Saw the following cute commercial during NBC’s coverage of Wimbledon.

Song: Trouble (iTunes) | (Amazon MP3)

Artist: Ray LaMontagne

Trouble lyrics:
Trouble…
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble
Trouble been doggin’ my soul since the day I was born
Worry…
Worry, worry, worry, worry
Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone
We’ll I’ve been…
saved by a woman
I’ve been…
saved by a woman
I’ve been…
saved by a woman
She won’t let me go
She won’t let me go now
She won’t let me go
She won’t let me go now

Trouble…
Oh, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble
Feels like every time I get back on my feet
she come around and knock me down again
Worry…
Oh, worry, worry, worry, worry
Sometimes I swear it feels like this worry is my only friend
We’ll I’ve been saved…
by a woman
I’ve been saved…
by a woman
I’ve been saved…
by a woman
She won’t let me go
She won’t let me go now
She won’t let me go
She won’t let me go now

Oh…, Ahhhh….
Ohhhh
She good to me now
She gave me love and affection
She good tell me now
She gave me love and affection
I Said I love her
Yes I love her
I said I love her
I said I love…
She good to me now
She’s good to me
She’s good to me

The new Palm Pre commercial that features Facebook also features the following music:

Includes the lyrics: “You get right under my skin”.

Song: Doorway (iTunes) | (Amazon MP3)

Artist: Io Echo

The current commercial for the awesome USA network show Burn Notice is using the also awesome band Cold War Kids.

Song: Hang Me Up To Dry - (iTunes) | (Amazon MP3)

Artist: Cold War Kids

New Bacardi commercial is using a really cool song from Matt & Kim. The commercial focuses on mojitos and partying - two good things.

Song: Daylight (iTunes) | (Amazon MP3)

Artist: Matt & Kim

Daylight lyrics

DAYLIGHT

we cut the legs off of our pants
threw our shoes into the ocean
sit back and wave through the daylight
sit back and wave through the daylight

slip and slide on subway grates
these shoes are poor mans ice skates
fall through like change in the daylight
fall through like change in the daylight

i miss yellow lines in my roads
some color on monochrome
maybe i’ll paint them in myself
maybe i’ll paint them in myself

these sidewalks liquid then stone
building walls and an old pay phone
it rings like all through the daylight
it rings like all through the daylight

chorus
and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine
i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames
and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone
cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

I have five clocks in my life
and only one has the time right
i’ll just unplug it for today
ill just unplug it for today

open hydrant rolled down windows
this car might make a good old boat
and float down grand street in daylight
and float down grand street in daylight

and with just half of a sunburn
new yellow lines that i earned
step back and here comes the night time
step back and here comes the night time

chorus
and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine
i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames
and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone
cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

I hesitated to post this one because I thought, “who doesn’t know who sang this song?” Then I realized that I’m old and that a 20 year old would have been born 19 years after this song was released.

Song: I’ll Be There (iTunes)| Amazon MP3

Artist: The Jackson 5

The LG Xenon commercial is using the following music in their commercials.

Song: The Bomb (iTunes)|(Amazon MP3)

Artist: New Young Pony Club

The Bomb Lyrics (iTunes)|(Amazon MP3)

You know you really were the bomb
Oh, oh, oh, atomic infamy
You really have to display information
To discover relativity
You know you really were the bomb
Oh, oh, oh, atomic infamy
You really have to display information
To discover relativity
You’re no faker, love and peace maker
Come and take a moment with your enemy

Aha, don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Aha
Aha, don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Aha

And on the atoll of desire
Oh, oh, oh, battle was fought and won
Who took advantage and who was defenceless?
Oh, no, peppermint girl’s not done
Remember this emotional equation
Don’t test the moment when you break the sun

Aha, don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Aha
Aha, don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Aha
Aha, don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Aha
Aha, don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Aha

Dancing you’re tearing it up you know
Dancing you’re tearing it up you know
Dancing you’re tearing it up you know
Dancing you’re tearing it up…

Don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Dancing you’re tearing it up you know
Don’t speak ‘cos your mind is amazing
Dancing you’re tearing it up you know
Dancing you’re tearing it up…

Dan-cing, dan-cing, dan-cing, danc-ing
Danc-ing, dan-cing

Doubletree commercial music in the current campaign:

Artist: Dinah Washington
Song: Relax Max (iTunes)|(Amazon MP3)

Really cool Heineken commercial - with the people being driven home in a taxi. Uses the following music:

Song: Just a Friend (iTunes)|(Amazon MP3)

Artist: Biz Markie

I expect some good music during tonight’s Chuck season (hopefully not series) finale. I’ll post the music here. Keep checking back…

How awesome was tonight’s episode? I’m wondering about that “To Be Continued…” though.

Christmas TV Lyrics

It’s okay to have scars, they will make you who you are
It’s okay to have fear, as long as you’re not scared of going here
And in the middle of the night, just call if you wanna talk
‘Cause you know that I wanna talk too

It’s not bad of you to think ’bout what might go wrong
But you can’t blame me for secretly hoping that I’ll prove you wrong
It’s okay that I pray that you will miss your flight
And have to stay with me another night

It is brutal, it’s brutal, why can’t you see
It’s brutal, it’s brutal, where have you been
‘Cause we’re far apart and my lonely heart
Finds it hard to get through the night
You pull me out of the dark and now it’s light
You pull me out of the dark and now it’s light

When we’re out in the market and out on the streets
I’ve got a pocket full of problems and a pocket full of seeds
Hoping something good might grow out of this mistletoe
And I won’t have to erase your memory

I like the way that our arguments stop when we fall asleep
And the way that your body feels when it’s wrapped around me
And I’d like it if you made it to mine by Christmas Eve
So you can hold me
And we’ll watch Christmas TV

It is brutal, it’s brutal, why can’t you see
It’s brutal, it’s brutal, where have you been
‘Cause we’re far apart and my lonely heart
Finds it hard to get through the night
You pull me out of the dark and now it’s light
You pull me out of the dark and now it’s light

So come on home, just come on home
Just come on home, just come on home… (repeat)

Another Frito-Lays commercial. Cool animation and cool music. The song doesn’t look to be available yet, but it’s on the band’s Myspace page.

