Apple and Amazon Release Warm, Fuzzy Holiday Ads - Both With Beatles-Related Songs (youtube.com) 23
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: For the soundtracks to their 2023 holiday season ads, both Amazon and Apple turned to music by members of The Beatles. Amazon's Joy Ride, which stars three older women reliving their youthful joy at a sledding hill, is set to a cover of The Beatles' In My Life. Apple's Fuzzy Feelings, which tells the story of a young woman with a grumpy boss, is set to George Harrison's Isn't It a Pity.
Product placement is present in both ads — Amazon features padded seat cushions that protect the seniors' tushes and the Amazon app used to order them, while Apple showcases the iPhone 15 Pro Max used to capture the ad's stop-motion animation scenes and the MacBook Air used to edit them.
Amazon's 60-second ad has 542K views on YouTube, while Apple's 4-minute ad has 16+ million views.
Product placement is present in both ads — Amazon features padded seat cushions that protect the seniors' tushes and the Amazon app used to order them, while Apple showcases the iPhone 15 Pro Max used to capture the ad's stop-motion animation scenes and the MacBook Air used to edit them.
Amazon's 60-second ad has 542K views on YouTube, while Apple's 4-minute ad has 16+ million views.
What? (Score:5, Funny)
Why didn't my ad blocker block this post? Strange.
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Or the "Disable advertising" checkbox. Which I've noticed stays checked for a little while then unchecks itself.
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Or the "Disable advertising" checkbox. Which I've noticed stays checked for a little while then unchecks itself.
Cmdr. Taco really needs the 11 cents he makes from ads here.
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Or if you're in St. Petersburg and getting paid to post this crap, do something useful with your life.
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Seroius question (Score:2)
Does anyone know how Paul feels about their songs being used for capitalist purposes? From what I remember, the Beatles were against such things.
Re:Seroius question (Score:4, Insightful)
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Every idealist sells out when he starts getting grey hair, heartburn, hypertension and piles. The Beatles are the archetypal ultra-capitalist rent franchise.
I can counter with some Tull (Score:1)
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Don't care (Score:2)
As long as it ain't Last Christmas [youtube.com], it can't be that bad.
Nothing warm and fuzzy comes out of big tech (Score:3)
Just fake humanity, fake humor, fake jollyness and fake feelings to exploit you in some way or other.
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slaps chest (Score:2)
Sending our warmest regards.
Does theodp know how advertising works (Score:4)
Product placement is present in both ads
That's literally the point of adverts man.
Sounds like lump of coal in your stockings...... (Score:2)
Who wrote this? (Score:2)
Product placement is present in both ads
No shit Sherlock, it's an ad.