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New Halfords Advert

Norfolk_Addick
Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
edited May 2012 in General Charlton
Just seen this. Probably my new favourite advert.

http://youtu.be/4qrCRPnqlms

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  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Don't know if that worked so here's the link

    http://youtu.be/4qrCRPnqlms
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    edited May 2012
    one of the best tunes we got to be associated with us!
  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,550
    Ha. Recently told my younger colleagues about the old card in the spokes ploy. They will at least know that I wasn't the only nutter kid at the time.
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,315
    love it
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Pretty good but the Harvey & Rabbit advert out at present is a bit good too.

  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,104
    Is one family northern?
  • shamkat
    shamkat Posts: 190
    love the family behind the windbreak on the beach hiding from the wind / stand storm. Got that t-shirt!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    love the family behind the windbreak on the beach hiding from the wind / stand storm. Got that t-shirt!
    Yep, we've all been there...
  • Cafctekkers
    Cafctekkers Posts: 1,254
    what is the song called?
  • wickford
    wickford Posts: 863
    Wasn't it something to do with a Liverpudlian in Scotland?

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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,129
    what is the song called?
    Into The Valley by The Skids. Great tune.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Wasn't it something to do with a Liverpudlian in Scotland?
    An interview with Richard Jobson:
    http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=5037

    "It was, however, ‘Into the Valley’, which the then 18 year old Jobson had written about a friend who had been recruited into the British Army and killed on tour of duty in Northern Ireland, which went into the Top 10 and brought the Skids to public prominence."

    I also seem to recall another story that it described going through an area of Dunfermline which was called something like the "Valley" which had a reputation for gang violence.
  • Pooliekev
    Pooliekev Posts: 26
    Why does Dunfermline always make me think of something you rub on aching muscles??
  • wickford
    wickford Posts: 863
    Wasn't it something to do with a Liverpudlian in Scotland?

    Sorry, my reference was to the other Valley song! Just being a nonce ;-)
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Great tune, rubbish advert. It was on TV just now and I asked Mrs Lout to guess what they were advertising - no chance. Whoever came up with that wants firing (IMHO).
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,535
    Quite agree, Saga - could be for 101 things! All very atmospheric/ nostalgic, but don't see it selling a single thing for Halfords. My guess is that the ad agency had already developed it for someone else, but it didn't get the go-ahead so they just changed the end-frame and pitched it to Halfords...
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Great tune, rubbish advert. It was on TV just now and I asked Mrs Lout to guess what they were advertising - no chance. Whoever came up with that wants firing (IMHO).
    Disagree - it works cos we are all talking about it!
  • I_Bleed_Red
    I_Bleed_Red Posts: 23
    Is the song still the entrance theme for the players? Cant really remember now
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,236
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    Is the song still the entrance theme for the players? Cant really remember now
    No and never had been. Has been Red, Red Robin for as long as I can remember (and long may that remain.

  • I_Bleed_Red
    I_Bleed_Red Posts: 23
    image

    No and never had been. Has been Red, Red Robin for as long as I can remember (and long may that remain.

    My fault, I remember it is usally played for warm up but of course its Red Robin

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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    Why does Dunfermline always make me think of something you rub on aching muscles??
    Because you heard Billy Connolly do a joke about that very thing.

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