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"Something wicked this way comes..."

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  1. rdefabri

    rdefabri Three Time F1 World Champ

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    Does anyone remember the Lexus commercials for the GS series that had a woman reciting a ominous poem that ended with this line?

    Can't find these things anywhere - either on YouTube or Google. Anyone know where I could find them?
     
  2. REMIX

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    I remember those. Great spots in the late 90s.

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  3. rdefabri

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    They were really cool! With some of the most obscure things popping up on YouTube, I was shocked these can't be found there.

    I'd love to see them again!
     
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    Google poem "something wicked"

    It's by Ray Bradbury
     
  5. rdefabri

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    #5 rdefabri, Feb 4, 2009
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    Actually, it's a novel by Bradbury, inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth:

    "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

    It's that line that's used in the commercials - I found the 4 poems used in an ads:

    "Ill winds mark its fearsome flight,
    and autumn branches creak with fright,
    the landscape turns to ashen crumbs,
    when something wicked this way comes..."

    "Distant thunder, cold as stone,
    a V8 screams down from its throne.
    One by one, each car succumbs.
    Something wicked this way comes..."

    "Crystal water turns to dark,
    where e'er its presence leaves its mark,
    and boiling currents pound like drums,
    when something wicked this way comes..."

    "A presence dark invades the fair,
    and gives the horses ample scare,
    for chaos reigns and panic numbs,
    when something wicked this way comes..."
     
  6. Bradwilliams

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    I wish I could find it! I have an 02 GS430 and that commercial was sick
     
  7. El Wayne

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    Inspired by both Macbeth and Longfellow's I heard The Bells On Christmas Day.
     
  8. rdefabri

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    I have the 2000 GS400 - great car, and can be had reasonably cheap. I only have 88,000 miles on it!

    I think there is one or 2 of the commercials on YouTube, but man, I still can't find these!!!
     
  9. Bradwilliams

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    Found one. How many of these are out there?
     
  10. rdefabri

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    Quite a few - I'd guess 4-5.

    Where is the one you found? Can you post the link?
     
  11. wingfeather

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    Reminds me of the early Infiniti ads with Jonathan Pryce :)
     

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