Volvo S90 Song Of The Open Road Full Version

Song Of The Open Road Full Version

[garywhite]

I know it's a car commercial, but I've been listening to this for over 6yrs for inspiration!

[deathstar]

It’s been a few years but I go back to this commercial once in a while as it so beautiful. Great car too, of course!

[ilixcota]

Might sound silly but the one part that always stuck in my head since I first saw this commercial is the fox at 2:15. 7 years later, I still wonder where that fox is today; if he is still alive, or has passed on.

[josephpedulla]

This is the greatest commercial, I think, ever made. A true celebration of America!

[chrismiller]

Still one of the best commercials ever made! Inspiring

[shirleymuhleisen]

My favorite commercial still, December 5 2021: pulling it up today to listen to a beautiful Walt Whitman poetry read by Josh Brolin, and watch a classy car take a writer across a beautiful country, memories of which reignite all his dreams and imagination. Kudos to the producers at West for this piece of art 🤠👏👏

[billycroacker]

Most beautiful commercial ever in my opinion.

[Hangzakgameplay]

THE SCRIPT:

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,

Strong and content I travel the open road.

You road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here,
I believe that much unseen is also here.

Here is realization,
Here is a man tallied—he realizes here what he has in him,
The past, the future, majesty, love—if they are vacant of you, you are vacant of them.

Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.
I inhale great draughts of space,
The east and the west are mine, and the north and the south are mine.

I am larger, better than I thought,
I did not know I held so much goodness.

All seems beautiful to me.

[lightharbormusic]

This is more than a commercial, this is a mini movie better than two thirds of what's at the theaters and on TV. This in itself is a n inspirational work of art

[theobserver]

My teacher showed this to me freshman year, now its the end of my Senior Year. So much has changed and so much hasn't.

[davidpittard]

I've been using this for years in my literature classes to introduce poetic analysis. Here is the excerpt and the link to the entire poem (best read slowly and with much introspection).

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,

Strong and content I travel the open road.

You road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here,
I believe that much unseen is also here.

Here is realization,
Here is a man tallied—he realizes here what he has in him,
The past, the future, majesty, love—if they are vacant of you, you are vacant of them.

Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.
I inhale great draughts of space,
The east and the west are mine, the north and the south are mine.

I am larger, better than I thought,
I did not know I held so much goodness.

All seems beautiful to me

[JimNavarro]

This is the last of the best car commercials ever.

[maxshakirov]

There is so much depth in every word that's placed right where it needs to go when you listen closely...it all seems beautiful to me.

[bulnene]

The east and the West are mine the north and the south are mine, all seems beautiful to me

[cdrls]

Such a great commercial. Well done and just grabs your soul.

[jenniferc]

6 years later, I keep coming back to this commercial. ❤❤❤

[paulderocco]

Lots of SoCal locations: E Avenue G in Hi Vista heading east toward Shadow Mountain, Center St in Piru where it crosses the railroad tracks, the lower level of Grand Ave in downtown L.A., Pacific Coast Highway east of Pt. Mugu, Lake Hughes Road going northeast just past Castaic Lake, aerial of I-405 going north before the 118 interchange, and the beach parking lot just north of Point Dume. All easy to find in Google Street View.

[oliviaholmes]

I love this poem out loud. A morning meditation ♥️

[JustinMcDonald-SixagonDesign]

Some days you're the beatnik poet, some days you're the fox.

[cherrelyn]

This message was exactly what I needed! 🙏🏼