Wrangler - Crosstown Traffic (1990, UK)

[@ontariojoe]

my dad showed me this and im in love

[@raymondlang]

The tv ad I remember of the Wrangler Jeans here in the UK, was about 20 seconds long and Jimi was singing. Sure it was fragments of this video.

[@canerguener8664]

True. The original commercial is much better.

[@70sboy62]

I worked for this brand in the UK during this time, I have not seen this for years and wow it was cool, the music seems a little different sure it was Hendrix doing a harder vocal version, when jeans brands had great budgets to make great TV ads.

[@whiiteshirt7192]

Yes in the YT description, the uploader says Sony won't let him use the Hendrix version.

[@ralfsiehtmann1869]

Absolutely awesome authentic!

[@hotelmario510]

god the homeless guy with a sign saying he has AIDS is brutal

[@canerguener8664]

The us version is a little bit better. But thanks!

[@lewis7515]

This might be the most strange, voyeuristic, and brutally alienated ad I've ever witnessed.. The type of content that's been used as just so much stylistic wallpaper!.. "Homeless with aids"; various desperate victims; street fights; some guy aggressively emptying his throat directly into the camera gaze; clear and deliberate characterisations of, "weirdo"... As an advertisement, just can't imagine this ever getting to screen, today - YIKES!

[@canerguener8664]

True words. Great comment.

[@charlesfontaine9874]

Un truc de fou 😭😭😭

[@nihilioellipsis]

Christopher Meloni?

[@raleighburner1589]

It made the song popular not that it wasn't popular

[@epidemicrochip3033]

what s the name of the driver?

[@kengeorgejones6855]

So was he flying to the UK to see his wife and kid?