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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Television Commercial! Dubstep Now Pushing Breakfast Cereal on the Teevee

Posted by on Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:51 AM

In Britain, advertising companies now feel like the time is right for dubstep to help sell products like Weetabix Chocolate Spoonsize cereal. (Have any Americans who watch television—I don’t; not boasting, just sayin'—noticed this happening here?) As TV spots go, this one’s not bad, and that girl and those teddy bears bust some tight moves. But somewhere in the United Kingdom, El-B and Kode9 are weeping.

 

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cosby 1
Weetabix Chocolate (now with Ketamine!).
Posted by cosby http://www.myspace.com/cosbyshownights on September 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM
2
Skrillex's terrible music is being used to sell cameras. He must be stopped.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mGzoG0CA…
Posted by Mike Ramos on September 29, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Dean Fawkes 3
This year's 'Assassin's Creed' video-game advertising uses dubstep as well. A previous year used U.N.K.L.E.'s debut collaboration with Richard Ashcroft. A contrast to the industry's usual alt-metal soundtracking, at least.
Posted by Dean Fawkes http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author?oid=479789&section=Blogs on September 29, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Keekee 4
They used a lot of dubstep on this last season of "So You Think You Can Dance."
Posted by Keekee on September 29, 2011 at 7:25 PM
Dean Fawkes 5
And this week's 'Syndicate' video-game trailer, it seems.
Posted by Dean Fawkes http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author?oid=479789&section=Blogs on September 29, 2011 at 10:02 PM

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