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Johnnie Walker gets into art history
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Nice lookin' but I don't get the music selection.
Posted by: Ben Popken | Nov 14, 2005 11:47:34 AM
i found the piece very interesting, it wasn't something i could fully understand the first time around. i think the music has something to deal with like it said "what side are you on" are you a watcher, outside the painting looking in, or a doer, the man in the painting not even looking out. but continuing through the door. now back to the piece, are you on the johnny walker side, or just somebody looking in. which side are you on?
or thats how i take it
Posted by: Richard Wong | Nov 14, 2005 8:19:10 PM
*couldn't understand the first time around, sorry
Posted by: Richard Wong | Nov 14, 2005 8:20:55 PM
i think the music selection is a reflection of the animated characters choice to leave the piece of artwork representing War in favor of one that is decidedly more peaceful. Which side are you on?
Posted by: pk | Nov 15, 2005 11:06:25 AM
could anyone tell me what's the title and artist of the song on the johnnie walker "painting" spot?
Posted by: lazaros | Nov 22, 2005 4:48:51 AM
lazaros :
natalie merchant - which side are you on
Posted by: karafloxaitas | Nov 23, 2005 4:00:01 AM
thanx!
Posted by: | Nov 23, 2005 4:53:24 AM
it is not natalie merchant.. but i dont know who is the singer..
Posted by: tms | Nov 23, 2005 9:49:19 AM
i ve heard the natalie's song first and then the commercial's song. its totally another version ..and voice!
Posted by: tms | Nov 23, 2005 9:55:17 AM
Natassa Merchant - which side
Posted by: tms | Nov 23, 2005 10:08:53 AM
i search for the artist or the tittle of the song in the spot? Can anybody help?
Posted by: vangel | Nov 27, 2005 9:57:44 AM
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? (FLORENCE REECE) (1930s
Posted by: ARETI | Nov 28, 2005 3:10:42 AM
Which Side Are you on,
by Billi Bragg
Babis
Posted by: Babis Matsamakis | Nov 29, 2005 6:33:29 PM
The song from Johnny Walker ad IS NOT from Natalie Merchant!!!
Posted by: Freezing Shackle | Nov 30, 2005 9:50:26 AM
Off course IS NOT from Billi Bragg!!! OMG!!!! @_@
Posted by: Freezing Shackle | Nov 30, 2005 9:54:52 AM
anyone found the singer for this particular song on the ad?
Posted by: | Dec 1, 2005 5:15:59 AM
I've been told that the song is Billy Brag's- of course he is not singing it this time, and that it is a rebel's song- but i do not know who is singing it on the ad!
Posted by: dimitra | Dec 4, 2005 6:21:25 AM
natalie merchant sings the song on the advert ... but the song is much more older and i am sure that the last post from dimitra is 100% corrent... by the way is there sire or other source that we can find and download the ad?
Posted by: marieleni | Dec 5, 2005 4:09:41 PM
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? (FLORENCE REECE)
I INSIST THIS IS THE SONG FROM THE AD..
ITS A VERY OLD SONG MID OF 30;S WITH A POLITICAL HISTORY
CHECK THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS
:http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/whichsid.html
THE VERSION WITH NATALIE MERCHANT WILL INCLUDE IN A NEW COLLECTION ALBUM COMPILED BY MR.PAPASPYROPOULOS WHICH BE CALLED "ONCE UPON A TIME"
Posted by: ARETI | Dec 6, 2005 3:06:48 AM
the 2nd "which side.." version -from natalie merchant, for sure guys- that's being used in the advert is from her previous album "the house carpenter's daughter".
by the way, check out her new album...you won't be disappointed...
Posted by: tatiana | Dec 19, 2005 9:18:27 AM
I think tatiana is right...The version of the ad is N. Merchants's....Ofcourse composer is Florence Reece....:-)
Posted by: Mike | Dec 20, 2005 1:36:38 PM
the track is a contemporary interpretation of the 1930’s workers’ song "Which Side Are You On?" produced by A-Bomb, a soundtrack production company in London.
