...Elton John Lewis Christmas Ad 2018...

liamoreilly · 15-11-2018 10:12am #1

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mNbSgMEZ_Tw

...So the most anticipated Christmas Ad has dropped, and I'm still waiting to feel it...I get the idea behind it, but just didn't have much Christmas theme until the end...I think they should have had Elton John at the very start as a child on the piano, then go to the end and work backwards like they did until he comes down and the stairs and plays it...

murpho999 · 15-11-2018 10:23am

Absoulte rubbish.

Just an Elton John movie promo.

Outlaw Pete · 15-11-2018 10:30am

Elton was the first male singer to write and sing a song about another man. That 'Hold me closer Tony Danza' song.

He must have really loved Who's The Boss.

15-11-2018 10:41am

cue all the cool dudes telling us that Elton John is an untalented over rated one hit wonder....

murpho999 · 15-11-2018 10:42am

Elton John is an untalented over rated one hit wonder.

c.p.w.g.w · 15-11-2018 10:43am

Aegir wrote: »

cue all the cool dudes telling us that Elton John is an untalented over rated one hit wonder....

Ha ha all the young ones who are big in the music industry these days, have less creativity than Elton has in his baby finger.

maxwell smart · 15-11-2018 10:43am

murpho999 wrote: »

Absoulte rubbish.

Just an Elton John movie promo.

Was thinking the same when I saw it (as i saw the promo for Rocketman last week and it's quite similar)

SteelyDanJalapeno · 15-11-2018 10:45am

He got a cool 5m for it too, not exactly the xmas message you want to give, unless he donates it.

murpho999 · 15-11-2018 10:47am

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

He got a cool 5m for it too, not exactly the xmas message you want to give, unless he donates it.

Fair play to him.

Don't see the problem with it. Both parties benefit and famous people can demand a lot of money.

Why should he donate it?

15-11-2018 10:56am

I thought that was beautiful, simple as that

Trigger Happy · 15-11-2018 10:56am

Elton John is a fart knocker who promised to retire 15 years ago.
But here he is. Still annoying us.

15-11-2018 11:00am

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Elton John is a fart knocker who promised to retire 15 years ago.
But here he is. Still annoying us.

He's a legend. Absolutely brilliant in Kingsman 2 as well.

keano_afc · 15-11-2018 11:11am

Yeah its not great. Its hard to top the dog on the trampoline in fairness.

banie01 · 15-11-2018 11:11am

Ad would make a lot more sense if it was Bernie Taupin that he unwrapped! :pac:

alexlyons · 15-11-2018 11:14am

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

He got a cool 5m for it too, not exactly the xmas message you want to give, unless he donates it.

JL said that figure was wildly inaccurate... and he donated a portion of it

CrowdedHouse · 15-11-2018 11:18am

Who or what the feck is John Lewis anyway?

Guy:Incognito · 15-11-2018 11:26am

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Elton John is a fart knocker who promised to retire 15 years ago.
But here he is. Still annoying us.

Turning up in your sitting room forcing you to watch him is he?

Badly Drunk Boy · 15-11-2018 11:26am

I haven't seen it yet but I bet it isn't a patch on his performance in the Marathon Snickers ad...

Boom_Bap · 15-11-2018 11:30am

Good concept, good execution, hits the feels at the end.

Also, what a f*cking song.

Lollipops23 · 15-11-2018 11:38am

It's a great ad, but not Christmassy in the slightest.

swingking · 15-11-2018 11:42am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Who or what the feck is John Lewis Elton John anyway?

FYP

15-11-2018 11:44am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Who or what the feck is John Lewis anyway?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_%26_Partners

I wish they'd open a full store here. Great shop and a great concept.

AdrianLM · 15-11-2018 11:48am

Elton was the first male singer to write and sing a song about another man.
That 'Hold me closer Tony Danza' song.

He must have really loved Who's
The Boss.

Correction, Elton John did not write this, Elton John only wrote 1 song which was ever performed by himself and it was terrible. Bernie Taupin is the talent behind Elton John and has only gotten the recognition in more recent years.

CrowdedHouse · 15-11-2018 11:49am

Aegir wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_%26_Partners

I wish they'd open a full store here. Great shop and a great concept.

Oh right a huckster on an increasingly irrelevant island

15-11-2018 11:57am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Oh right a huckster on an increasingly irrelevant island

says the guy from Tipperary :rolleyes:

Cork Boy 53 · 15-11-2018 12:02pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Elton John is a fart knocker who promised to retire 15 years ago.
But here he is. Still annoying us.

Elton is still a million times better than the absolute cringe fest that masquerades as music these days.

Hector Savage · 15-11-2018 12:05pm

Crap ...
Nothing beats the Monty the penguin one ... jesus hit me like a ton of bricks, would make the hardest russian boxer cry ...

murpho999 · 15-11-2018 12:06pm

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Elton is still a million times better than the absolute cringe fest that masquerades as music these days.

Would prefer a lot of todays non radio stuff compared to anything Elton John has done since the eighties.

Gimme A Pound · 15-11-2018 12:08pm

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Who or what the feck is John Lewis anyway?

I'm guessing you already know, but I agree, there is a weird ordeal made over their Christmas ads, which are no better than those of numerous other retailers. The bandwagon in this country is even weirder.

Vintage Sir Elt is great though.

Cork Boy 53 · 15-11-2018 12:10pm

murpho999 wrote: »

Would prefer a lot of todays non radio stuff compared to anything Elton John has done since the eighties.

Every one to their own I suppose.

theoneeyedman · 15-11-2018 12:14pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Elton John is a fart knocker who promised to retire 15 years ago.
But here he is. Still annoying us.

