Submitted by xindo5555 t3_11zvtk3 in WorcesterMA

I've posted about this before on reddit on one of my old accounts. My endeavor was mainly to try to find the song in particular that plays throughout the commercial, but of all the songs people had suggested in prior posts, none were been a solid match.

I. For starters the channel was most likely Nickelodeon. That is the channel I was watching 80% of the time in the time frame of 2009-2012 (with 2010 being an estimate), in which I would have been 10-11 years old or something.

II. It is possible the advertisement was unique to a certain region in Massachusetts/New Hampshire. I say this because the commercial seemed something of a low-quality casual production, did not seem to me like it would be a national or international advertisement. This is just an assumption I've made however and could be wrong.

III. The commercial consisted of a very calming and soothing acoustic guitar-led folk song with a male vocalist, some xylophones and such, that played continuously while a collage of "oddly satisfying" video footage played. The only scene I remember is a sped-up video of grass growing, thrown amidst other such clips that I think were most likely stock footage.

IV. At the end I believe there was a brief description of whatever company was being advertised with an unseen voiceover narration.

Here is a recreation of the song that plays in the commercial. I made this mock-up using GarageBand.

If you remember watching this commercial, and/or remember details that I don't, please share them in the comments below. If you have a positive ID on what this is, please share it in the comments below. Thank you!

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PCRandomer123 t1_jdex1xy wrote

I asked Bing AI to help, redirected me to your other reddit posts. Sigh.

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godemers t1_jdfabg5 wrote

Try here, or here. Also here

The worst feeling is remembering something, but not knowing exactly what it is to be able to see it again.

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rep85 t1_jdfaelv wrote

My only nostalgia commercial from the Worcester area is Gallo video. β€œFit em in there!”

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SubduedHamster t1_jdfegyb wrote

I turned off cable by then (lol recession) so it was playing on basic channels too. It sounds so familiar. I’d leave 7-WHDH on most of the day and it feels like a morning/mid-day commercial. Triggering weird memories of a weird time for me!

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xindo5555 OP t1_jdfjqx3 wrote

Amen to that. I'll try scanning one of those videos and see if I come up with anything, thanks. My only reluctance is that idk if it was a local-only broadcast, in which case it probably wouldn't show up there :/

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0D2kv7wwmd t1_jdth7aj wrote

It reminds me of something that would be on PBS, a lot of those commercials were also for locally based organizations

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BeachAbode t1_jdvptjk wrote

Could it have been a Jack Johnson song?

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