Close to You-Sony Erickson

[Moe]

This past weekend, we went to see the new Star Wars film, for only the 2nd time. One of the commercials shown before the movie previews was for what looked like a phone by the companies, Sony and Erickson-coming together.

2 men (not Americans) were in a white lab/test room, with their backs to each other. One started to sing, "Why do birds suddenly appear?" I think he was Asian and singing in his own language, subtitles for us in the theater. Then the next man sang, "every time, you are near," in his own language. This went back and forth until a third man in the control room sang the line (I think in English), "Close to you."

I believe this commercial was about the 2 companies coming together to work on this product. I think it was a phone, but I was more amused by the song than the product, so I can't be sure. It was the first time I had seen it and gave me a pleasant surprise before the movie.

Sorry this is long and rambling, but I wasn't paying attention to the add until I recognized the song and then it is hard to remember the details except that Karen and Richard's music is still part of our lives in the 21st century.

[karen69roland]

Pretty cool, Moe..., nice surprise..., I'd like to see that.



[glow=red,2,300]I Love You, Karen

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[shadow=red,left,300]Roland Chayer[/shadow]
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[Rick Henry]

That's great! This goes to show that Carpenters songs are truly universal. Even in a foreign language there are still recognizable!

[YesterdayOnceMore]

Pretty cool, Moe. I saw a lot of trailers at the movie for Star Wars (which by the way was just awesome, eh?) - but didn't see that one. It would have caught my attention for sure. I'll keep an eye peeled - surely they'll start running it on TV, and yes, it does clearly show the global appeal of Carpenters. Great stuff.

By the way, the Aquafina commercial is playing more and more these days. From another room I will hear Top of the World, and now I know why - for a time, I kept wondering who was playing my CD -

Go Carpenters! Thanks for the info here, Moe.

[karen69roland]

dave said:

As the song was ending, my now very excited wife exited the ladies' room, gesturing at the ceiling. She said that she was going to call me on the cell phone...

I like that.



[glow=red,2,300]I Love You, Karen

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[shadow=red,left,300]Roland Chayer[/shadow]
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