fabulous fabulous japanese Coca-cola, 1968

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

Japanese Coca-Cola commercial featuring " four leaves,"  what were apparently a very energetic Japanese boy band of the late 60s and 70s
(I love that despite  fact they've been dancing around with the cokes they don't  fizz over when they
open them. )

(not a commercial btw)

bedazzled. friggin. life beaters.  No doubt an attempt to combine masculinity and gypsy dance flash. The question is:  Is this
failure or PURE GENIUS?

Comments

[keristars.livejournal.com]

Is that the same group? because I guess the date of the first ad explains the age of the fans in the second video.

Also, omg, that afro.

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

ha, sorry for not clarifying that. Yes, they are. It didn't say what year this was, but I'm assuming late 70s, '77 maybe?

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

not even at a bunch of guys decorated like Christmas trees. but they tried didn't they?

[whoseline_wlsc]

I like the music in the first commercial. The outfits in the second one....holy cow.

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

I just had to share it, those shirts were just too bizarre.

[kyoko-godaikun.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, early Johnny's!

Pure genius on Johnny Kitagawa's side. he's made millions owning the talent agency Johnny's and Associates.

Johnny's is an all male talent agency in Japan. The group hasn't lived on but the agency has. The groups include SMAP, Kat-tun ect.

I don't think Kitagawa even requires the guys to sing, just look good.

Johnny's are on tv alot in Japan, a whole lot. Kimura Takuya and Nakai Masahiro are the two top money earners in the Johnny's agency, and they are in a ton of CM's.

[tink-queen.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love this post. It may sound way specific, but I love 70s japanese pop, like Finger 5, Pink Lady, Candies (all of them did their share of TV ads too), Linda Yamamoto, Momoe Yamaguchi....:)

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

funny you should mention finger 5, I was just checking them out. I love how instead of a boy singer in the "micheal jackson" part of the group they have a girl

[tink-queen.livejournal.com]

I know, that was funny. Specially cos at first I hadn't realized this and thought she was a boy, lol