Posted by: James | Dec 21, 2005 5:30:48 AM
hello. i try to find this song for about a month but i cannot find a URL for free download. does anybody knows something more? it is a masterpiece
Posted by: apostolos_gr | Jan 1, 2006 7:37:50 PM
Try this link http://www.athinorama.gr/messageboard/default.asp?pid=349924
Posted by: Terra Computerata | Jan 5, 2006 7:05:07 AM
Guys,
You are all a little bit right.
Which side are you on is an old Union Song. The song is based on the tune of "Lay The Lily Down" by Jack Munro. That was way before 1930 when indeed Florence Reese picked it up and changed it into the known Union Song. There are old versions of her available on CD but it is awful. She doesn't have the voice to sing these kind of songs. The song was played a lot in the 40s and 50s by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seegers who were hanging out with Bob Dylan those days. The "Almanac Singers" featuring Guthrie and Seegers have the best version of "Which side are you from". It is not so sugar sweet as in the Johnny Walker ad, anyway it was meant to be a protest song. You can buy it from Amazon or download it from musicload.de. Search for Pete Seegers.
Regards from Athens
Mike
Posted by: Bedenham | Jan 7, 2006 11:41:13 AM
in the commercial wich singer is it?
None off the above is right...i have downloaded all off them :(
Posted by: adonis | Jan 7, 2006 9:02:51 PM
Well I am not sure, I believe dimitra above is right, it sounds pretty much like Natalie Merchant to me. But I wouldn't bet on it. It is definitely not Florence Reese. She sounds more like Anna Vissi with a very bad cold.
Strange that Johnny Walker does not have anything on their site. They have all other crap.
filakia
Posted by: Bedenham | Jan 10, 2006 5:59:20 PM
my opinion about the song of the commercial for Jonny the walkerman is,that the song of Maro Lytra based album with corporate with Sakis Roubas from the album >
Posted by: Takis_Klanakis | Jan 11, 2006 10:00:53 AM
re paidia poianou einai telika to tragoudi na to katevasw? katevasa ths natalie kai itan diaforetiko
Posted by: andreas | Jan 15, 2006 6:50:12 AM
Re, paidia aplos katevaste ta ola. Kathe ena exei tin xroia tou. Akoma ki auto tis Reece exei to endiaferon tou.Episis mporeite na katevasete olo to diafimistiko kai na arpaksete tin mousiki.Kalo downloading!
Marinos from Thessaloniki
Posted by: Marinos | Jan 17, 2006 4:49:27 PM
den exoume oloi dsl file mou...!!!
Posted by: basilis | Jan 18, 2006 11:42:19 AM
akrivws! re marino kane ola afta pou les kai meta steilto kai se mas to tragoudi an mporeis
Posted by: andreas | Jan 19, 2006 8:20:48 AM
Hey guys don't waste your time i'm working for cut&run the production agency of the commercial. This song was recorded in London only for the commercial.
Posted by: Christos | Jan 19, 2006 10:42:56 AM
afou eiste oloi ellines, giati milate agglika??? pantws auto tis diafimisis (pou prospatho na katevaso tora) einai "masterpiece"
Posted by: gorge | Jan 20, 2006 5:58:33 PM
I am the producer of this track which I recorded for the commercial at the end of last year. It is an A-Bomb production featuring Rachel Kelly. We have recorded a full length version and it will be available to download in the next month.
Posted by: Peter | Jan 23, 2006 5:24:00 AM
Oh my god..i am reading all those posts in here n u made me dizzy!the one says an artist,the other says another one!i ended up downloading everything of what u said n finally none is the one of the commercial :/ What are we supposed to do to find a song now?Just..someone who knows say a link or tell us the exact artist-title so that we'll be able to find it please! PLEASE! pft..
Posted by: ioanna | Feb 2, 2006 4:48:59 PM
Mou aresei pou oloi hsastan sigouroi kai epimenate pos einai tis Natalie Merchant! Ilithioi anthropoi! Den ftanei pou eiste asxetoi me tin mousiki, parasernete kai allous anideous stin diki sas vlakia! Prin pite kati, sigoureytite pos einai ayto kai min lete malakies epidi etsi akusate! Eleos pia me tin malakia pou dernei merikous! Ilithioi!
