seagullwedgee
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WTF?
[TV] The John Lewis TV ad
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Brian Parsons
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Dont you mean the carefully constructed plug for Eltons biopic thats being released next year. Cynic moi.
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Definitely this, but I like it anyway. Poignant.
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He looks like Jimmy Saville.
seagullwedgee
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I just don’t get it. Every year the ad pulls on the heart strings, like family, absent friends, making someone feel special, all that stuff. But this does nothing. No wonder the CEO is jacking it in.
AmexRuislip
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Just seen on adverts during IACGMOOH
Definitely a WTF moment
Definitely a WTF moment
Beach Hut
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Probably getting out whilst the goings' good, the high street as a sales outlet of actual goods as opposed to services will be neigh on non-existent in 5 years time
seagullwedgee
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Seriously, if you like it a lot, can you please tell me what the plot line is, I just don’t get it.
This was a good, alternative take on it...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/15/elton-johns-john-lewis-christmas-ad-it-could-have-been-so-different
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/15/elton-johns-john-lewis-christmas-ad-it-could-have-been-so-different
Leighgull
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Elton...or Reg...is sitting alone, in his mansion, (whilst his hubby is upstairs with a greased Quamquat) thinking of the first time he tinkled the old ivories) and is taken on a whimsical journey back in time as he warbles “your song”....but there’s something missing...oh yes...COCAINE...all of his best stuff was inspired by monumental piles of SNIFF...is there a big crystal pile just off camera? You decide.
I think, and I could be wrong, they are saying some times giving a present can change a persons life or set them on a path.
Phil Collins got a home made drum kit in a suitcase as a crimbo present as a child so maybe there is something in it.
Mind you not sure what the John Lewis spin of is going to be, I cannot imagine toy Elton’s or piano’s being popular.
Thunder Bolt
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I don't think John Lewis sell pianos or any instruments, do they?
They do as of a week or so ago. "Inspired by our Christmas Advert" - https://www.johnlewis.com/search?search-term=piano
seagullwedgee
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Even if they do now sell pianos, it’s not exactly a gift within reach of the common man/person, I just don’t get what they’re on about.
I got the penguin one. I got the young lad communicating with his deceased grandad up in heaven, the telescope thing etc.
But this has nothing. Other than a 4 year old getting a piano for Christmas. WTF?
I got the penguin one. I got the young lad communicating with his deceased grandad up in heaven, the telescope thing etc.
But this has nothing. Other than a 4 year old getting a piano for Christmas. WTF?
seagullwedgee
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The related Waitrose ad suggests people are not meant to ‘get it’. So maybe, for the first time ever, there is a sequel still to come, which will make sense of it all. Either that, or the head of marketing is going to be flipping burgers next week.
Justice
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Elton John got paid £5m for that shambles
I was mistaken the toy piano’s are sold out. Guess that’s why I am not in marketing.
Pevenseagull
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if you can't get your kids a piano
You're a ****
You're a ****