Artist: Rabbit! (Ashton Allen and Devin Moore) (iTunes Artist Page)
Song: Color the World
Rabbit! Myspace Page
Lyrics from the commercial

Round and around
You can laugh
It’s allowed

Leave your worries far behind
You want have to stay inside alive

(Might have screwed up that lyric)

Love the new series of commercials run by Frito-Lay for Tostitos chips.

Artist: Anya Marina
Song: Vertigo (iTunes)|(Amazon MP3)
Lyrics from commercial:

This medicine’s
Experimental

This medicine it’s
Making me well

I like it like it
Outta control

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Honda is rolling out their new Insight with commercials featuring some cool music from bands like Great Lake Swimmers. So far this is what I’ve found.

See You On the Moon (iTunes)

Lyrics from the commercial:

When I grow up maybe I’ll be a singer in a band
and I’ll drive all across the land
with my friends all in the van
and I’ll sing into a microphone
but when it’s over, I’ll come home
while the people go “clap, clap, clap”
and the drummer goes “tap, tap, tap”
and thank you singer.

maybe I’ll be an astronaut and work for NASA.
maybe I’ll see you on the moon,
I’ll see you on the moon,
I’ll see you on the moon.

Not sure who the following commercial is using. Let me know in the comments.
Lyrics I hear are:

Let’s all paint the town red and white black and brown
Watch the colors dry, they mix so well it’s no surprise
We are all in this together
Let’s all build a home, gather up the friends you know
Somewhere we can go

And here’s one more using Honey Tree by Mostar Driving Club (Myspace)
Lyrics from the commercial:

Just another perfect day
I think I’ll walk this way where the trees do sing
Feeling part of everything
When all my troubles seem to fade away
Skies look brighter
I feel, feel a change

The commercial promoting the new Jaguar XF Sports Sedan is Oasis’ “The Shock of the Lightning” (iTunes).

“The Shock of the Lightning” (Amazon MP3)

“The Shock of Lightning” lyrics (iTunes)
I’m all over my heart’s desire,
I feel cold but I’m back in the fire,
Out of control but I’m tied up tight,
Come in, come out tonight.

I’m comin’ up in the early morning,
I feel love in the shock of the lightning,
I fall into the blinding light,
Come in, come out, come in, come out tonight.

Love is a time machine,
Up on the silver screen,
It’s all in my mind,
Love is a litany,
A magical mystery,
And all in good time, and all in good time,
And all in good time.

I got my feet on the street but I can’t stop flyin’,
My head’s in the clouds but at least I’m tryin’,
I’m out of control but I’m tied up tight,
Come in, come out tonight.

There’s a hole in the ground into which I’m fallin’,
So God speaks to the sound of the poundin’,
I’m all into the blinding light,
Come in, come out, come in, come out tonight..

Love is a time machine,
Up on the silver screen,
It’s all in my mind,
Love is a litany,
A magical mystery,
And all in good time, and all in good time,
And all in good time.

It’s all in my mind,
Love is a time machine,
Up on the silver screen,
And all in good time, and all in good time,
And all in good time.

The Sherwin-Williams commercial currently running is using The Pernice Brothers song “The Weakest Shade of Blue” (iTunes).

“The Weakest Shade of Blue” lyrics (iTunes)
won’t you come away with me
and begin something we can’t understand
i’m as lonely as the Irish Sea
i’m as willing as the sand

could it be so wrong, so wrong?
could it be so wrong, so wrong?

won’t you come unbury me
could you light me up like a lemon grove
i’ll save you from this dreamy life
to the hardest love you could ever know

could it be so wrong, so wrong?
could it be so wrong, so wrong?

but don’t cry baby,
please don’t cry baby
i’ll be tender til the day i die

this love i have for you is terrible and true
how this sheltered loveless life
fades into the weakest shade of blue

its ruinous and true
how this sheltered loveless life
fades into the weakest shade of blue
weakest shade of blue

could it be so wrong, so wrong?
could it be so wrong, so wrong?

but don’t cry baby,
please don’t cry baby
i’ll be tender til the day i die

this love i have for you is terrible and true
how this sheltered loveless life
fades into the weakest shade of blue

weakest shade of blue…

I did not see the Kutner suicide coming. He was the only likeable character.

The music they used at the end of the show was Lose You (iTunes)from Pete Yorn’s album Musicforthemorningafter (iTunes).

Lose You lyrics (iTunes)

I’m taking a ride off to one side
It is a personal thing.
Where?
When I can’t stand
Up in this cage I’m not regretting.
I don’t need a better thing,
I’d settle for less,
It’s another thing for me,
I just have to wander through this world
Alone.
Stop before you fall
Into the hole that I have dug here,
Rest even as you
Are starting to feel the way I used to,
I don’t need a better thing
(Just to sound confused)
Don’t talk about everyone,
I am not amused by you.
I’m gonna lose you,
Yeah I’m gonna lose you
If I’m gonna lose you,
I’m gonna lose you,
Yeah I’m gonna lose you
If I’m gonna lose you
I’ll lose you now for good