I wasn't sure where to put this thread, so please move it elsewhere if I'm wrong.
First, watch this video:
The following words are what we hear John Lennon say in the Citroen DS3 ad:
‘Once a thing’s been done, it’s been done. So while this nostalgia... I mean, for the sixties and seventies, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How’s that rock n roll? Do something of your own, start something new, you know, live your lives now. Know what I mean?’
As I played it over an over again, I noticed that Mr. Lennon’s mouth movement did not correspond to the words he said. I found this very strange and puzzling. The speech itself, when you look at it again, doesn’t fully make sense
I did some research on the original footage of an interview for BBC that John Lennon made in June of 1968. The original speech goes as the following:
'So I was writing 'Spaniard In The Works' and I knew... I never got past a story longer than a page. So I read a whole stack -- sort of ‘The Madman’s Sherlock Holmes' where you get all the stories in one, and realized that every story was the same story. So I just wrote one 'Shamrock Womlbs' after three weeks of Sherlock Holmes in Tahiti. And that was the end of it'
This BBC interview was about the reading materials that inspired Mr. Lennon to write his own book called ‘Spaniard In The Works’. This is pure evidence that the words we hear in the 2010 Citroen ad had been altered and were no longer the same as the original. John Lennon’s original voice had been erased and replaced by a voice-over.
I found this very strange and puzzling. Why would the Citroen company change the original audio? Is the alternate voice John Lennon’s or a phony’s? The speech in the Citroen ad, when you look at it again, doesn’t fully make sense.
Here is the comparison of the two video footages:
One of the comments on the advertisement video stated:
'I disagree with John Lennon. I think that the past can be an excellent source of inspiration, as far as you focus on the future. The Beatles themselves had been inspired by persons like Elvis. That's Rock n Roll.'
John Lennon and the other Beatles were inspired by the past, so why would John Lennon make such a statement as the one we hear in the ad? This is more evidence that the new voice-over must be fake and not made by Mr. Lennon himself, both in the interview and any other statement he ever made. We know this when John Lennon refers to Sherlock Holmes in the BBC interview. This means that John Lennon was looking backwards for inspiration, a total opposite of what he said in the Citroen ad.
Putting this matter aside for a moment, I then proceeded to analize the ad as a whole.
In the ad, John Lennon is the primary focus of the first-half. At the top right-hand corner, the two words IMAGINE PEACE are seen for two seconds until they fade and disappear. John Lennon makes a statement regarding past and inspiration. When he says the word ‘sixties’ the footage jumps up, like an antique footage. This does not happen in the original interview of 1968, this means that the footage has been altered for the purpose of the commercial.
Near the end of John Lennon’s speech, his tone is lifted and sounds happier after he had said ‘How’s that rock n roll?’. He then puts his hand to his bottom lip and gently bites his finger. During all this, he glances directly at the camera with unhidden glee in his eyes. Suddenly, the screen flashes in black and John Lennon is removed from focus. Two white words shoot out from opposite sides and meet in the middle. The two words are ANTI RETRO. As soon as this happens, bass claps and sounds of drums fuse to form a fast-phased rhythm. It gradually builds up to become a catchy electronic tune which is understood to be the theme music of the ad. Then a dark, lustrous Citroen DS3 quickly becomes the main focus of the ad. We see multiple flashes of the car from different angles as it slowly drives in the black background. There is a faint reflection below the car, which is evidence that the floor must be made of well-polishes stone or metal. The car has a cherry-colored hood, which probably indicates that it is a convertible vehicle. We see the car for about five seconds. Then the screen flashes in white and we are greeted by the name of the car in black letters. The car is called Citroen DS3. This statement lasts for exactly two seconds before it is replaced by the Citroen logo. The shading on it changes, this indicates moving light. As soon as the light is set in stone, which is much less than a second, the Citroen company motto appears below the logo in red letters. It says CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIE. At the same time, the website link appears in grey letters at the top right-hand corner. Everything stays like that for one second. The music stops and that concludes as the end of the Citroen DS3 commercial.
