Shouldn't they have used a Reventon? Damn, our country can't do anything right these days.

I think I just fell into a ring of hell.

I dare you to name a song that American Idol hasn't massacred.

Ford builds a decent car
But sometimes they come out subpar
Blind by low APR
I got into Focus car

I fell into a burning recall fire
I procrastinate
and the flames, they went higher
And it burns burns burns
That recall fire
That recall fire

Real country music died years ago. Today, it tried to come back like a projectile-vomiting, brain-eating zombie. QUICK, somebody hit it in the head with a shovel!

Mustang ≠ bull

I ain't watching it, not only due to the likely massacree of an American classic...but moreso as American Idol is one of the Signs of the Apocalypse.

There's Four of them left, right?

That is absolutely disgusting!
Not a good way to start my morning.
But hey at least the 4 people had their 15 minutes of fame

Wait, they still make Fords?

@Ash78: I usually scroll past the song lyrics popularized by polar, but that was kinda funny. The June Carter (original version) of this song is worth a listen. I like it quite a bit.

The required whoring for Ford is the worst part of the show. I don't know if anyone else here has to sit through the show due to a spouse's proclivity to watch, but this Ford stuff has been going on since the beginning.

And of course the winners get Ford vehicles. I used to see Ruben Studdard driving around in his Excursion all the time.

Works for me. Pleasant enough.

@dolo54: I like the June Carter version, and I also really enjoy the Social Distortion cover (among the many cover versions).

That was painful to watch,i feel sick now.

seeing as how ford seems to build their cars out of phlogiston, i simply can't believe they'd allow one of their cars to be used with a song about fire.

well that just plain sucked,

@MadMo: Check out Jim White. Not exactly country, but close to old country flavor: [www.myspace.com]

He's awesome to see live. When I saw him, he did all the instruments himself. Would start out playing a beat and looping it, then play the hook and loop it, then start playing the song and singing, bringing in the hook at the chorus.

i refuse to watch yet another butchering of ring of fire. some boy punk band butchered it all to hell when they came over the juke box at the bar last weekend. rule of thumb. you don't cover johnny cash songs. johnny covers yours if he so chooses to honor your song(even though i realize he has passed). same way with willie nelson.

It needs a better ending, the doors open, they all get in. The car self destructs. Now thats how you sell cars kids.

I was hoping the stang would at least hit one of them.

If I was in that mustang those "idols" would be dirt.

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down, down, down, and the flames lept higher

Wow, I'm gonna go throw up now.

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why won't my pics show up?!

American Idol is a horrible thing
and it makes my ears ring
to watch it I have no desire
I'd like to set them all on fire...

I threw Simon Cowell in to a burning ring of fire
He went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.

The taste of love is sweet
but Paula Abdul looks like stewing meat
Her face would melt if she was piled
Atop of the fire, but it'd sure go wild..

I threw Randy Jackson in to a burning ring of fire, Dog
He went down,down,down
and the flames went higher, Dog.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.

@Parramore64:
I was thinking they should have done this with a Taurus

@Dr.Danger's got the power: Maybe next time they can do Charlie Daniels "Uneasy Rider" The 'Stang can chase them all around the parking lot and watch them steppin' and fetchin'

That just castrated my inner dragon.

Thank God my wife is finally sick of this show! I no longer have to put up with bad karioke and the sight of a drunken Paula twice a week!

Oh and BTW, no one should be allowed to mess up a Johnny Cash song like that!

I sat there, stupefied muttering how wrong that segment was. Pastel suits, defiling the songs of Cash and the image of KITT all at once?!? Could they even do that intentionally?

Let me know what week American Idol and Ford recreate "Death Race 2000" for the crappy Ford Pimpmercial....and maybe then I'll watch as David Archuletta is crushed under the wheels of a Mustang

Yea I saw most of it, it so repulsed me that I turned off the tv. GF didn't like that and threw some bacon she was cooking at me mmmm bacon....

Epic fail.

I think small pieces of my soul fell from my inner core as I watched that. My mouth and eyes are suddenly dry. That car looks like they stole it from some CarDomain/MustangForums loserpants.

The 'genius' that thought of this should be banned from every making anything for TV again.

I would have rather watched a black mustang ad with this

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whoa black betty the damn thing gone wild

Kitt should never have been turned into a Ford in the first place. Damn you Pontiac for killing off the Trans AM!

hell even Tom Jones

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And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. - Ezekiel 23:49

I didn't bother watching...

reminds me of the pirelli short flick where john malkovich performs an exorcism on a donut-peeling TVR (i forget the model).

(Points and laughs)

Bahahahaha.

@FreeMan: Amen.

I'm American and I seriously question the design of American cars. You know they don't sell? CUZ THEY ARE FREAKING UGLY. I'm all for classic cars but this thing is way to boxed out and the whole interior is cheap looking. Even Hyundai and Kia can simulate luxury. Come on guys.

Back in the 80's, in the Seattle music scene in which I was heavily involved, there were two unwritten rules that all bar bands (including mine) heeded:

1) Everyone covers "Ring of Fire"
2) Everyone butchers it

It was the closest thing we had to a universally accepted sacrament.

I like the new Knight Rider Promo!!

Ford's sponsorship is utterly ridiculous. Totally un-subtle, completely paid, heavy-handed. These people look stupid dancing around this Mustang which is otherwise, in my opinion, a very nice ride. This kind of thing smacks of effort (as opposed to organic, natural product placement) and makes the brand very undesirable. Ford's PR/Events agency should be axed.

@lascauxcaveman: Just like every blues act must butcher a version of Mustang Sally.

@vwminispeedster: Oh my... while obviously better than any American Idol singer ever, this version was awful.

Must. fight. urge. to. jam. letter. opener. through. ear. drums.

@TheTooth:

That's better than commenters writing songs I suppose.

Why must everything from my childhood be ruined? Transformers, Dukes of Hazzard and now Knight Rider.

What they have done to KITT is a travesty, and this promotion is the cherry on top of the dog turd that is the KITT ford mustang.

@TheTooth: Tom Jones or Ram Jam? Which is more awful, and by awful you mean awesome right? right?

So that's the new Mustang Idol Edition?

I have never watched nor ever will watch AI. The dancing thing either.
Because if anything really spectacular happens, it will be all over the webs.

Gahhh, this is proof that Ford hates America.

Didn't make much sense, but I'm sure it sounded better with some Boris played over the top. I'm definitely in the Mustang does not equal bull school here.

(For anyone looking for country music, DO NOT try Boris).

@adidascrosscountry:
You realize that this is a Ford commerical and not a performance that is part of they show, right? Of course it's un-subtle, completely paid, & heavy-handed