It’s for Trebor Softmints and features the classic character Mr Soft. 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. Seriously, what is going on there? 5 years ago | 18 views. Now that’s the power of advertising. 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. They are better known nowadays for their 1975 chart-topper “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”. In the advert everything from the person to the environment by way of a bendy parking meter is soft. Waas created close to 1,000 jingles.
There is also another variation on the music. 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. Choppedomit. r/NotTimAndEric: This is subreddit for videos that are similar to content that could be found on the Tim and Eric show. Trebor. Those with long memories will remember Mr. Soft from a 80's mint advert, with its vaudeville chorus. 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. 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! My favorite pressing was from EMI Malaysia.
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. 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. Follow. 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. 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. 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. It’s clearly not only me who remembers all of this. Hey Mr Soft The above title,as well as being a well known song, was also used in an advert for soft mints. Browse more videos. First of all, there was an advert for the variation Trebor Softfruits, where our hero seems to be stranded on a desert island, but he has his Softfruits which he somehow is able to suck through a straw, before having an unfortunate encounter with a crab. The advert for Trebor Softmints appeared regularly on TV from about 1987 to 1995. The lyric sheet formed the left and right panels of the inner gatefold. Scary Breath Mints Softmints Mr Soft. Playing next.
It’s for Trebor Softmints and features the classic character Mr Soft. Scary Breath Mints Softmints Mr Soft. Careful if you dont have a stylus grade higher than elliptical or an MC cart to dampen them, especially if you primarily listen through headphones. Indeed, he gets so carried away doing this he collides with a lamppost and ends up on the floor. 21:54. The melody broadcast from Mister Softee trucks – bearing the likeness of a music-box – is a contrafactum of Arthur Pryor's 1905 composition, "The Whistler and His Dog." Trebor Softmints: early 1980s. Report. 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’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. 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." 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. 4:30. 0:47. It made a real impact on me as it … You won't find it in any list of top 100 albums, but you will find it in the £1 bin of your local second hand record store. It made a real impact on me as it did on many other viewers. After seeing the classic advert again though I fancied having some Softmints and they still taste great. Recently I was watching an old advert break on YouTube from 1992 (now there’s a surprise), when an advert appeared that I was really pleased to see again because it is one of my all-time favourites. EEEeeeh!