John Lewis advert

[Raahh]

Posted on the X Factor thread, but it is so lovely, it deserves a thread of it's own.

And in case you are wondering who the singer is, and how Morrissey could have agreed to such a thing-

article here

Do you know it never crossed my mind that any of the stuff in the advert is available to buy in John Lewis.

I am a marketing man's worst nightmare.

Apparently the advert cost £6million to make.

Can't see where the £6million went. Unless it was the fake snow that was expensive.

I assume the money is the cost for whole campaign including how much it costs to air it on TV

Plus it must have cost a bit to get Morissey to lend them his toon.

I've watched this far too much again on YT. The more I see it, the more I feel that, well-crafted though it is, it's got something really wrong. A christmas ad shouldn't make you bloody miserable, should it? I think it's the vaguely 70's bleakness (so ad is obv aimed at my age bracket, this is OUR childhood). But he's so bloody unhappy and his parents are so miserable and ineffectual, and we don't even get to see them open the severed head enormous clay cock and see him beaming in a desperate bid to impress them. It makes me feel uncomfy.

I told DH that Mozza had sold out sold the song to JL and he asked if anyone was eating turkey in the ad, because clearly if they were, Mozza had really sold out. And you know what? NOBODY is eating meat in that ad. At the end, poor little Louis is shovelling in peas and sweetcorn but NOT MEAT. So clearly Morrissey only allowed JL to use his miserable song if they promised not to murder any turkeys.

I think Morrissey must have got £5.8million of it as I can't see where it all went.

Loads of slots during the Xfactor will cost a hell of a lot. And morrissey needs the money in order to sue the arse off the NME for publishkng those things he definitely didn't say/had taken out of context.

Ah, I'd just assumed it cost £6 million to make it. Never thought of purchasing advertising space.

real story behind that ad

I like the Daily Mash- though I have a friend who would actually think it was a real article if I sent her the link

And i just clicked the 'Buy stuff from Amazon' link- there is a t-shirt that says 'Happy Birthday Jesus- have a sprout'

love it

Just seen it. I cried. Oh God. And I love The Smiths. I was expecting to be outraged but just went all melty. Have to agree about the parents tho. Ungrateful toe rags.

It's the little boy that does it for me.
He's so gorgeous I want to eat him up.

Oh my God! Just watched it on Utube........bloody marvellous!!

Still blubbing now!

My kids will be like that, my kids will be like that