Sick of adverts with little girl-voiced singers....
20 December 2015, 08:33 PM
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bah humbug...... love this time of the year off from 17th till the 4th eat drink and pig out like a Jeremy Kyle couch giro bunny. Grace the voice of House of Frasers ad love it she is a 16 year old , BTW.
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20 December 2015, 09:40 PM
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Also, has anyone noticed that in almost every perfume advert, a woman is jumping into s swimming pool or a sea. I'm sure most you men appreciate such sights, yet to me, I think the advert makers have dried up with their imagination.
I also noticed that lotto advert has a hideous looking Katie Price- all in pink. Pink Lycra costume, bright pink lipstick and hair so fvvked up as if she's revolving at 100mph inside a raging tornado. Probably a pink tornado, too. Honestly, if that sells lotto, then I'm going to have to go for a long, quiet walk to calm down.
I also noticed that lotto advert has a hideous looking Katie Price- all in pink. Pink Lycra costume, bright pink lipstick and hair so fvvked up as if she's revolving at 100mph inside a raging tornado. Probably a pink tornado, too. Honestly, if that sells lotto, then I'm going to have to go for a long, quiet walk to calm down.
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20 December 2015, 10:50 PM
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It wasn't just me then. And it's not just Christmas ads, seems to be fashionable to have a pitchy girl doing a bad cover song.
And why do they do covers of songs that to all intents have been sung far far better...why go to effort of doing a bad cover with pitchy, girly wannabe folk singer with just a dash of mockney/regional accent for good measure? It doesn't work because I can't remember the product/services the adverts were for..just the annoying singing ("Oh, oh oh oh oooo, oh oh oh oooo" And "little things mean a lot").
Its almost as bad as Jane Horrocks when she does her cutesy voice overs (in her "little voice" character) when you know full well she talks nothing like that normally.
And why do they do covers of songs that to all intents have been sung far far better...why go to effort of doing a bad cover with pitchy, girly wannabe folk singer with just a dash of mockney/regional accent for good measure? It doesn't work because I can't remember the product/services the adverts were for..just the annoying singing ("Oh, oh oh oh oooo, oh oh oh oooo" And "little things mean a lot").
Its almost as bad as Jane Horrocks when she does her cutesy voice overs (in her "little voice" character) when you know full well she talks nothing like that normally.
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21 December 2015, 08:01 AM
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I also noticed that lotto advert has a hideous looking Katie Price- all in pink. Pink Lycra costume, bright pink lipstick and hair so fvvked up as if she's revolving at 100mph inside a raging tornado. Probably a pink tornado, too. Honestly, if that sells lotto, then I'm going to have to go for a long, quiet walk to calm down.
Did the job though, you told me about it
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21 December 2015, 03:13 PM
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bah humbug...... love this time of the year off from 17th till the 4th eat drink and pig out like a Jeremy Kyle couch giro bunny. Grace the voice of House of Frasers ad love it she is a 16 year old , BTW.
Grace - You Don't Own Me ft. G-Eazy - YouTube
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22 December 2015, 08:13 AM
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Can we broaden this out to cover Christmas songs generally? I can't think of a single Christmas songs that are of any musical merit and yet every year the radio is full of the same crap.
22 December 2015, 08:48 AM
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isn't advertising great, the whole idea is to come up with something that sticks in your mind and gets people talking....
A great success based on this thread..
A great success based on this thread..
22 December 2015, 09:40 AM
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22 December 2015, 09:43 PM
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Also, has anyone noticed that in almost every perfume advert, a woman is jumping into s swimming pool or a sea. I'm sure most you men appreciate such sights, yet to me, I think the advert makers have dried up with their imagination.
I also noticed that lotto advert has a hideous looking Katie Price- all in pink. Pink Lycra costume, bright pink lipstick and hair so fvvked up as if she's revolving at 100mph inside a raging tornado. Probably a pink tornado, too. Honestly, if that sells lotto, then I'm going to have to go for a long, quiet walk to calm down.
I also noticed that lotto advert has a hideous looking Katie Price- all in pink. Pink Lycra costume, bright pink lipstick and hair so fvvked up as if she's revolving at 100mph inside a raging tornado. Probably a pink tornado, too. Honestly, if that sells lotto, then I'm going to have to go for a long, quiet walk to calm down.
Did it make you buy lotto, then? Or, are you saying that you're in love with Katie Price? Well you're entitled to your preference.
What about Hallelujah (sp.) and Silent Night? Beyoncé did good cover of them by adding her extra-ordinary lamenting style twisting and turning of her voice. Actually some other artists before her have done good jobs with these two.
22 December 2015, 11:00 PM
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Fail IMO
Now, if I painted myself orange, ran up behind you, tapped you on the shoulder, hid as you turned around and as you turned back I slapped you on both cheeks...what product am I talking about?
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23 December 2015, 12:05 AM
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Apart from I can remember the songs...but not what the adverts were advertising.
Fail IMO
Now, if I painted myself orange, ran up behind you, tapped you on the shoulder, hid as you turned around and as you turned back I slapped you on both cheeks...what product am I talking about?
Fail IMO
Now, if I painted myself orange, ran up behind you, tapped you on the shoulder, hid as you turned around and as you turned back I slapped you on both cheeks...what product am I talking about?
Totally agree and
Not sure about what product it is, though.
Avon sun tan lotion? Kiwi boot polish for tangerine coloured leather boots? 
23 December 2015, 07:29 AM
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Its from a certain era when there was a bit more ingenuity in making an advert. You probably have to be over 30 years old to remember it as it was aired in the early 1990's (or living in the UK in that period). I still remember it perfectly.
Another one; "Its too orangy for crows, its just for me and my dog". "I'll be your dog".
I think certain hallucinogenic drugs were responsible for the creation of some adverts back then
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23 December 2015, 08:17 AM
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That was either Fanta or Tango wasn't it?
23 December 2015, 10:15 AM
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Tango and Kia-Ora. Can't mistake 'em.
Same for 'Daz' and '**** [finger]Bang' lol -- they may have been 'sh1te' ads, but it made you remember (subliminally, at least) said product.
#...Row, row-row row!...#
Same for 'Daz' and '**** [finger]Bang' lol
-- they may have been 'sh1te' ads, but it made you remember (subliminally, at least) said product.
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23 December 2015, 01:15 PM
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Yes, some stuck. The annoying ones, I find myself thinking, "What the HELL is this advertising again?"
My current fave is the little girl off the Sky Films ad, who tries to get rid of some sprouts...she looks a right little minx. Clydee Scrimshaw, eight years old, from Nottingham. Makes me smile every time I see it.
But Clydee? Where's that from????
My current fave is the little girl off the Sky Films ad, who tries to get rid of some sprouts...she looks a right little minx. Clydee Scrimshaw, eight years old, from Nottingham. Makes me smile every time I see it.
But Clydee? Where's that from????
(But when she turns into a cartoon of herself, I get what you mean).
23 December 2015, 06:21 PM
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That Kate Nash started all this forced, 'arty'-bitches-projecting-their-regional-accents in the song, back in c.2007 with that semi-talked/sung Foundations number.
But (just like in the song) she's fit, so we'll let her off.
Then came Lily Allen, etc.
The rest is history.
But (just like in the song) she's fit, so we'll let her off.
Then came Lily Allen, etc.
The rest is history.
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