The Coke More Santas Commercial – Who’s the Singer? Hint, It’s Not Sia!

Coca-Cola is a company that often incorporates Christmas into their ads the same way Publix does Valentine’s Day (or Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or summertime…). In other words, they embrace it as a time to celebrate with friends and family. Take a look at a recent Coke commercial featuring Santa, Santa, and Santa…

The Singer. My first impression was that it was Sia behind this song called “I Could Be Santa Claus.” Well, nope. Not Sia. Also not Amy Winehouse. It’s British singer/songwriter Celeste with the lovely, bluesy voice. You can find a lot more of her music on her YouTube page and be sure to follow her on Instagram, too.

This might become one of my favorite Coke commercials, along with the one that’s currently being featured during football season:

Does Coke Have the Best College Football Commercial?

Coke is spreading the message that we can all be Santa by showing kindness to our neighbors. Sounds kinda *ahem* Biblical which makes sense at Christmas. Not to mention Santa Claus is a character based on Saint Nicholas, who was a real person of Christian faith a couple of millenniums ago. He didn’t write a children’s book, though. That’s me and you can order them online! Check out Big and Small, God Made Them All and The Brave Bamboo. Order now and you’ll have your holiday shopping done early. 🙂

-Out of the Wilderness

State Farm “Not If You Bundle Them” Ad – Who’s the Shaking Football Player?

Along with Jake from State Farm, Patrick Mahomes (MaAuto nowhere in sight) sets up his team with a mantra to help them win games. It’s one word, “Bundle Home and Auto.” An astute teammate points out that that’s 4 words. Check it out then scroll down for the name of this actor…

The actor stealing the show as he shimmies and shakes down to the ground is Brandon Smith. He’s a fitness enthusiast as well as an actor and entrepreneur according to his Instagram @MrGoCrazy80. Here’s one of his more recent posts related to the ad…

He’s also a brand ambassador for Lululemon so maybe one day he’ll be in one of their commercials, like this one featuring famous athletes and influencers: Lululemon Men’s Pants Commercial – The Music and The Men.

Is this one of State Farm’s better ads or are you not buying it? Chime in below!

-Out of the Wilderness

The Walmart Sisters Commercial – The Music and More

Hello and I’m glad you stopped by today. You’re probably here for the same reason I’m writing this post. You saw (and heard) the Walmart commercial featuring music from 1954. Take a look again, then scroll down for more info…

The Song. You probably guessed already that the name of the song is “Sisters.” It’s by sisters (surprise!) Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney. Here’s the full track from the White Christmas soundtrack…

IT’s been covered over the years, here’s one of those by Bette Midler.

So because they use a song from White Christmas (and the sisters are opening gifts), does that make the commercial a Christmas commercial, without officially naming Christmas in the ad?

Chime in with your thoughts below!

-Out of the Wilderness

10 Mostly Modern Songs with Ostinato

For my entire life I didn’t know what I was hearing, something I loved, is called “ostinato.” It’s a repeating phrase or rhythm and I’m always obsessed with it. The first song I remember catching my attention as a young kid was “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield.

So I’ve compiled a list of 9 other songs, mostly recent that have this awesome feature in the melody. Some use ostinato from beginning to end (my absolute favorite, like Alanis Morissette “Uninvited”) while others use it less so. What do you think about this list of great songs?

“100,000 People” – Kings of Leon

“So Cruel” – U2

“(Always Be My) Sunshine” – Jay Z

“I Guess I Just Feel Like” – John Mayer

“Baba O’Riley” – The Who

“drivers license” – Olivia Rodrigo

“Ice Ice Baby” – Vanilla Ice

“Dark Horse” – Katy Perry

“Uninvited” – Alanis Morissette

There are many others so if you have one that didn’t make this list, comment below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Amazon Dog Snowboarding Commercial – The Music, the Narrator, and Rufus the Dog

Hello all you early Christmas shoppers! Amazon loves needs you and to show it, they have a commercial featuring a cute little pup named Rufus. Rufus shreds the downhill. They also call on the familiar voice from previous commercials going way back to this Greek mythology Medusa ad. Find out the actress behind the voice here. Now, let’s take a look at the holiday ad before revealing more about it…

Rufus the Dog. At first glance, I’d say Rufus is some kind of spaniel. Whatever he is, he’s adventurous, athletic, and warm thanks to the vest Amy bought him. Check out similar winter vests found on Amazon. Amazon has a history with dogs and I haven’t confirmed this but based on the company’s history, I think using the name Rufus was very much on purpose. Early on at Amazon, a couple brought their dog with them to work. Here’s more…

The Music. Playing in the background of the commercial is the first few seconds of the Ludacris song, “Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)”. Not his best song (we all know his best is “Yeah!” with Usher) but it works well in the Amazon ad.

Does the commercial get you in the Christmas spirit? Either way, they definitely got one thing right: Dogs rule!

-Out of the Wilderness