Virgin Atlantic TV ad - 25 years, still red hot
Seeing as it’s Friday I thought I’d share a bit of Friday Fun with everyone with the new advert by Virgin Atlantic celebrating their 25 years of being in business.
I love this ad for loads of reasons. It’s reminded me how amazing Frankie Goes to Hollywood were, and how “Relax” still stands the test of time as being a damn good song. I also love all of the references to 1980’s Britain, such as the miners strike, HUGE mobile phones, Our Price (I used to work there), Wimpy, Big Country’s “Steeltown” album (although I’ve also seen a version of this ad with the guy oustide Our Price holding Scritti Politti’s excellent “Cupid & Psyche” album - not sure why 2 versions exist but there you go), Asteroids arcade game and Grandstand portable kids arcade game that the boy is playing with. Love the attention to detail.
But best of all this ad is brilliant because it celebrates the fact that Virgin always had the most glamourous cabin crew of any airline. Fact. Some people here are getting their knickers in a knot and saying it’s sexist, it’s not it’s just bloody good fun - a shame we don’t see more stuff like this in our overly politically correct times.
When asked about the ad, Paul Dickinson, the sales and marketing director of Virgin Atlantic said: “When our competitors are feeling down in the dumps, and we enter into a year of economic uncertainty, you can always trust Virgin Atlantic to raise spirits and stare into the future with as much optimism as we did back in 1984.”
Hear, hear! Well done Virgin Atlantic.
What I’m listening to right now: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - “Relax”
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Virgin Atlantic TV ad - 25 years, still red hot
Original post by Kieron
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