Country Life Butter = The New Anarchy?
The Guardian reports John Lydon, singer for legendary punk bands Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., is fattening up the UK in his first ever commercial for Country Life butter. Lydon was known in the past for his anarchist attitude, but in the last few years has pierced through the souls of TV viewers on British reality TV, Discovery Channel, and VH1. Now, instead of the grating chords of "God Save the Queen" running through their heads, Brits will never forget his intonation of "It's not about Great Britain, it's about great butter!" I'm not sure he'll ever live this one down—especially the part when the cows chase him off-screen.
Since we can't embed the video, see the over-enthusiastic butter-loving commercial here.
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7 Comments:
Sorry, I'm confused. It's a fun commercial. No one goes overboard eating mounds of butter in the ad. So, why the "fattening up the UK" and "I'm not sure he'll ever live this one down"? Brits are known for their humor, this ad is wonderfully tongue-firmly-in-cheek, and butter isn't such a bad thing in moderation.
Give me real butter any day over chemically-congealed vegetable oil, please. Oh, and I'll have a croissant with that.
LunaPierCook at 8:30AM on 10/02/08
It is available on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hzQsvxtLTM if you want to embed it.
Allan at 9:29AM on 10/02/08
I'm sure John Lydon had a conversation with his manager that began with "Listen John, butter is way more punk rock than margerine, or even imiataion butter spread. And, you know, safety pins and hair gel don't just grown on trees these days...."
JudgeFudge at 10:09AM on 10/02/08
"Lydon was known in the past for his anarchist attitude"
and all these years i thought he was known for being an annoying blowhard....
sloppy at 12:23PM on 10/02/08
@LunaPierCook: I love the commercial, I've watched it about 15 times at least. Fattening up was not meant to be truly literal. And I'd like a second serving of butter on my bagel which I already buttered.
Allison Hemler at 3:37PM on 10/02/08
I think I died a little inside.
LizSherman at 3:46PM on 10/02/08
I like his kitchen.
JigsawJones at 9:31PM on 10/02/08