{"id":426935,"date":"2010-03-14T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087194156628161158.post-6591845225749912551"},"modified":"2010-03-14T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T19:34:48","slug":"brandfreak-com-warren-buffett-rocks-out-in-geico-power-ballad-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/426935","title":{"rendered":"BRANDFREAK.COM: Warren Buffett rocks out in Geico power ballad video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><mtweblogpostifshowfield=\"post_title\">       <\/mtweblogpostifshowfield=\"post_title\">            <\/p>\n<p><object style=\"margin: 0pt 8px 0pt 0pt; float: right;\" height=\"205\" width=\"330\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NmcxIokfOiE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18&amp;showinfo=0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NmcxIokfOiE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18&amp;showinfo=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"205\" width=\"330\"><\/embed><\/object>  <span style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The next time you call Geico and can&#8217;t get someone on the line consider the possibility that the office may just have broken out into song. This video, apparently created for Geico employees&#8217; own amusement, features real Geico employees hammering out a power ballad (sample lyric: &#8220;We&#8217;ll guide you through it step by step. Twenty-four-seven, we&#8217;ll be there for you.&#8221;) Of course, I&#8217;m saving the best for last. It&#8217;s not often you get to see one of the world&#8217;s richest men rocking out, so you may want to hang on to the end to witness a bewigged Warren Buffett (whose Berkshire Hathaway owns Geico) in action. How&#8217;d he do? 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