pepsi cola and old hunting tune

Subject: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: GUEST,Mark Campbell
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 07:07 PM

Hi all,

Mark Campbell here..

Quote from

http://www.classicthemes.com/technologyTimeline.html

1939 - National radio hit advertising jingle "Pepsi-Cola Hits The Spot" is written by Eric Siday and Ginger Johnson, adapted from the tune of an 18th-century English hunting song titled "John Peel".

Anyone know anything about John Peel?

Subject: RE: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: artbrooks
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 07:17 PM

The song is here: John Peel

But I'm not sure if its the same tune...I remember the "Pepsi" tune as sounding different.

Subject: RE: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 07:27 PM

This link will also give you some ideas from previous threads John Peel: text and discussion

Subject: RE: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 07:30 PM

Didn't work. However if you enter John Peel in the box "Dgitrad and Forum Search you should find what you are looking for.

Subject: RE: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 07:59 PM

Thanks all.

Turns out John Peel has sparked lots of discussion in the past 3 years.

I think this songs its predecessors and derivatives would make a good set of tunes (with gaelic and welsh where required).

My band Tursacan may well be interested in a new millenium version of John Peel (with global "odd rhythms" to spice things up even more).

Subject: RE: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 11:50 PM

the Pepsi jingle was very close to the "John Peel" tune...except for the last line, which Pepsi changed a bit to make it fit a short jingle

Subject: RE: pepsi cola and old hunting tune
From: Joe_F
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 08:19 PM

The tune has also notably been used for "Cats on the Rooftops", q.v. in the database.