Adverts that irritate and entertain

Gavin Scott · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 10.39

cdd wrote:I don't understand why he takes so long to overtake the van with the sheep though, considering the speed he approaches it.

That's the kind of thing Stevek would say.

Chie · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 11.18

lukey wrote:Are you so simple that you can only interpret the mere presence of arranged music as being depressing?

I give up.

Invent Meridian · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 11.48

nidave wrote:
Chie wrote:
Anyway, while we're on the car adverts, the one I hate more than any other at the moment is this wanky load of rubbish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uxSjuDF1A - every time it comes on I feel instantly depressed by that music. The whole advert is so slow and miserable.
that is a fantastic piece of music, very emotional- does anyone know if it was an original piece?

No it isn't, It is a bad rearrangement of 'Singing In The Rain'!

nidave · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 12.08

The Southerner wrote: No it isn't, It is a bad rearrangement of 'Singing In The Rain'!

seriously? I would never have guessed. Have to listen to it again once I get home.

I really like it though.

marksi · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 12.10

The Southerner wrote:
nidave wrote:
Chie wrote:
Anyway, while we're on the car adverts, the one I hate more than any other at the moment is this wanky load of rubbish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uxSjuDF1A - every time it comes on I feel instantly depressed by that music. The whole advert is so slow and miserable.
that is a fantastic piece of music, very emotional- does anyone know if it was an original piece?
No it isn't, It is a bad rearrangement of 'Singing In The Rain'!

If it is a "re-arrangement" it is only in the sense that all music is a re-arrangement of the same limited number of notes.

Gavin Scott · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 12.40

The Southerner wrote:
nidave wrote:
Chie wrote:
Anyway, while we're on the car adverts, the one I hate more than any other at the moment is this wanky load of rubbish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uxSjuDF1A - every time it comes on I feel instantly depressed by that music. The whole advert is so slow and miserable.
that is a fantastic piece of music, very emotional- does anyone know if it was an original piece?
No it isn't, It is a bad rearrangement of 'Singing In The Rain'!

I'm afraid it isn't. I have the whole score of that particular musical and there's no part of it which could be considered similar to this.

Invent Meridian · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 15.37

Gavin Scott wrote:I'm afraid it isn't. I have the whole score of that particular musical and there's no part of it which could be considered similar to this.

Call me crazy but if you compare the famous 'Singin' In The Rain' song itself to the Ford advert you can clearly hear the similarities. Do-Do Do-Do etc.

cdd · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 15.57

Only 5 posts, but you're definitely the forum's new source of wrongness and misinformation!

Gavin Scott · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 16.16

The Southerner wrote:
Gavin Scott wrote:I'm afraid it isn't. I have the whole score of that particular musical and there's no part of it which could be considered similar to this.
Call me crazy but if you compare the famous 'Singin' In The Rain' song itself to the Ford advert you can clearly hear the similarities. Do-Do Do-Do etc.

I listened again. I see what you're referring to, but other than a structure of notes its not the same, and the counterpoint to it is entirely different.

By no means as a crazy a suggestion as I initially thought, but as Roy Walker would say, "its good but its not right".

Alexia · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 19.47

I too must voice my dislike of the Ford-car-as-musical-instruments adverts, both this one and the one before.

wells · Mon 17 Aug, 2009 21.12

lukey wrote:Are you so simple that you can only interpret the mere presence of arranged music as being depressing?

What a vile thing to say! But I wouldn't expect anything less from you. :roll: