Stephin Merritt - The Wheels On The Car Video

Stephin Merritt, of The Magnetic Fields fame, sells his soul to Volvo for their latest advert.

AWESOME? ad!!
AWESOME? ad!!

selling his soul ...
selling his soul would be letting a record company dictate how his songs should? sound

"Sells his soul"? ...
"Sells his soul"? If it weren't for a couple older commercials which used his songs (sorry, dun remember what they were for, but the songs used were Desert Island and Strange Powers), I would never have even heard of? Stephin Merritt, which would've been my loss. ='[.]'=

merritt needs some ...
merritt needs some cash... please go buy the albums by? Future Bible Heroes or TMF. then he won't have to whore out to corporate, which probably makes him feel even more depressed ;)

If? that Volvo ...
If? that Volvo comes with Stephin Merritt, I will? sell MY soul to buy it.

Sold his soul? ...
Sold his soul? What? the f**k, singing for a commercial is hardly selling your soul.

It feels good? to ...
It feels good? to have money Stop being so critical

@obstwasser nee sry ...
@obstwasser nee sry tut mir leid:-(?

@obstwasser nee ...
@obstwasser nee sry? tut mir leid:-(

@obstwasser neee ...
@obstwasser neee sry tut mir? leid:-(

@MarlinD91 kanns du ...
@MarlinD91 kanns du mir vill. sagen wie? andere version von dem lied heißt ? i.weiß nur i.was mit nem "liegestuhl" xD

can someone in the ...
can someone in the industry tell me what is the deal with? all commercials aimed at 30-and overs sounding like children songs? Are we all drooling morons suddenly?

ah? einfach schön ...
ah? einfach schön das lied,schade die werbung kommt kaum noch im tv:(

hahaha literary ...
hahaha literary reference? in a youtube comment mind is blown

if doing that means ...
if doing that means you sell your soul, then by that logic, everyone that has a job and career has sold their soul.? well looks like were all going to hell then everyone, i'll see you all there, we can all post more youtube comments while we are burning in fire and being boned by the devil.

the fact that ...
the fact that people are saying stephin merritt has sold his soul just because he sung a song for a volvo? commerical, they are all f**king retarded. just because you do a song for a company commerical, doesn't mean you sold your soul. it's called making money. he has a career of writing songs and making music, they obviously like his stuff so they wanted him to do one for their commerical, he said yes, that's how a f**king job or career works. Thats how a career or job works, do this, make money

i heared it now ...
i heared it now 29times? and it´s still sooooo cool!!!!

Seriously, you go ...
Seriously, you go from Underwear to a rewritten children's? song? You sir, fail at life.

i'm glad.? he ...
i'm glad.? he deserves it.

vroom? vroom ze ...
vroom? vroom ze party starter!

The Magnetic Fields ...
The Magnetic Fields have officially sold out. This, plus The Book of Love covered by Peter Gabriel? being on the finale of Scrubs is proof.

what an annoying ...
what an annoying piece of s**t song.?

'sells his soul"... ...
'sells his soul".... we're all entitled to our own opinion. So heres mine: You good? sir, are an idiot.

Back in the vinyl ...
Back in the vinyl record era, your "sells his soul" comment would make more sense;? in that era, one could earn a pretty decent income on record sales. But the reality is that artists don't make much on CDs anymore, especially indie artists like Stephin Merritt. On the other hand, rich artists like Bob Dylan have no reasonable financial need to sell songs to advertising agencies; so perhaps they are "selling their souls"

i wan this? car :(
i wan this? car :(

"Sells his soul"? ...
"Sells his soul"? Nonsense. You *might* be able to make that argument if the song were different than a song he might actually write & perform (say, if they wanted him to do a slick jingle), but that's not the case. This song could've been written for one of Stephin's albums, and everyone would think he was just being his usual ironic self. I don't? think that punters should be allowed to pass judgment on professional musicians' "souls" until they've been offered a commercial and turned it down.

I? lost my wallet a ...
I? lost my wallet a few weeks ago, and the guy who returned it to me, is the guy who re-composed this song to get the advertising agency an $8 million contract with volvo, before they gave it to stephin merritt instead.

HOW? SAD.
HOW? SAD.

Just? be glad ...
Just? be glad Stephen is getting out there. All of the world nears to hear his voice