There is a definite trend of companies recycling their expensive adverts of yesteryear in order to save themselves a bit of cash. To be honest, there isn’t a lot we can say as a criticism of that. Times are tough and if your product hasn’t changed very much then why bother going to the effort of making a whole new advert to extoll the exact same virtues.
While there’s nothing wrong with it on the face of it, some ads remind us that they were completely awful in the first place and, like last week, we’re looking into the murky, sugar-loaded world of soft drinks.
Not a lot has ever really happened in Australia. Since that awkward event with Dorothy and the wizard who controls all of the inhabitants in Oz, there hasn’t been much to sing and dance about.
Unless you count cracking open a warm tins of Fosters and being distrustful of the indigenous aboriginal folk, Australians have little to look forward to.
However, in a hecklerspray exclusive, it’s been revealed to us that the Australian government are about to allow the population to listen to something other than INXS. Australians were told Michael Hutchence died from natural causes; not through an accidental self-pleasure mishap. So which world famous musician or band has been allowed to fly in and showcase their talents? We’ve been told that Lee Ryan and Muse were busy, so YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has been booked instead.
The internet has always been a damaging tool for unintended material to go viral. All you need to do is type “Star Wars Kid” into YouTube to see multiple mocked up videos of the original showing someone emulating one of the characters… or if you prefer, some tubby kid being roundly mocked for having fun.
Twitter has the ability to make a piece of footage go viral in seconds thanks to the power of retweets. One such person who fell victim to this was Rebecca Black. Her parents paid for her to live the dream of a popstar but nobody knew that the song sounded so ropey due to the extreme use of autotune.
At first, the taunts were confined to users describing the song as rubbish. But when personalised threats of violence were uttered, it all got a bit out of hand. But in true Disney esque style, Rebecca Black has come out on top and has released a more polished follow up.
Oh how clever-clever we sniping internet sorts are! If anyone dares to try and make something of their lives, we’re always on-hand to belittle, chide and generally decapitate anyone who has the cheek to stick their stupid heads above the parapet.
And we don’t just store up our ire for adults! No siree! Rebecca Black who is, like, 4 years old or something, has been getting it in the neck over her video, ‘Friday’.
How we chuckle at her misfortune! Right? Wait! What? While you may think that her mother wasted a perfectly good $2,000 cheque by cutting the song/video, you’ll be disappointed to learn that all your sarcasm is making the youngster $27,000. Per week.
Aw! Look! A 13 year old rich kid has made a DIY pop song and 33 million+ people have watched it on YouTube, most of whom want her to go and self harm and die. Ain’t our species of stumbling homosapiens the best!
Of course, Black’s song – ‘Friday’ – is pish. Not surprisingly really when you consider that she made the thing as a posh version of those old books you can write yourself into. It’s a kid playing at being a popstar and that’s about it.
However, thanks to the meme machine that is the connected human race, she’s gone from being a kid to a very famous kid who performed a song that is in no way as bad as say, ‘Life’ by Des’ree or absolutely anything by Guns ‘n’ Roses. And now she’s got some celebrity fans… of sorts.
Ask anyone which band they'd most like to see reunite and they'll probably say The Beatles – but if you drug their water or concuss them a bit there's a chance they'd say New Kids On The Block.
And if that's the case then their dreams have been answered, because New Kids On The Block are back!
After a few months of sly non-commitment, New Kids On The Block are expected to officially announce their reunion on Friday's Today show. And, as an appetite-whetter, New Kids On The Block have released the first group photo of the reunion. At least that's what we think it is – it could just be a page ripped out of Middle-Aged Weekend Father At A Court Appearance magazine that someone published as a belated April Fool joke. Who knows?
There is a definite trend of companies recycling their expensive adverts of yesteryear in order to save themselves a bit of cash. To be honest, there isn’t a lot we can say as a criticism of that. Times are tough and if your product hasn’t changed very much then why bother going to the effort of making a whole new advert to extoll the exact same virtues.
