I'm taking great effort to not exaggerate, but I would say I see this commercial 25 times a day on MLB.tv:
And the fine folks at Productive Outs have made sure that I will never see it the same way again.
Firstly, neither guitarist is playing the 16th-note Edge-like figure we hear.
— Productive Outs (@ProductiveOuts) April 25, 2012
Second, the guy playing acoustic guitar switches from acoustic guitar to Hammond organ, and there's no Hammond organ in the song.
— Productive Outs (@ProductiveOuts) April 25, 2012
Thirdly, the singer looks like Chad Kroeger.
— Productive Outs (@ProductiveOuts) April 25, 2012
I suspect that the original song didn't test well and they decidedto replace it and thought no one would notice. Well, Corona, WE NOTICED.
— Productive Outs (@ProductiveOuts) April 25, 2012
On the other hand, the racial make-up of the crowd at that concert seems spot on.
(Everest, the band, is playing Citi Field before the Marlins and Mets play Thursday.)
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