An “opa!” moment: The GoDaddy video saga continues – part three

During the past few weeks, I've been trying to 'extract' some information from GoDaddy's marketing department, regarding the new set of commercials and their use of music composed by the late Greek composer, Manos Hatzidakis. GoDaddy's marketing department responded that it's all the work of … [Read more...]

GoDaddy: Greek beauty and the Geek – Part deux

Having identified the music playing in GoDaddy's new commercials that feature women of Mediterranean ("Greek") looks and a geek sidekick, I reached out to GoDaddy. The song by the late Greek composer, Manos Hatzidakis, first turned up in 1962. That's a full 50 years ago, and for that matter, it's … [Read more...]

Manos Hadjidakis: GoDaddy gone Greek – The Bouzouki video

Earlier today, DomainGang posted an article about the new GoDaddy video, featuring a Greek and a geek, as directed by the ad agency Deutsch. In this rendition, the song used in the video was composed by the late Greek composer, Manos Hadjidakis, for the 1964 movie Topkapi, directed by Jule Dassin … [Read more...]