April 17, 2007 5:19 AM PDT
OK, the Bravia bouncy ball ad was cool. Now let's move on
A few years ago, Sony made a pretty big splash with that advertisement for its Bravia HDTVs that showed a zillion colorful bouncy balls roaming the streets of San Francisco:
It kind of got old when people started spoofing it in Halo (and also when some second-rate nightclub DJs began spinning a lame techno remix of the Jose Gonzales song playing in the background), but now the "colorful balls fall from the sky" ad trend has really gone over the hill. One word: Pokemon. Check out this promotional ad for the new Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl games for the Nintendo DS, due out on April 22nd:
They could've at least used paint geysers.
(Via Joystiq)
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
But, no, that techno remix I heard was pretty bad...
- Whoa, wait a sec
- by 6-3-2 April 17, 2007 3:45 PM PDT
- I hate to tamp down your cred, but that song by Jose Gonzales was actually a cover of "Heartbeats" by Swedish electronic duo The Knife, so that "techno remix" might be the original version. I think the original version is better too, but that's personal preference.
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- Really! That is interesting!
- by caroline.mccarthy April 17, 2007 7:36 PM PDT
- I saw Gonzales in concert last summer and had no idea that song was a cover. Thanks for the tip...I'll have to see if the original version is available stateside. Don't worry. I think my cred is intact.
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