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Thread #148936   Message #3612995
Posted By: GUEST
26-Mar-14 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: Will old beer adverts become folksongs?
Subject: RE: Will old beer adverts become folksongs?
Going back to the original posting my memory of the Watneys Red Barrel song, sung to the tune of Roll Out the Barrel was

Roll out Red Barrel, let's have a barrel of beer
Roll out Red Barrel (can't remember this bit)
Roll out Red Barrel, making us full of good cheer
What we want is Watneys Red Barrel
It's our favourite beer

The bit I can't remember should be 'our taste buds are clearly queer' if you ever tasted the abomination that was Red Barrel but it was clever of them to get the 'What we want is Watneys slogan in at the end. In fact they replaced the stuff with Watneys Red because sales were so bad (slogan Join the Red Revolution). One pint was enough to persuade me and most people that it was no improvement.