Volkswagen "Pink Moon" 

I bought a Jetta in 2002 and got a CD with this and other songs from Volkswagen commercial on it....four Volkswagens later still have it

haha I had never heard Nick Drake before!

I think I wanted that car when I was little just because of this commercial

Yup I emailed them and asked and got a very nice reply. 1999 back when the internet was Awesome!

@@WhimsyGalore likewise.😂 And now I drive a vw and even have nights like this where the music and ambience with friends makes the night feel like you never want it to end. And the fact that the car drives like a dream makes it all the better. Now that I'm writing this and realizing I saw this commercial as an impressionable child I'm wondering.. Have I been programmed?? 🤯And if so.. Should I be saying thank you? 🤔🤯

Absolutely.

Certainly the best VW ad of all time.

90's VW ads had amazing music that didn't make any sense whatsoever in the context of the ads.

Nice one Olivia 😍

Agree!

How dare anyone use this song for a fucking commercial. Gfy.

@@TheRealSandorClegane I mean without it, it probably wouldn't be famous, also it's just a song in a commercial, don't need to be angry lol

Exactly how I feel. It's beautiful

In complete agreement, Miss Meow. It's beautiful./

Same.

I was a kid when Drake was recording, but would only know of him 30+ years later, because of that ad. It's a gem.

It’s the music. Not the ad.

me too ♥️

Me too.

from a car commercial? sad.

Eric Draven Nevermore so I guess better just to have ever heard him? Thanks.

Me too x

This commercial has haunted me for two decades. It makes me emotional - nostalgic for that era, melancholy for a wasted youth, regretful that I never had experienced moments like that with friends, hope that I can still have that moment, and just an ingraspable ephemeral feeling for the beauty you can find in life. All that wells up when i hear this song or see an old convertible cabrio.

Permanently affected. Takes me back and appreciate all we have.

The beauty of life! Being striked by what we think are the stupidest things

I certainly was. I could never get that song out of my mind. I was mesmerized when I saw that commercial.

@@lasttractionhero Thank you. I could never say this and you make it easy, again thank you.

Oh, your comment floored me. One of the great joys of my life was being able to get to London for the first time in 1988 and discover the thrill of walking into HMV. I thought it was pure paradise. And then you practically introduce a “High Fidelity” moment where your clerk is Jack Black or John Cusack. So perfect. Thank you for sharing. I never recall seeing that ad. I just watched it for the first time this morning-after being a Nick Drake fan for years. I didn’t think it could live up to its fame. Well, now I see why it truly does. Finally, I didn’t expect such a tidal wave of this universal praise. Makes you think there is hope for humanity sometimes.

Ditto. Including the tears! T_T

Cosigned

I concur.

Hi Wilma! You are a romanticist, a great quality. Just my amateur view but I feel you see the short film for what it is and not as a commercial. If they didn't have the print on screen for VW, which is minor in comparison, it would be instead of 99% a 100% great music video of friendship and people in an unspoken way touched by the magic of nature and togetherness. You recognize that intuitively, a gift as not everyone sees or hears that as Nick's music moves the soul in that way you relate to. It reminds me of cross country skiing years ago when I lived in the north woods I miss so. We'd be skiing along and stop to rest, sit on a log etc and suddenly all would go quiet, not say a word for 15 minutes and just listen to the wind in the bare branches, or hear a nut hatch or a woodpecker... Nick does that with his music, the young adults in the film with the stars, the trees, the moon, and you do that too. Thanks for sharing your insights!

I feel the exact same way.

@@nekopuella I watched it again just now and let out a little gasp when she turns her head. It's set up with that first shot of him looking at her. Great storytelling! And amazing how it can still make me feel that way even though I've watched it many times.

Yeah, you nailed it. Amazing commercial, but it's the last shot that seals it as a masterpiece. I come back every 5 years or so to watch this, one of my favorite "things" put to film. (The Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" video is in the same vein.)

@@dalegreer3095 yes, a gasp. yes. it's so....perfect

You said it best. I have been looking for this commercial for years.

That last sentence is so well said.

I think about this commercial and your very question quite often. I remember being 18-19 when this commercial came out and now I’m 43😂😂 it’s gross😂😂

Beautiful comment. :)

Agreed. Try to do it after a summer rain.

Late summer or early fall when the night cool and clear....I am afraid I can only do a panoramic sun roof now.

I agree, just not in a sketchy neighborhood.

Any car journey listening to Nick Drake is great

I did just that. Never forgot this commercial

Exactly.

Agreed. This and Why Do Fools Fall In Love/American Greeting Cards. Cool music goes a long way.

It’s great but quite a stretch. What makes this so good is Drakes transcendence

Still affects me when I watch it all these years later!

You are exactly right, this song and video should be aired today all over the world

Same here. My years keep being crappy and even worse in the next future...ahaha...but i don't care, i smile and go on.

Same

I like the one where the terrorist blows the veeweee up and it doesn't break apart.. just annihilates the terrorist. That one's purty good! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xXzzmOZP_RI.html

To be honest, it's maybe even the best of all of what can be regarded as films, including both movies and shorter ones like commericals.

Shout out to you

Check out the book, White Bicycles by Joe Boyd. Great history of Nick and other ‘60s music.

It does stick for all those reasons, doesn't it? Makes one very nostalgic indeed. If we were lucky, we had one or maybe two of :those" nights in our youth. It's my hope everyone gets at least one. A very special thing. Brilliant work.

Jay Munton 👍🏼

me too. exactly the same. All I could remember to search was volswagen and "soysay"

Kevin Jones “saw it say”*

You do know how old this commercial is, yes? 🙂

mary smith yup. I had a Cabrio 20 years ago or so.

I do, too.

Oh man, that's so weird to my brain! - you were born into a post-Nick Drake-discovery world. Anyone over 30 will have a story about the first time they saw the commercial.

That shot was a nice touch.....

Haha... And I thought it was just an epitaph for a consenus to leave a boring party early. Now that you mention it, it does sound kinda, "Puff, the magic dragon-ish," albeit Peter Paul & Mary is a bit more mellow...UBËR-Stoney

Also. Not a cell phone in sight …

Exactly! The moon was great in Los Angeles and my neighbor said it’s called a pink moon so I told him about the song and the Volkswagen commercial and looked it up and here we are

Couldn't agree more!

Exactly!