I saw that University of Phoenix commercial for around the millionth time, and once again thought I bet that background song, the only thing that makes the commercial tolerable, is pretty good in its entirety.
Hunts for commercial songs can take forever -- last I checked, people were still going to pieces over which remix of Paul Van Dyk's "Time of Our Lives" was used in the Jeep Cherokee campaign last spring. This search, however, took five seconds. The song is "Bleeding Heart Show" by the New Pornographers. And I was right about it being pretty good in its entirety.
But that's not really what this is about. After uncovering that mystery, I went looking for a video on YouTube -- probably with an eye toward being snarky about comparison. Didn't find an official video, but I did find a video made by a couple of high school kids that...wait for it...is pretty good. There's something really sweet about the montage that starts at 3:30...but I think you need to have watched the simple story leading up to it, to understand why.
I have a feeling that even if there IS an official video for the song? I'd still like this one more.
(Edited to add: The lyrics don't match the commercial OR the video at all, which I also happen to think is pretty good.)
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