Posted by: Aganaktismenos | Feb 3, 2006 1:00:11 AM
pes ta re file...ante na doume an tha to vroume kapia mera ayto to tragoudi!!
Posted by: sokin | Feb 7, 2006 10:33:26 PM
Anyone know who is the last painting on the ad from (the one with the door)...
Posted by: marilou | Feb 10, 2006 10:39:59 AM
Ante xatheite re kampourogamovlaxoi pou akousate ena tragoudi sti zoi sas kai mathate mousiki..! To tragoudi to exo, xero apo poia einai kai to katevasa apo to kalytero site gia downloads po yparxei (siga pou tha sas ta po ;-))
Posted by: kalos ton | Feb 19, 2006 5:15:57 AM
Γιατί ρε βλαχοαγγλάκια γράφεται με λατινικούς χαρακτήρες; Όσο για τον μουσικογνώστη ή αλλιώς μουσικοπαίχτη τάκα-τάκα Aganaktismenos, αφου ξέρει ποιος λέει το κομμάτι γιατί δεν το λέει και σε μας να το κατεβάσουμε;
Posted by: Dimitris | Feb 20, 2006 5:54:28 PM
i hope you release it soon Jorge, your version (the one in the Ad) is by far the best leaving Natalie Merchant second!
Posted by: Lefsp | Feb 21, 2006 6:35:35 PM
ELLAS TO MEGALIO SOU!!! KAI STO INTERNET!
Posted by: Egw | Feb 23, 2006 6:30:49 PM
ellada einai ti kalitera
Posted by: Marco | Feb 24, 2006 10:15:18 AM
GO TO A BOMB'S WEBSITE!
abomb.co.uk
IT IS A TRACK CALLED "AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY TURN ME AROUND" , PRODUCED BY A-BOMB and PERFORMED BY RACHEL KELLY!
Who, incidentally, has an incredible voice.
Posted by: Loula | Feb 24, 2006 4:09:53 PM
Re paidia olo m***es lete.. To tragoudi einai tis Natalie Merchant. Sti diafimisi akougontai merika extra ixitika effe kai thoryboi pou exoun prostethei gia na denei me auta pou ginontai stous diaforous pinakes. Gi auto akougetai kapos diaforetiko. An katebasete to original tha sas fanei ligo pio "axromo" epeidi leipoun ola auta.
Posted by: Zombie | Feb 28, 2006 2:58:22 AM
eiste noumera !!!!
Posted by: areti | Feb 28, 2006 6:34:15 AM
ευτυχώς που έχουμε όλοι εδω μέσα ένα επίπεδο και δεν διστάζουμε να το δείξουμε! αντί να κάθεστε και να βρίζεστε μεταξύ σας και κάποια ψώνια να λένε οτι είναι ο συνθέτης, δεν κοιτάνε αυτοί που πράγματι ξέρουν να πουν και στους υπόλοιπους από ποιόν είναι τελικά αυτό το υπέροχο τραγούδι (όπως ακούγεται στην διαφήμιση) για να ευχαριστηθεί και η δική μας ψυχή?
Posted by: jjal | Mar 7, 2006 9:56:12 AM
According to Advertising Age the artist is Cristian Slimeno.
Posted by: Amy | Mar 8, 2006 3:55:03 PM
From www.a-bomb.co.uk/flat.asp
"10/31/2005 / Johhnie Walker - 'Painting'
A-Bomb's stunning collaboration with BBH on this latest installment of the "Keep Walking" campaign has won Boards Magazine's Top Spot. Directed by Aardman, it shows the personal journey taken by one of Delacroix's warriors when he elects to snap his sword in half and leave the battlefield to journey through other famous masterpieces, including works by Hokusai, Seurat and Miro, to the doorway of Magritte’s "La Victoire". The richly evocative soundtrack, a contemporary interpretation of 1940’s workers' song "Which Side Are You On?", produced by A-Bomb and featuring vocalist Rachel Kelly, exquisitly underscores the film's intriguing subtext."
Artist: A-Bomb feat.Rachel Kelly
Song Title: Which Side Are You On?
The End...
Posted by: Ilias | Mar 9, 2006 9:38:17 PM
