Paul Stanley, Ozzy Osbourne and a number of different rockers are fed up with corporations that decision their staff rock stars for finishing fundamental duties with proficiency, and they’re airing their grievances in a brand new Super Bowl advert for Workday.
The beforehand teased spot, which you’ll be able to watch under, opens with Stanley closing out a Kiss present, then wheeling round to implore viewers, “Hey, corporate types, would you stop calling each other rock stars?”
The Starchild is not alone in his sentiment. “Do you know what it takes to be a rock star?” Joan Jett asks subsequent. “I was on the road since I was 16.” Meanwhile, Billy Idol boasts, “I’ve trashed hotel rooms in 43 countries.” The Prince of Darkness (and king of debauchery) then quips, “I’ve done my share of bad things — also your share of bad things.”
Later in the business, two plainly dressed Workday staff ask, “Who’s the new guy?” Osbourne, sporting a button-up shirt and tie, then spins round in his chair and introduces himself as Ozwald.
The rock star business is a splashy, high-profile Super Bowl debut for Workday, the cloud-based monetary administration software program firm. “We know that using Workday for finance and HR makes you great at your job,” Stanley insists. The digicam then cuts to Gary Clark Jr., who finishes his thought: “But that don’t make you a rock star.”
This is not the primary time Stanley has appeared in a Super Bowl business. He and his Kiss bandmates promoted Dr Pepper Cherry in a 2010 advert, which featured them enjoying “Calling Dr. Love” alongside their miniature doppelgangers. Osbourne additionally starred alongside Justin Bieber in a 2011 Best Buy advert, and all the Osbournes appeared in a Pepsi spot in 2003.
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