Waitrose copies Pepsi 1212 Responses

Last post: 3 months ago | Thread started: May 15, 08, 2:24 p.m.

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• ivanmato

  This Waitrose advert: "Picnic"
  is pretty similar to this one: "Pepsi Presents the Woodstock 25th annv":
  

  Isn't it?

  At least they could have changed the background music...

  Ivan Mato
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  May 15, 08, 2:24 p.m. – Permalink

• i_monk

  Not really. The same song, sure, but other than that it's people gathering in a field.

  The copywriter responsible for "everyone deserve quality food" should be murdered, though.

  • by everyone did they mean rich people only– BattleAxe

  

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  Dog-earMay 15, 08, 2:26 p.m. – Permalink

• Jnr_Madison

  When will advertisers learn that cumshots sell everything.

  • class.– ThePublics

  

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  Dog-earMay 15, 08, 2:27 p.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  How dare you question Waitrose!

  heh.

  I don't have anything to back up my opinion, but I'd say they were both inspired by something else - have you seen the Woodstock movie? Maybe that? They're both riffing the 60s 'set up a party in the countryside' and that being the case, there's only really one song choice.

  Still, similarities aside, there's enough novelty in the Waitrose one to let them off the RIP hook.

  

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  Dog-earMay 15, 08, 2:28 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  not really. That's what woodstock was - people in a field both ads are playing on the woodstock "togetherness" angle.

  Since you are in the UK I provide this:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo…

  

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  Dog-earMay 15, 08, 2:28 p.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  I'm just smarting because Waitrose have started stocking Gazpacho again, which means it's summertime and I am happy.

  Well, I say 'happy', I'm lying - but, less miserable than usual.

  • you bourgeoisie labia lover.– Jnr_Madison1/3

    That really needs to go on a t-shirt.– detritus2/3

    Or tattooed onto Hillary's forehead.– detritus3/3

  

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  Dog-earMay 15, 08, 2:29 p.m. – Permalink

• coldy

  "Dont you wish your youth was as easy to hold onto as a nice cold pepsi?" *spew*

  Watching that one reminds me how much I dislike the overkill of cheesiness of American advertising.

  • That copywriter should also be murdered.– i_monk

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• organic_grid

  Funny, I only have seen the Waitrose commercial. This was the first time a saw the Pepsi commercial.

  I did not know that Pepsi was still in business, everywhere I go they only sell Coke.

  Are you sure that Pepsi did not steal the commercial from waitrose, like they tried to steal Coke?

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 10:59 a.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  no time or interest to watch any of those, but what exactly is Waitrose ?

  • liddl for the middle class.– Jnr_Madison

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• brains

  Did someone say coke? *Sniff Sniff

  • NO COKE... PEPSI!– kona

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 11:58 a.m. – Permalink

• brains

  And no, no they didn't. The song is the same. The ad is completely different.

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, noon – Permalink

• robotron3k

  hmmmmm, it's just another UK rip©

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 12:15 p.m. – Permalink

• BattleAxe

  what is the name of that song in bof ads

  

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  Dog-earMay 16, 08, 1:15 p.m. – Permalink