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

  • 15-11-2018 10:12am
    #1
    liamoreilly
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭


    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...


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  • #2
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,390 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Absoulte rubbish.

    Just an Elton John movie promo.


  • #3
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    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.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #5
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,390 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Elton John is an untalented over rated one hit wonder.


  • #6
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    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.


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  • #7
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭maxwell smart


    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)


  • #8
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users Posts: 14,237 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


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


  • #9
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,390 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    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?


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I thought that was beautiful, simple as that


  • #11
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,066 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


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


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #13
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


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


  • #14
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,464 ✭✭✭✭banie01


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


  • #15
    alexlyons
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    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


  • #16
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,803 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Who or what the feck is John Lewis anyway?

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #17
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    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?


  • #18
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,445 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


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


  • #19
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


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


    Also, what a f*cking song.


  • #20
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


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


  • #21
    swingking
    Registered Users Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭swingking


    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    Who or what the feck is John Lewis Elton John anyway?

    FYP :)


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #23
    AdrianLM
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭AdrianLM



    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.


  • #24
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,803 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    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 :D

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    Oh right a huckster on an increasingly irrelevant island :D

    says the guy from Tipperary :rolleyes:


  • #26
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    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.


  • #27
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


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


  • #28
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,390 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    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.


  • #29
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    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.


  • #30
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    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.


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  • #31
    theoneeyedman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,331 ✭✭✭theoneeyedman


    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.....


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