If you’re reading this, I gotta tell you, I saw this commercial on my tiny bedroom tv in middle school, never got it out of my head, quickly developed an obsession with both the VW Cabrio and Nick Drake; I’m 37 now; this is literally the only commercial I’ve ever actively searched for. You/They freaking nailed it. What a strange thing too, a resonant work of art for a car company that to boot would later be exposed for an insane environmental fraud scheme. What a strange time to be alive on Earth. Celebrate and freaking Cry.
This commercial was effective in 2000 because I was 19 and it gave me nostalgia for the present. It's beautiful in 2024 because I'm 43 and it's making me nostalgic for the past
I just came to find my favorite commercial. And now I see that you made it, Alan. Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful memory. It's like you plucked it right out of my heart.
I saw this ad before a movie in Prague. I searched three years for the song. If anybody remembers KGBKGB it was how I found ho and where the song came from. Somebody said here that this commercial was a poem . I couldn’t agree more. I still tear up.
You don't have to own a VW to realize what this advert conveyed. I have a mint BMW Z3, it belonged to my wife of 18 years. She passed away in 2022 and I will always have and love her car because we enjoyed COUNTLESS days and evenings in it together. This ad is a culmination of those times we had. I will never stop searching for more experiences like that for they are the things that make life full. VW was able to put into a one minute ad what it took me eighteen years to learn.
After years and years of looking for this ad (because I wanted to know the name of the song) finally founded thanks to Instagram (saw a reel about 90's nostalgic ads)
Back when commercials were longer than 15 seconds and could actually say something rather than just bash you in the face. Excellent spot - even more so because I still have a 1997 VW Cabrio :D I can't imagine a world without Nick Drake's music and truly wish he could have written more.
Absolutely best commercial of all time...unfortunately the car was terrible...but I still get tears in my eyes when I listen to this song and watch the commercial.
I've been searching for this song/commercial for the last 10 years. Had a vw rabbit in the 80's. Forgot the singer/song. Today in the radio they said we're having a pink moon this month, just like the nick drake song and it all clicked back in my head. Great ad.
PINK MOON moonglow on an april night. catching stars in outstretched hands, fingers raking diamonds in the night sky with the convertible top down; you and me and her on a quiet drive -- a jet-black river dances by in moonlight, tiny ripples reflecting a midnight breeze, as we flow free out of our hometown, our simple conversations meandering down any roads we choose to go... trees whisper as we pass them by, rustling in new spring-born clothes; acoustic guitar on the radio, mingling with the rhythmic thrum of tires below, and we're still young, ready for the night. life hasn't come yet to change our plans; we can't even imagine the curves up the road. it's just you and me and her on a quiet drive, bathed in the glittering glow of forever -- etched like that, three of us, in my memory. -4/22/2024
that is everything Nick was after, fame, notoriety, and selling Nazi cars, he can rest easy now. I remember this commercial vividly too, probably during frazier or some shee, I was like 11 when it originally aired, reminds me of Surge the soda and cool nights not wanting to go to school the next day. What the hell does he say, "Soy is written, and Soy he say?"
This commercial reminds me of a really good time in my life - I was a young teen, a few years too young to drive, but I was enjoying middle school and really looking forward to the years ahead and this commercial takes me back to that time 🙂
How a commercial car advert managed to spur interest in a sadly long passed singer - it's the stuff of myth. But then again, Nick Drake and his abilities were mythical. Beautiful and timeless, the music and this ad.
I was working in the VW customer care center at the time and calls were coming in daily with people asking about this song. I'm still a huge Nick Drake fan to this day.
Thank you ive been looking for this commercial online for 2 decades i was 16 when it came out and its lived in my subconscious ever since ❤️🔥🫶🏿🤟🏿💁🏿♀️💯
Heath Ledger was going to make a movie about this singer but he died too soon and Elton John covered (on demos) some of Nick Drake’s songs before he achieved fame himself back in 1969/70.
One of the greatest commercials ever made that as a passionate VW/Audi enthusiast yet heartbroken single/boyfriend/husband I visit with desperation each single awareness day over the past 25 years hoping I one fine day find that same gorgeous spark....Not ever going to happen. PERHAPS IN THE NEXT LIFE. Gotta love those cute Cabbys. My 16v turbo MK1 painted Audi Dolphin Gray is such an absolute gem of a machine. MACHINES ARE FOREVER.
I guess I don’t fully understand the interaction. They arrived to the party and it looks like she took off in the car on her own back on the road. But someone said she is looking back at the other boy, so she switched to the drivers seat after they left the party though they never went Inside the house? It doesn’t look like she’s with anyone on the way back. And what would be the significance of her leaving alone? PS long live Nick Drake
VW in the 90s-00s fed that youth market so well with 'future nostalgia'. I didn't run out to buy the song or get a Cabrio - I was already a German car fan for a while. But as a creative - I appreciated the storytelling and wanting to feel connected. This ad accomplished that. I show it to interns at my job and ask them what they see. Most says "it's a car commercial". A rare few say something deeper.
