3:23 PM
The VW commercial using "Mr. Blue Sky" is now on the VW Convertible subsite. Upon revisiting both the ad and the song, I think they (whether "they" be the ad agency or ELO, who knows--ELO hasn't updated their site for more than a year) rerecorded the song for the commerical, and in my opinion the ad version is highly inferior. Regardless of editing the song for length, the performance of the vocals in particular just isn't as good.

I know, I know. I'll stop pissing and moaning now.