VW fails to put Wilco fans in positive light

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Wilco stirred up a crapstorm among some of its fans recently by selling most of the tracks from its new album to Volkswagen for a new ad campaign. The complaints are tiresome, but at the same time, these ads aren’t exactly “Pink Moon.” In fact, the bedheaded, air-drumming hipster grooving to Wilco in this Rabbit ad may be the most annoying dude on TV at the moment. And aside from this spot for the convertible Beetle, the lyrics don’t really fit the plots.

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