commercial (well, I admit the CG is not bad for the dancing sodas) is that they used Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones as the background music.

The commercial features a bunch of sodas in a 7-11 upright glass door fridge cooler, each “type” of soda on a different shelf. They actually went out of their way to render “Diet Coke” cans too. So only the “cool” Diet Pepsi cans are the ones to pogo to the beat of Blitzkrieg Bop, while the other sodas are complaining. I dunno, I might be complaining too about neighbors in the upstairs shelf making a racket. The commercial ends with a lone Diet Pepsi can slam dancing through the glass door and spinning around on the floor.

I have Ramones Mania which has Blitzkrieg Bop on it, but it’s also on the Hey! Ho! Let’s Go Anthology from 1999 which is the picture shown… I’ve been meaning to pick this one up sometime, hopefully used.

I always liked the Ramones so I guess I should be happy they used that song instead of some other sludge-rock on the radio. I just hope I don’t come to associate the Ramones with Diet Pepsi. Like how Circuit City has appropriated “Just What I Needed” from The Cars…

by Bryan