Oh no... Duffy gets on her bike in Diet Coke spot

and fyi Don Dellilos underworld is unreadable.

this just isn't true though is it - seeing as at least three or four people on here have read it. Maybe something like 'I didn't manage to read much of Don DeLillo's "Underworld"'.

What's interesting is the people who've said they did read it thought it was totally skilliant.

i heard it on tv last night, the tune actually grows on you after a while. god damn you all!!

If it grew on me, I would have it surgically removed.

this just isn't true though is it - seeing as at least three or four people on here have read it. Maybe something like 'I didn't manage to read much of Don DeLillo's "Underworld"'.

What's interesting is the people who've said they did read it thought it was totally skilliant.

Time for a list!

People who have read Underworld and thought it 'totally skilliant'.

1. Pajamas
   
2. Kattt
   
3. andyp
   

If it grew on me, I would have it surgically removed.

Rofl +1

Mother? Pretentious self regarding fuck wits who somehow think they are not corporate whores like the rest of the industry just because they put a caravan in their office and hold meetings in it. I'm normally pro-caravan but that's one I'd like to see pushed off a cliff to the sound of screaming young creatives.

aha ah right on point

http://www.motherlondon.com/

As previously mentioned the creative agency Mother created this advert as. Their website is well Barley.

There are a few different videos. One of them is people skating around the office, and also a rabbit?

Nice offices though. When you go into reception one wall is covered with photos of....the staff's mothers

I kid you not

I'm with Will on this....nice offices you say? it looks like a prison with all that chicken wire about....did they move the ironic "trailer" to Redchurch Street?

I just heard this, and well.........

Bloody "Creative" marketing agencies

These guys look like a bunch of twats. How you supposed to get any work done if you are poncing around on a piece of wood with wheels all day. Get a proper job you wankers

jebus. saw the ad at the weekend.

i don't really know where to start with it. shall i just i assume that sufficient bile and spleen has been vented upthread and keep my own rantings for the living room?

People who have read Underworld and thought it 'totally skilliant'.

1. Pajamas
   
2. Kattt
   
3. andyp
   
4. Sharkstar
   
   

People who have had the piss taken out of them for praising it:

1. Sharkstar
   

"It honestly pains me to see so many talented people whether they be musicians, painters, sculptors, whatever, get sweet fa for their efforts while agents, producers, and dealers coin it in. Who would you rather benefits financially from your efforts as an artist, yourself in your own lifetime or rich collectors/dealers in a hundred plus years from now? Now to me that's truly cynical and says far more about the nature of commerce than it does about art."

It pains you because we have different ideas about success - which you obviously measure in terms of financial gain. im a musician and as long as i can eat im happy; because i haven't bought in to the idea that everybody has the right to be/should strive to be a rock star.

@mypethip - I've just skimmed your posts and to be perfectly honest it sounds like sour-grapes to me. That and sanctimonious soap-box ranting. But don't let an informed opinion get in the way of a good shouting.

I get the ad: she's doing a concert, has a break, drinks some diet coke then grabs a trendy bike for a ride and a sing song, but what I can't fathom is why she hangs a left and rides though a supermarket. That and her horrible outfit

her voice really irritates me, its just not a nice sound, its all scratchy and rough. her music is non offensive, unimagative, and completely dull faux sixties im a woman singer wank.

shes cashed in on the sound/market amy winehouse popularised, but has much less interesting content and is much easier to sell becuase shes a nice (boring) girl. winehouse is a fuckup/car crash, but at least people are interested in her, who gives a fuck what duffy is like.

theyve tried to make her look fit, but it hasnt worked. when she first came about she was really girl next door, but theyve tried to make her a glamour puss and it just looks like shes playing dress up. she still has the face of a cat licking piss of a nettle and she isnt athletic enough for me to fancy her body. somtimes girls can sing so beutifully i want to marry them on the spot, but her voice just repels me.

diet coke tastes like shit and is for horrible insecure people. just drink normal fucking coke if you want fizzy caramel flavoured caffine, and sort the rest of your life out. the thought of putting on minute amounts of weight shouldnt make you drink drinks that are blatently disgusting.

the bit where the girls in the car admire her as she passes makes me cringe. i can accept an advert trying to sell me a product, but i dont want them trying to force some kind of aspirational lifestyle down my throat. this shit is the reason why there are so many hopless untalented fucks trying to get on reality shows.

/bitter

i am glad shes riding a bike though as the world is better with more cyclists.

i am glad shes riding a bike though as the world is better with more cyclists.

Yes! The advert has captured you and you're all enthused by the product now! Result! ;)

People who have read Underworld and thought it 'totally skilliant'.

1. Pajamas
   
2. Kattt
   
3. andyp
   
4. Sharkstar
   
5. Seeds
   
   
   

Don DeLillo is better than Duffy. Discuss.

I saw (I'm 99% sure it was her) Duffy in West Hampstead today; she left a takeaway/deli and got into a chauffeur-driven Merc only to be driven all of 50 metres. Absolute balls.

Oh no. The ad agency (mother) think their ad is so cool they've released a 'making of' film. If you didn't hate the advertising industry before just wait til you've seen this

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/mar/11/duffy-diet-coke

Hah! that's pretty good

Having looked at the tossers at "Mother" and then the inane "Creative" at CocaCola I think they are made for each other. Utterly pointless drivel of an advert and a total waste of time in the making of it video. Off to wash out my eyes with carbolic soap to get rid of the taste. Might have a Pepsi instead though...

Might have a Pepsi instead though...

You sure about that?

Sadly not a joke. You can read the whole document here (sorry, no idea how to stop it from embedding itself):

[ame="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12112331/Pepsi-Breathtaking-Design-Strategy"]Scribd[/ame]

What a pointless waste of time.

nah - hate the pretentious stuff. I'll stick to water.

Having looked at the tossers at "Mother" and then the inane "Creative" at CocaCola I think they are made for each other. Utterly pointless drivel of an advert and a total waste of time in the making of it video. Off to wash out my eyes with carbolic soap to get rid of the taste. Might have a Pepsi instead though...

Mother don't give a shit, they've got the Diet Coke account. They've worked hard to win it and now they're doing what they're asked of. I'm sure a lot of you would do things if you were paid enough money for it.

I'm not saying I'm a fan of the ad by any stretch of the imagination and someone does need shooting, namely Duffy, but there's more to adland than drivel like this. Even if you all think it's the spawn of satan.

People who have read Underworld and thought it 'totally skilliant'.

1. Pajamas
   
2. Kattt
   
3. andyp
   
4. Sharkstar
   
5. Seeds
   
6. Mouse
   
   
   

Don DeLillo is better than Duffy. Fixed.

People who have read Underworld and thought it 'totally skilliant'.

1. Pajamas
   
2. Kattt
   
3. andyp
   
4. Sharkstar
   
5. Seeds
   
6. Mouse
   
7. Dannoleeed
   
   

It is fucking epic. Amazing book.

The guys at the local fixed gear shop (here in cambridge) had to fix the bike that Duffy used for the commercial the other day.

sadly i don't have any photos. But it's pretty rad either way.