Volvo 'Wedding' (video)

What the bell is this commercial about? From the looks of these four dad sacks it's like the guy with the wedding ringgit left at the altar. Seriously can anyone explain? What am I missing?

The commercial is supposed to sell you on the luxury of the Volvo XC90, one hell of a fancy dandy auto, but I think 'dad in the back' looks like an all-new widower.

The old guy's daughter just got married, and he's in the car with his other kids on the way back from the wedding.  He's reminiscing about his own marriage.

All my sorrow, sad tomorrow
Take me back to my old home
All my cryin', feel I'm dyin', dyin'
Take me back, to my old home

I'm changin', arrangin', I'm changin'
I'm changin' everything, ah everything around me
The world is a bad place, a bad place
A terrible place to live, oh but I don't wanna die

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

 

Mama tries hard to pretend
Things will get better again
Somehow she's keeping it all inside her
But finally the tears fill our eyes
And I know that somewhere tonight
She knows how much we really miss her

Shannon is gone, I hope she's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island with a shaded tree
Just like the one in our backyard
Just like the one in our backyard

One must feel as if our friends at Volvo actually caught this thread. I *just* saw the below commercial, which really explains not only my concerns, but may clear the air for Maddy, too...what a classy little response to explain it all.

As if I don't have enough worries and bullsh*t in my life I now have to have a sequence of commercials to watch out for to understand what is going on in Volvo world? I could barely stomach the first commercial let alone the whole shebang.

So true about the ads but Volvos are such nice cars outside of the repair shop! 

My brother had a Volvo that only died from rust - it was one of the first box-ish ones. He tried to keep it on the road by stocking extra body parts and a few parts cars, but gave up somewhere around 450,000 miles - the ride became too bumpy for him.

My younger sister and her husband have ALWAYS driven Volvos, 25 plus years now.

PaWolf wrote: Yea, we had family friends who bought an S70 and took us out to dinner, back in the late '90's. We may have been the ONLY people in that car as it turned out to be a genuine 'lemon' for them, which was a real shame as the car was pure luxury, comfort-wise.

Thanks Pa. 1990s S70s are the problem Volvos I was trying to remember.

Both commercials: umm WTF!?

The only nice thing I could say is Volvos come a long way from the boxiness days of the 1970s and 1980s.

I have to have a little fun with this just to put my mind at ease.

Cleary, the Swedes are a decent lot of folks, albeit an emotional, sad bunch of people.

Being of Irish and Italian New York descent, this is how the commercial would play out...

First off, nobody in the immediate family would be in any condition to be driving AFTER the wedding. Unless you were pregnant or took "the pledge" and even that wouldn't be a guarantee anyone would be in a sober condition behind the wheel.

Tears? Oh hell, there would be tears. But thst would be because the best man said something "smart" about a bridesmaid, causing a brawl that resulted in a black eye and split lip combo.

Someone would be looking fondly at the passing Burger King/Wendys/ and Burger King neon, begging to stop.

A car would be sideways in an attempt to park in front of a place called McGuire's Pub.

Puke stains on the wedding dress. Hers or a relative's. Definitely.

Duct tape would be a major part of the car.

When someone pressed the CD button, you know damn well it would be Bono or Dean Martin emanating from the speakers.

Maaaaaaaaaaady...no Irish/Italian/Chicaga-New Yawka would be caught dead in a Volvo.