Thursday, 9 January 2020

Burberry's to Blame




Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
That I love London town

Has anyone else got this song on the brain?    

 Over the last few weeks we have been bombarded by the ad for Burberry's new fragrance for women.  The song on the ad is this one in the video.  Fortunately I like it.  Classic 

I searched for it on youtube.  In the comments under every version of this song on YouTube  is the question

"Are you here only because of that damn perfume ad?"

 I've listened to the song by the Cockney Rovers, sung by little  cockney Davy Jones of the Monkeys, by Queen and also Bug Flanagan, top of the billet at the London Palladium.  They must have been one of the orginals to sing it.  40s, 50s?  Or even before 




Burberry, founded in 1856, is Britain's luxury fashion house.  This is their  distinctive pattern whether in scarves, bags, coats or perfume.


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23 comments:

  1. JayCee9 January 2020 at 05:39

    I don't watch TV any more so I have missed that ad 😁 I am not sure whether Burberry is even still British owned. It is probably owned by a conglomerate of trust companies,
    like so many other *British* brands these days.
    I have never been keen on that design either. Those colours are very unflattering!

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    1. JayCee9 January 2020 at 06:25

      Sorry, that sounds like a very negative comment from me on your post! I remember the song well from my childhood. It was quite popular at one time.

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    2. local alien9 January 2020 at 07:14

      I knew the song too though I don't know how. Probably one my father sang.

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  2. northsider 9 January 2020 at 06:20

    It's a second world war song. Bud Flanagan sang it. I am sure it was good for morale. It's strange how songs play in your head or mental jukebox.

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    1. local alien9 January 2020 at 07:15

      It's a WW11 song, that's definitely how I know it. My father would have played it.

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  3. Rachel Phillips9 January 2020 at 06:30

    I am not aware of the ad but I normally turn ads down anyway and I have not seen it at the cinema which is where I normally see most ads.

    Burberry is still sort of British and did one of the unusual things of reversing out of GUS who had taken it over and went back to independence.

    I believe that Davy Jones was actually from Manchester and never a cockney, just for the record.

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  4. local alien9 January 2020 at 07:18

    Davy Jones turned up on YouTube singing the song so I presumed he was cockney. Should have checked.
    GUS? I googled that and got a load of rubbish even after putting a full stop after each letter. The best I got was
    Global University Systems, presumably not applicable

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    1. Rachel Phillips9 January 2020 at 09:21

      Great Universal Stores.

      I used to work, quite recently in fact, with Davy Jones' sister who for some unknown reason ended up in Norfolk and I was temping in her office. She was very proud, and fond, of her brother and regularly went over to Florida to stay with him. I haven't seen her since he died. I would imagine she was distraught.

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  5. Cro Magnon9 January 2020 at 07:27

    I'm from a little south of London, but I love London too. As for Burberry's, it's a bit naff these days, ever since it became 'Essex Girl's' clothing of choice!

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    1. local alien9 January 2020 at 23:08

      I did love London. Wonder if I would recognise it now

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  6. Sol9 January 2020 at 10:06

    I havent seen the advert. But the songs that keep playing in my head are Imagine by John Lennon

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  7. wisps of words9 January 2020 at 11:28

    Do not know of this song... But remember Davey Jones and The Monkees. Our daughter was a fan, back then, and so, so was I. -smile-

    "Hey, hey, we're the Monkees,
    People say we monkey around.
    We're too busy singing,
    To put any body down."

    😊🔥😊

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    1. local alien9 January 2020 at 22:58

      I loved the Monkees too. Great music, quirky guys.

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  8. Yael9 January 2020 at 12:48

    I know the perfume and many years ago I even loved it very much.I'm not sure I've seen it here on store shelves in recent years

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    1. local alien9 January 2020 at 22:59

      Bravo Yael, you're the only one who mentioned the perfume.

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  9. angela9 January 2020 at 16:27

    I don’t watch much telly anymore. And any I do I tape and fast forward the ads so I don’t know if we get that ad here
    But I do hate it when I get a song or jingle stuck in my head. There isn’t much in there so it bounces around for days lol

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    1. local alien9 January 2020 at 23:00

      I had just got rid of this song in my brain and now it's back again. Should have deleted the post lol

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  10. Amy10 January 2020 at 20:42

    It's funny what you see on tv that jogs your brain sometimes, we don't watch alot either, probably the news (if that cos it's always so negative) or the chaser apart from that can't be bothered.

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  11. Perth Creasy's11 January 2020 at 20:40

    The version of the song on the Burberry ad is sung by John Williams & William Goodchild.

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