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Drippy female/male singing in adverts

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Allthenameshavegone1972 · 29/12/2024 20:10

This trend has been going for a few years now. Drippy singing accompanied by acoustic guitar or piano, singing cover versions of big hits in adverts really make my ears bleed! They sound awful & are so depressing. If there's any advertising execs out there bring adverts like the old Cadurys adverts, Tetley teabag men, something a bit jollier & easier on the ears!
If anything is guaranteed for me to mute the tv instead of take notice of the advert it's this. These adverts are the work of the devil..

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lightsandtunnels · 29/12/2024 20:30

Emmylou22 · 29/12/2024 20:12

Yes!!! Agreed! I also hate those ones with 'normal' people singing songs poorly. Like the Barclaycard one where he sings Africa by Toto. Badly. Just why??

Oh gosh yes this one is awful. And the acting in it is just so cringe! He does the whole air grab thing and the weird face. I don't know what the producers were thinking about getting him to do that - surely can't look good on his professional showreel or portfolio!

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Allthenameshavegone1972 · 29/12/2024 20:17

@Tomatina my index finger is always hovering over the mute button, ready, before they get chance to inflict this vocal pain on my ears😀

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AgnesX · 29/12/2024 20:16

Emmylou22 · 29/12/2024 20:12

Yes!!! Agreed! I also hate those ones with 'normal' people singing songs poorly. Like the Barclaycard one where he sings Africa by Toto. Badly. Just why??

That just makes me cringe. It's god awful.

YourChirpyFatball · 29/12/2024 20:16

When you think of the Guinness adverts with the surfers and horses riding the waves. 😭

HTruffle · 29/12/2024 20:15

Agreed, I think Ellie Goulding started the trend for depressing singing of old classic songs.

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Allthenameshavegone1972 · 29/12/2024 20:14

I went to Cadburys World a couple of weeks ago & they had pics of all their old adverts, plus the gorilla on the drums playing the intro of In the Air Tonight. The good old days of tv adverts

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Tomatina · 29/12/2024 20:14

Just mute all adverts. Sanity preserved.

CynicalSunni · 29/12/2024 20:13

Same trend with nursery rhymes.
Soft and whispery which is annoying.
Or they go the other way and too excitable and mad.

I blame thay version of mad world years ago. Nice enough but then everyone followed the trend.
There was that awful version on sound of silence too.

soupfiend · 29/12/2024 20:13

My OH laughs when this happens as he know how much it enraged me. The worse singing and its been more than a few years, its been ages and its awful

On a similar theme, I nearly started a thread just now about awful mumbly whispering acting voices. Im watching The King, a film about King Henry V and all the actors cant seem to speak properly, its this whispering in deep voices, its making my throat feel funny

And dont get me started on vocal fry.

Emmylou22 · 29/12/2024 20:12

Yes!!! Agreed! I also hate those ones with 'normal' people singing songs poorly. Like the Barclaycard one where he sings Africa by Toto. Badly. Just why??