John Lewis Christmas Advert

Maggiemaybe or perhaps dancing in this year’s “Nutcracker” at Birmingham Hippodrome like my 8 year old DGS

Maggiemaybe if only …..

If only I had ever had ballet lessons, I could have been one of those Roly Polys abd been on the telly with Les Dawson

If I'd managed to ever get a note out of the oboe in the Royal Philarmonic

Such talent, so lost to the nation

But it’s not about liking or not liking Elton John Iam64 ( by the way do you have to change your username every year) it’s about the advert being pretty bland and boring and not promoting Christmas or even present giving but promoting himself and his story/talent
Now if they re had his music playing in the background while some story unfolded of kids without much getting some presents and showing their pleasure and excitement I would have liked it or if they wanted the message of you can turn a simple hobby into a career they could have made a pretty good story around that too but this just doesn’t cut the mustard

A painting of ballerinas, obviously. Though real ballerinas would have been fabulous!

My mum and dad once got me a Nutcracker/Sleeping Beauty LP and a table with ballerinas on for Christmas. If only they’d backed them up with ballet lessons, I could have been Darcy Bussell now.

www.bing.com/videos/search?q=status+quo+coles+advert&view=detail&mid=E83944F35450059DB122E83944F35450059DB122&FORM=VIRE

oh dear, it seems to link to the one after Status Quo!

Status Quo are in Australia, advertising a big supermarket chain there Iam64
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=coles+supermarket+advert+slade+whatever+you+want&&view=detail&mid=21A06CDFB13A45F987BF21A06CDFB13A45F987BF&rvsmid=E83944F35450059DB122E83944F35450059DB122&FORM=VDQVAP
Whatever it takes!!

Another vote for Parsley's comment that giving her daughter riding lessons at 5 led to her career choice.
We gave one of ours drama classes - she loved it, took it into university and now teaches.
Also thanks to Gonegirl, we do need entertainers. I don't like all of them, the ones I don't like, I just ignore. I don't know enough about Elton's personal life to diss him. I do know his music has brought a lot of happiness to many people. If you don't like him, fine, don't watch him and ignore it when his music appears on the radio. I dislike Slade's wish it could be Christmas every day - very much and on every level. I have to get over myself during the build up to Christmas because it's everywhere. that's life, innit.

So with no axe to grind I take the message to mean who knows what the outcome of giving a child a present will be.
Giving my daughter riding lessons at 5 has led to her career choice.
That hits the nail absolutely on the head Parsley
Likewise with a piano and violin for mine

Gonegirl we do, we do!!

Wait until I get my piano for Christmas, I will be one of the best
(can't sing though)

Anniebach
You have every right to nit-pick. I too thought it was an empty message and a disgusting waste of millions of £s to pay him, or anyone else, for a cameo role in a stitched together supposedly Christmas 'advert'.

Took me most of the afternoon to get an order through to John Lewis today. Just buffering all the time. Website must be going into overload.

We do need entertainers. Life would be that much duller without them. And EJ is one of the best.

I saw this ad for the first time today. I like it. One if my favourite songs and I have nothing against EJ. So with no axe to grind I take the message to mean who knows what the outcome of giving a child a present will be. EG. Giving my daughter riding lessons at 5 has led to her career choice.

Gabriella I am a nitpicker because I didn’t see any message and didn’t like the advert . Haven’t changed my opinion though and doubt there will a rush to buy pianos ?

* Anniebach, no capital 'B'.

AnnieBach
The message?
That you're listening to a camp crooner. Empty egotist.
There is no message, other than a boost to the coffers of Reg Dwight.

Can't stand the big diva. As if he needs the money or the publicity.Doesn't endear me to John Lewis

Well done Gabriella! We had my Grandma's old piano and my Mum played really beautifully. I wish I had learnt myself.

my mum loved Liberace, she had his LPs - played on the radiogram which she bought when we got rid of the piano

I was well into Liberace, a great classical pianist and showman.

I wish I hadn't insisted on giving up "because I have too much homework from school, Mum".
Is it too late now?
Can I stretch an octave?

We had a beautiful shiny black piano from Rushworths (Liverpool) when I was a child. Dad played honkey tonk Winnie Atwell style and I was taken to music lessons when my fingers could 'spread' enough.
I got to grade 8. When I was 17 I went to take drumming lessons from 'Julian' in Queens Drive every week and was allowed to practice on a set used by a b/f of the time who was in a popular group.
I have no piano now but can still tickle the ivories, as they say.

Treacletoffee Have you read the posts on the previous page which seem to answer both of your points?