The Guinness TV Ad

Fighting Irish · 08-12-2006 3:33am #1

the xmas one, anyone know where i could get it?

its the one where it shows the guinness HQ gates covered in snow

il gatto · 08-12-2006 7:16am

The ad or the music?

biko · 08-12-2006 12:14pm

Class ad, gets me in the mood for "mistletoe and wine" - and stout.

Time Magazine · 08-12-2006 1:02pm

YouTube?

I'll get you the name of the song if you need it, the girlfriend plays it on piana.

L31mr0d · 08-12-2006 1:26pm

it's a good ad alright, really well shot. If only Ireland actually looked like that every christmas

ClareBear · 08-12-2006 3:11pm

That's my favourite Christmas ad ever, I love it!

Tar.Aldarion · 08-12-2006 3:38pm

I assume you could get the gates at the HQ.

kc66 · 08-12-2006 3:42pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I assume you could get the gates at the HQ.

You could get the pub at the hill of Skryne, Co. Meath.

Heisenberg. · 08-12-2006 5:39pm

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Alter-Ego · 08-12-2006 10:11pm

Excellent ad. Especially when you see it late on xmas eve night.

YouTube FTW.

Slippin Jimmy · 08-12-2006 10:19pm

I had a quick look on youtube for the add, didn't come up with the one we are looking for. Maybe it was there and I just missed it.

Faith · 08-12-2006 10:41pm

I looked too and it doesn't seem to be there.

Slippin Jimmy · 08-12-2006 10:51pm

Faith wrote:

I looked too and it doesn't seem to be there.

Its a bit strange, youtube usually have all of the telly adds.

il gatto · 09-12-2006 6:10am

I spent ages looking for it last night. It's not on the Guinness site, even though it has loads of adverts on it. The only possibility I found was on a site called absolutelyandy.com . He's some weird guy in Derby, who's collated loads of his favourite ads on his site. When I Googled it, it came up under his site, but I've searched the page and can't find it anywhere.
I did find out though, that the music is from an album called "A Christmas Proclamation" by composer John Tavener.

Scraggs · 09-12-2006 6:11am

Guinness.com have all the ads on it so I'd say theres a good chance that ones there.

il gatto · 09-12-2006 5:43pm

I tried that. They have loads of ads, but not the Christmas one

Tis the season? Not on Guinness.com it isn't.

Slippin Jimmy · 09-12-2006 8:08pm

It has to be out there somewhere.......................:(

Random · 09-12-2006 8:40pm

Bah.. where is it? I'll pay ONE MILLION to the person who can find it

Slippin Jimmy · 09-12-2006 8:45pm

ciaranfo wrote:

Bah.. where is it? I'll pay ONE MILLION to the person who can find it

Give me the million first and we can come to some arrangement:D .

Random · 09-12-2006 8:48pm

DonnybrookGhost wrote:

Give me the million first and we can come to some arrangement:D .

Now sir, about my song!

Fighting Irish · 11-12-2006 12:59am

Still no luck

Sparky · 11-12-2006 1:03am

kc66 wrote:

You could get the pub at the hill of Skryne, Co. Meath.

I was going to mention that.

Caco · 11-12-2006 1:05am

This was only on like last year or the year before wasn't it? I didn't think it would be so hard to find! I spent ages the other night too lookin for it, no luck! Maybe we should email Guinness?!

GeorgeBailey · 11-12-2006 3:03pm

il gatto wrote:

I did find out though, that the music is from an album called "A Christmas Proclamation" by composer John Tavener.

I found the track listing on Amazon.co.uk and they have samples for all the tracks and none of them sound like the Guinness ad

Random · 11-12-2006 7:32pm

GeorgeBailey wrote:

I found the track listing on Amazon.co.uk and they have samples for all the tracks and none of them sound like the Guinness ad

Like all ads it's proberly only a short sample of the song, with the rest being nothing like it... always makes it harder to find

You sure it's not there though ?

nobodythere · 11-12-2006 7:49pm

Ah yes laddy, I remember the days when snow looked that magical and Guinness were actually brewed in Ireland and us superbly brave Irish fellows would come home through 5 miles in snow with no shoes every day to beat our wives and marry off our children.

Good times.