i was pleasantly surprised. we rarely watch commercials, between dvr-ing everything we want to see and muting them all when we watch real-time. but i happen to catch the lincoln mkt ad last night, which had a hauntingly beautiful song on it. of course, at the time i couldn’t find my stupid song id app on my phone, so i was left to google the commercial in various ways until i stopped long enough to wonder if perhaps lincoln actually puts their ads on thier website.
well, i’ll be.
not only do they put the ad on the site, they even let you download the entire song from them right there! which, let me tell you, is a relief. because while i’ve been pretty successful at staying malware and virus free for the better part of the last decade, i’ve managed to get infected twice now in the last year or so due to my seeming obsession with tracking down songs that for one reason or another strike a chord with me (so to speak).
and seeing as how i’m of the opinion that music should be shared, because, as i read once, every significant event in your life can be tied to music somehow, and so therefore we share events through our shared music… or something… anyway, as i was saying…
the song in the lincoln mkt ad is a remake of the song “under the milky way” performed by a european artist named sia.
Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty,
Sounds of their breath fades with the light.
I think about the loveless fascination,
Under the milky way tonight.
Lower the curtain down in Memphis,
Lower the curtain down all right.
I got no time for private consultation,
Under the milky way tonight.
Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.
Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.
And its something quite peculiar,
Something that’s shimmering and white.
Leads you here despite your destination,
Under the milky way tonight.
Under the milky way tonight.
which, after i heard it, made me think i’d heard her before, and i could have sworn it was during grey’s anatomy. so that got me googling again. and i was right again. it was season one, episode four (no mans land) – you know, the one where the guy wouldn’t let izzie work on him cause she was a model for “bethany whisper”?
and anyway, the song for that episode was “sunday”
For those who’ve slept
For those who’ve kept
Themselves jacked up
How Jesus wept, Sunday, Sunday
For those in need
For those who speed
For those who try
To slow their minds with weed
Sunday, Sunday
For those who wake
With a blind headache
Who must be still, who will sit and wait
For Sunday to be Monday
Yeah, it will be okay
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination run away
For those with guilt
For those who wilt under pressure
No tears over spilt milk
Sunday, Sunday
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Yeah, it will be okay
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination run away
Yeah, it will be okay
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination run away
Over me
which then got me thinking that i somehow remember grey’s being so much more….
just, more.
in which i got something for free