The question here is: What the hell Citroen?
First, watch this video:
The following words are what we hear John Lennon say in the Citroen DS3 ad:
‘Once a thing’s been done, it’s been done. So while this nostalgia... I mean, for the sixties and seventies, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How’s that rock n roll? Do something of your own, start something new, you know, live your lives now. Know what I mean?’
As I played it over an over again, I noticed that Mr. Lennon’s mouth movement did not correspond to the words he said. I found this very strange and puzzling. The speech itself, when you look at it again, doesn’t fully make sense
I did some research on the original footage of an interview for BBC that John Lennon made in June of 1968. The original speech goes as the following:
'So I was writing 'Spaniard In The Works' and I knew... I never got past a story longer than a page. So I read a whole stack -- sort of ‘The Madman’s Sherlock Holmes' where you get all the stories in one, and realized that every story was the same story. So I just wrote one 'Shamrock Womlbs' after three weeks of Sherlock Holmes in Tahiti. And that was the end of it'
This BBC interview was about the reading materials that inspired Mr. Lennon to write his own book called ‘Spaniard In The Works’. This is pure evidence that the words we hear in the 2010 Citroen ad had been altered and were no longer the same as the original. John Lennon’s original voice had been erased and replaced by a voice-over.
I found this very strange and puzzling. Why would the Citroen company change the original audio? Is the alternate voice John Lennon’s or a phony’s? The speech in the Citroen ad, when you look at it again, doesn’t fully make sense.
Here is the comparison of the two video footages:
One of the comments on the advertisement video stated:
'I disagree with John Lennon. I think that the past can be an excellent source of inspiration, as far as you focus on the future. The Beatles themselves had been inspired by persons like Elvis. That's Rock n Roll.'
John Lennon and the other Beatles were inspired by the past, so why would John Lennon make such a statement as the one we hear in the ad? This is more evidence that the new voice-over must be fake and not made by Mr. Lennon himself, both in the interview and any other statement he ever made. We know this when John Lennon refers to Sherlock Holmes in the BBC interview. This means that John Lennon was looking backwards for inspiration, a total opposite of what he said in the Citroen ad.
Putting this matter aside for a moment, I then proceeded to analize the ad as a whole.
In the ad, John Lennon is the primary focus of the first-half. At the top right-hand corner, the two words IMAGINE PEACE are seen for two seconds until they fade and disappear. John Lennon makes a statement regarding past and inspiration. When he says the word ‘sixties’ the footage jumps up, like an antique footage. This does not happen in the original interview of 1968, this means that the footage has been altered for the purpose of the commercial.
Near the end of John Lennon’s speech, his tone is lifted and sounds happier after he had said ‘How’s that rock n roll?’. He then puts his hand to his bottom lip and gently bites his finger. During all this, he glances directly at the camera with unhidden glee in his eyes. Suddenly, the screen flashes in black and John Lennon is removed from focus. Two white words shoot out from opposite sides and meet in the middle. The two words are ANTI RETRO. As soon as this happens, bass claps and sounds of drums fuse to form a fast-phased rhythm. It gradually builds up to become a catchy electronic tune which is understood to be the theme music of the ad. Then a dark, lustrous Citroen DS3 quickly becomes the main focus of the ad. We see multiple flashes of the car from different angles as it slowly drives in the black background. There is a faint reflection below the car, which is evidence that the floor must be made of well-polishes stone or metal. The car has a cherry-colored hood, which probably indicates that it is a convertible vehicle. We see the car for about five seconds. Then the screen flashes in white and we are greeted by the name of the car in black letters. The car is called Citroen DS3. This statement lasts for exactly two seconds before it is replaced by the Citroen logo. The shading on it changes, this indicates moving light. As soon as the light is set in stone, which is much less than a second, the Citroen company motto appears below the logo in red letters. It says CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIE. At the same time, the website link appears in grey letters at the top right-hand corner. Everything stays like that for one second. The music stops and that concludes as the end of the Citroen DS3 commercial.
The question here is: What the hell Citroen?
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