Those Super Injunctions don't pay for themselves you know.....

....... · 15-11-2018 12:42pm

Well the ad annoys me for 3 reasons.

1 - Its not Christmassy.
2 - Its not true. He wasnt given a piano for xmas by his mammy when he was four. So dont show me Eltons non fictional life story and then try to hit my feels with a lie at the end!!!
3 - I just feel like Elton needed a few bob so he made this.

I do like Your Song and I do think they have done a great job with Elton lookalikes, but as the JL Xmas ad - Im just not that impressed.

castletownman · 15-11-2018 12:48pm

I've seen every online article about the ad, and indeed the OP refers to it, as having "dropped" today.

Fook off everyone with your fancy tech speak. Is not trendy enough to say it was RELEASED any more?

Badly Drunk Boy · 15-11-2018 1:01pm

castletownman wrote: »

I've seen every online article about the ad, and indeed the OP refers to it, as having "dropped" today.

Fook off everyone with your fancy tech speak. Is not trendy enough to say it was RELEASED any more?

I despise that usage so much!! The people who use it were probably 'dropped' as a baby, but now deserve to be 'dropped' with a punch, or something stronger.

murpho999 · 15-11-2018 1:05pm

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Every one to their own I suppose.

Of course it's all down to personal taste but there really is good music out there if you just look for it.

You can't just say that all music nowadays is bad as there is so much of it and you don't say which music you don't like.

Gimme A Pound · 15-11-2018 1:12pm

murpho999 wrote: »

Of course it's all down to personal taste but there really is good music out there if you just look for it.

You can't just say that all music nowadays is bad as there is so much of it and you don't say which music you don't like.

Chart music is definitely worse today - and in the 70s Elton was in the charts with songs like Tiny Dancer, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Benny And The Jets, and Song For Guy... I'd say that's what the poster means.

But certainly there is still plenty of great non chart music today.

murpho999 · 15-11-2018 1:20pm

Felix CoolS Ceremony wrote: »

Chart music is definitely worse today - and in the 70s Elton was in the charts with songs like Tiny Dancer, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Benny And The Jets, and Song For Guy... I'd say that's what the poster means.

But certainly there is still plenty of great non chart music today.

Agree about chart music, lots of R n B stuff that all sounds the same.

I just don't listen to music on the radio nowadays. Grew up in the 70s/80s and think that generation was spoilt.

Thankfully through Spotify and Apple Music I'm spoilt for choice with other stuff and there's plenty of good stuff coming out.

Omackeral · 15-11-2018 1:44pm

liamoreilly wrote: »

...So the most anticipated Christmas Ad has dropped

Fcuking hate that stupid term "dropped".

Mr. Incognito · 15-11-2018 1:46pm

castletownman wrote: »

I've seen every online article about the ad, and indeed the OP refers to it, as having "dropped" today.

Fook off everyone with your fancy tech speak. Is not trendy enough to say it was RELEASED any more?

Probably referring to it in the turd in the toilet sense

How Soon Is Now · 15-11-2018 1:50pm

****ing Christmas ads in November.....

Oh well at least there not ruining anymore Smiths songs!

Cork Boy 53 · 15-11-2018 1:55pm

[QUOTE=How Soon Is Now;108633416]****ing Christmas ads in November.....

Oh well at least there not ruining anymore Smiths songs![/QUOTE]

Next year they will probably start before Halloween.

How Soon Is Now · 15-11-2018 1:57pm

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Next year they will probably start before Halloween.

Why wait ffs lets just keep the tree up and leave the lights on all year round!!

mad muffin · 15-11-2018 2:47pm

To be fair… he’s a fat fûck. A talented fat fûck, but a fat fûck none the less. A mega ritch extremely talented fat fûck…

jamesbere · 15-11-2018 3:05pm

I'm not sure what to think of the ad, it's good I suppose but just doesn't feel like a Christmas ad. We'll made definitely, and very nostalgic. The problem I would have is it feels like a trailer for his film that's coming out next year

1800_Ladladlad · 15-11-2018 3:32pm

Not a Christmas ad that we are accustomed to but its a good ad but a sneaky promo for that new EJ film coming out. Im glad the ad wasn't politicised in any way to do with gender, race, creed or political stance.

SafeSurfer · 15-11-2018 3:49pm

The John Lewis Christmas ad is yet another attack on the family, the destruction of which is the ultimate goal.

Christmas is seen as a family time so they portray a homesexual musician who hates his father and shows his mother and grandmother in a positive light while excluding any positive masculine influence.

(Warning this view may be complete BS!)

....... · 15-11-2018 3:51pm

SafeSurfer wrote: »

The John Lewis Christmas ad is yet another attack on the family, the destruction of which is the ultimate goal.

Christmas is seen as a family time so they portray a homesexual musician who hates his father and shows his mother and grandmother in a positive light while excluding any positive masculine influence.

(Warning this view may be complete BS!)

Wasnt he estranged from his mother for years?

SafeSurfer · 15-11-2018 8:34pm

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Ha ha all the young ones who are big in the music industry these days, have less creativity than Elton has in his baby finger.

Which one is his baby finger (-;

MikeyTaylor · 15-11-2018 8:47pm

murpho999 wrote: »

Elton John is an untalented over rated one hit wonder.

He's not that bad.

SEPT 23 1989 · 15-11-2018 8:57pm

Beautiful piece of work

Well done to all involved

Zorya · 15-11-2018 9:09pm

Awww I thought it was lovely. He has a great voice.
Did think, hang on a sec - a piano for a Christmas present! That's a bit steep.

(But having read SafeSurfer's analysis I fear I may be a pushover for embedded Illuminati programming

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