5 years ago | 18 views. More flavour than the common mint. Trebor Softmints: early 1980s. It doesn't have a great dynamic range but I doesn't strive to have one.
Watch the video for Mr. Soft from Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's The Cream of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. It made a real impact on me as it did on many other viewers.
It was “Mr Soft”, which was a top ten hit for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel in 1974. First thing to note of the sound is how loud the record is cut. Although Mr Soft has long since left the screen, Trebor Softmints are still available and continue to be advertised on TV to this day, and again their adverts continue to be somewhat peculiar. So when I decided to find out more about this advert, assuming that there wouldn’t be much information on the internet about it, I was really surprised.
It’s for Trebor Softmints and features the classic character Mr Soft. I’m not sure what it is that I really like about this advert, firstly of course it’s such an odd idea, and I do like Mr Soft’s odd walk as he seems to bounce along the street in time to the music. My favorite pressing was from EMI Malaysia. It made a real impact on me as it … Lots of people do seem to remember this advertising campaign, I’ve seen lots of comments by people insisting that they used to be scared by these adverts, but they clearly had some sort of impact on a generation of viewers, and Mr Soft was a great mascot for Trebor. 4 years ago I love ben b's answer as body form leotard, funny as... What about a Tango man, or Mr soft mint (90's advert) Or just dress like Bond and say you're the milk tray guy. Review Changes The title track is a rocker with a honky-tonk piano, funky time signatures abound in Singular Band and the final track on side one is the heavily phased, slightly trippy Ritz. Mr So-oft, won’t you tell me why the world in which you’re living is so strange… Oh, Mr So-oft, how come everything around you is so soft and rearranged?… Voiceover: Bite into the shell of a Trebor spearmint Softmint and everything turns chewy and soft! Mr Soft is also very generous, handing out Softmints to everyone and everything including parking meters and postboxes who seemingly like to chew on them too, whilst a cat sat on a fence looks on. Scary Breath Mints Softmints Mr Soft.
The lyric sheet formed the left and right panels of the inner gatefold. First of all, a reworked version of “Mr Soft” was used with specially amended lyrics for the advert, “I also assumed that Mr Soft only had his 30 seconds of fame on TV, but having a look on YouTube I was really pleased to discover that there were at least two more adverts made. Those with long memories will remember Mr. Soft from a 80's mint advert, with its vaudeville chorus. Philadelphia ad man, Les Waas (né Lester Morton Waas; 1921–2016) scored it with new words for Mister Softee, and titled it, "Jingle and Chimes." It’s such a wonderfully odd advert that I decided to find out more about it and share my memories.The advert for Trebor Softmints appeared regularly on TV from about 1987 to 1995. 0:47.
Someone is walking along a street, but because they have bitten into a Softmint (“crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside”) their whole world has turned chewy and soft. I believe it was the only pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve. It’s clearly not only me who remembers all of this. It’s such a wonderfully odd advert that I decided to find out more about it and share my memories. I was going to conclude that Mr Soft is something of an unsung TV advertising hero, but his legacy clearly runs deeper than I imagined, as he is also referenced in Oasis’s 1994 hit “Shakermaker”, and before they were famous the group Elbow were originally called Mr Soft after the character. r/NotTimAndEric: This is subreddit for videos that are similar to content that could be found on the Tim and Eric show. Hey Mr Soft The above title,as well as being a well known song, was also used in an advert for soft mints. 5 years ago | 18 views. Now that’s the power of advertising. There is also another variation on the music. Incredible what used to pass as entertainment. EEEeeeh! I loved Mr Soft, I wanted to cuddle him - or eat him, one of the 2! There was also a variation on the original advert, which reveals that Mr Soft is on Trebor Street, and after meeting a human traffic warden he decides to give them a Softmint, which turns them all soft, leaving Mr Soft to leave in his car. Those with long memories will remember Mr. Soft from a 80's mint advert, with its vaudeville chorus. The song used in the advert made a big impact too. As the great philosopher Marshall McLuhan once said, "advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century", almost certainly while laughing his arse off to Ray Wilkins narrating the Tango advert.