Ikea Ad - Kitchen at parties

AnonoBoy · 20-10-2010 12:36AM

Great 80's tune.

Nicely done ad.

You're all yabbering about it.

My work here is done.

If I was the person that made that ad that is.

dan1895 · 22-10-2010 10:15AM

Jonah Lewie who sang the original is in the ad as the party host. There's a 3 minute version on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_LIai0MAbE

abouttobebanned · 22-10-2010 10:19AM

And isn't that the late great Kirsty McColl singing back up?

dan1895 · 22-10-2010 10:44AM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

And isn't that the late great Kirsty McColl singing back up?

No but she "sang" backing vocals on top of the pops!

abouttobebanned · 22-10-2010 10:46AM

dan1895 wrote: »

No but she "sang" backing vocals on top of the pops!

Ah...so she didn't sing on the original recording but mimed on the show?

ejmaztec · 22-10-2010 10:51AM

I never knew what the ad was for, as I put my foot through the tv screen before it finished.

Does IKEA sell flat-pack tvs?

abouttobebanned · 22-10-2010 10:52AM

Haha nope. They fix shoes and cut keys.

KungPao · 22-10-2010 10:55AM

To be fair, it's a good ad. It's well done and nicely put together.

But it would be nothing without Mr. Lewie's song.

dan1895 · 22-10-2010 10:56AM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Ah...so she didn't sing on the original recording but mimed on the show?

That's my understanding of it.

Run_to_da_hills · 22-10-2010 11:06AM

I would guess Jona Lewie got a free kitchen out of this add.

abouttobebanned · 22-10-2010 11:07AM

Yes but he had to build it himself

dan1895 · 22-10-2010 11:13AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I would guess Jona Lewie got a free kitchen out of this add.

Looks like he has a whole house full of kitchens if you look at the ad, he's the host of the party.

Run_to_da_hills · 22-10-2010 11:13AM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Yes but he had to build it himself

No, he will get the cavalry to do it.

the purple tin · 22-10-2010 11:28AM

The song is actually quite good. Would be a great christmas number 1

I'd love to see this getting the christmas number 1:p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gybuEqDnBLM

jimmyjon · 24-10-2010 01:19PM

Super ad, in the longer version Jona Lewie actually goes off with the 2 girls at the end, the one in the white dress is truly a sight to behold.

Biggins · 24-10-2010 01:28PM

I like the advert, then again, I'm older and remember it the first time around - the original song that is...

PanchoVilla · 24-10-2010 01:37PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Why anyone would want to buy the same piece of ugly flat pack furniture that 5000000000 million people around Europe have in their house, is beyond me.

I put it down to the lemming syndrome, which explains why some people even seem to enjoy walking around their warehouses, lemming style, for days on end.

Probably because it's cheap and does the job furniture is supposed to do. I used to use crates and concrete blocks to make bookcases and coffee tables because it was cheap (free) and did the job. Furniture is used to sit on and put things on. It doesn't tell a story about who you really are deep down inside. It's just stuff to put your stuff on, no need to spend a small fortune on it.

Oh, and this thread reminds me of the film Demolition Man where everyone just listened to old jingles. If the music industry ever comes to that I will kill myself, seriously.

Feeona · 24-10-2010 01:43PM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

I used to use crates and concrete blocks to make bookcases and coffee tables because it was cheap (free) and did the job.

Good one....that children's hospital will have to be shelved now because of you :mad:

Sonnenblumen · 24-10-2010 02:14PM

So many moaners.:(

Well done IKEA, great ad, great pop song and cleverly cosntructed ad. Isn't it nice to see IKEA are still capable of being relevant and breaking old rules/mindsets and bringing some more affordable style and design to the high street or outta town furniture shoppers. If I was in the market for an off the shelf kitchen, I know where I'd be going.

Biggins · 24-10-2010 02:28PM

the purple tin wrote: »

I'd love to see this getting the christmas number 1:p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gybuEqDnBLM

Ya fecker - that ruddy tune is stuck in my head now! :pac:

Earthhorse · 24-10-2010 02:39PM

Wow. What the fuck?

I want to kill everyone in that ad.

Blackjack · 24-10-2010 02:56PM

Hobbes wrote: »

That song will remind me how IKEA go out of their way not to pay taxes by pretending to be a charity.

Also at :26, I am amazed they are able to walk up drawers which are most likely made out of particle board.

Hah?

gurramok · 24-10-2010 03:24PM

I still can't get over IKEA using mostly white cats in one of their ads. :mad:

pajero12 · 24-10-2010 03:54PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I would guess Jona Lewie got a free kitchen out of this add.

That and a t.v appearence..He's the guy with the mask on the back of his head

the purple tin · 24-10-2010 05:46PM

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

So many moaners.:(

Well done IKEA, great ad, great pop song and cleverly cosntructed ad. Isn't it nice to see IKEA are still capable of being relevant and breaking old rules/mindsets and bringing some more affordable style and design to the high street or outta town furniture shoppers. If I was in the market for an off the shelf kitchen, I know where I'd be going.

Do you have shares in IKEA perchance?

iguana · 24-10-2010 08:00PM

dan1895 wrote: »

Jonah Lewie who sang the original is in the ad as the party host. There's a 3 minute version on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_LIai0MAbE

Poor old Palmers Green, changed to Bethnal Green in the new version.

tvercetti · 31-10-2010 10:54PM

is it just me or does the guy in the ad look like cillian murphy

billythepig · 29-12-2011 07:55PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

The bird in the white dress at the start is a bit of all right.

shes a bit of class alright

fuerte1976 · 29-12-2011 08:08PM

billythepig wrote: »

shes a bit of class alright

Where've you been for over a year ??!!

:D
Oh yea they both would get a seein' to !

Samich · 29-12-2011 08:27PM

I don't remember this ad a year ago?

Ikea Ad - Kitchen at parties

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