REO Speedwagon song in Horton Film

[SillyRed]

Has anyone seen 1 of the Horton ads where the characters sing "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon. What do you think of this happening?

 

[Skye]

Lol, I just saw this in a commercial for the movie last night!

I am a huge REO Speedwagon fan. They are my favorite band. And on one hand, I'm not sure how I feel about the song being in the movie (even though, based on the commercial, the characters really seemed to be getting into it and singing their hearts out with it, hehe). But on the other hand, I think it's a very cute and an adorable way to introduce REO Speedwagon (or at least their songs) to younger generations. "Can't Fight This Feeling" is one of my all-time favorite songs of REO's, and who knows... maybe someday in the future, a young kid now hearing the song in "Horton..." will hear the original version and become an REO fan. That's a common way for fandom to begin nowadays.

REO Speedwagon songs have been everywhere recently... in this movie, in multiple commercials, etc. And it's very interesting to see. People's opinions about things like these are always so different... it's either a compliment to the band or an insult to the band, etc, depending on how it's done. But I think it can be a very good thing! And in this case, I thought it was pretty adorable!

 

[SillyRed]

Kevin ronin of REO was at the premeire too, Here's the clip of the ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N12QDWhtgqE&eurl=http://youtube.com/user/shakeitbabe94

 

[Skye]

Kevin Cronin of REO was at the premeire too, Here's the clip of the ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N12QDWhtgqE&eurl=http://youtube.com/user/shakeitbabe94

What a cute ad! That's actually different than the one I saw. Thanks for posting the link to it, SillyRed!

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Yeah! I saw that commercial the other day. I really love the book but how they stretch theses stories to an hour is beyond me? Reo Speedwagon is a really cool band bay the way!