John Lennon: New Advert: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

[BlueVansCapofAwesome]

'I'm so hungry Mommy!!! HELP ME!'

'Well hello there little girl! You look sad! I know what you want!'

'...Yes... Foo-'

'A laptop you say? There you go! Byee!!'

[peter359]

I'm deeply saddened (only comfort being it appears I'm not alone) at how many countless people will wind up thinking this is actually John Lennon's voice and message. In charge of John's legacy and estate, I'm stupefied that Yoko allowed OLPC to go ahead with this advert but without so much as a disclaimer that it's neither her husband's voice nor his words. No matter WHAT the organization does for kids, this is offensive and all about money, not education.

[MnesomnesTears]

*shiver* Sooo creepy....

[ACluelessKid]

Just give them some books instead. They need better things, like food or shelter.

[sean2kk8]

fuck off you money grabbing cunts!! >:(

[lennon2starkey7]

it doesnt even sound like John. Come on now. This is just sick.

Who would evenn do this?

[IamTheWalrus025]

This is stupid

[drrobertoboogie97]

Fuck Yoko Ono for letting them use John's image for this commercial

[c4r50n1]

I thought that this was just a really good John Lennon impressionist, but it's clips of John Lennon talking edited. D:

[BEATLE909GRM]

super

[mrstodd92]

It's a bit like playing in God.

What were they thinking? 'hey, let's use the voice of Lennon, his fans will pee with glee "

I think it's terrible, because it gives illusory hope of ever hear john live ... and without that we miss him like hell. I hope that my English is impossible to understand a little bit? Sorry for the mistakes.

[TheDeadPlayers]

Disgusting. Using dead celebrities in commercial should have been outlawed.

[MrSluggo666]

@TheDeadPlayers nothing shows how much his wife loved him more than making him work after death, to make her money!

[localvandals]

ʘ_ʘ

[FiveStarJah]

This is dumb as hell, but I laughed >_>

[Penguin350129]

@FiveStarJah werd

[RocketDescends]

This is absolutely horrible and Yoko is a moron.

[guitaura]

the fact that someone is speaking pretending to be him REALLY bothers me...

[timmasterson]

This ad's grotesque.

[IanTweekDP]

Laptops? Don't kids need more important things, like food? And shelter? And clean drinking water?

[gabylala9]

@IanTweekDP i totally agree, and beside they wouldnt even have wi fi there, so they wouldnt be able to learn or anything from that laptop

[Montops]

Not John, but very close. Whould have fooled someone that isn't a fan.

[eurisko67]

@Montops I think the fact that laptops didn't exist at the time John Lennon died would be more of a hint that this is not him speaking.

[ambientaylor]

Another thought! The internet in general and especially the idea of giving every child a laptop might just be another drip, however small or large, in merging our diverse cultures into one so that when it comes to installing a one world government different nations will be less likely to rally round their cultural identities and say 'no, we don't want this'.

Yeah, the internet is a great learning tool, but the way things are going all our kids the world over will be the same!

you dig?

[stupidscrewedseries]

omgee it dosent evenn soundd like himm!!

what hes saying dosent even match his lips!!

this is BS im not donating

[TheCocky69]

That's not even his voice.

[sweetpink562]

no it has nothing to do with yoko, you dont need permission to use a celebrities image after their dead

[stardappledgreen]

Did Yoko OK this?

[ambientaylor]

This is s a joke right? If this is for real the Lennon inclusion is only the start of how sick this is, giving every child a lap top? Well I suppose if someone wanted to gain as much influence over as many people as possible this would be a start, it's well creepy but isn't this some sort of Orwellian behavior that they're trying to pass of as charity, I really hope enough of us are awake!!!

[voihuih]

FUCK YOU YOKO

[Thegr8guitarplayer]

that was funny i get it when he says "imagine" like his song

[thenowuk]

As Bill Hicks said,anybody who works in advertising and marketing should shoot themselves

[justinichi]

ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF PORN!!!!

[GOREG4SM]

wow fuck this commercial and fuck TELEVISION

[Antigonistic]

This is complete and utter bull. It's putting words into his mouth that he didn't say whether Yoko agreed to it or not. Just because hse was married to him does NOT mean she knows what he would have wanted or that she should endorse such a commercial.

[cha0tic]

Did John Lennon really do this? My bullshit flag went straight up when I saw this commercial.

[mikemoos]

@cha0tic

how can John did this if the laptop hasnt been invented for ten years after his death?

[cha0tic]

@mikemoos That's what I thought. This was such a dick move on the advertising company's part even IF it was for a good cause.

[natygirl468]

guys shu up you don't know what he wiould hve done and wht he woulnt have done you know what joshdagodfella is right you guys should be luckey you even have a computr people in africa dont so stiop saying that he woulnt of done it bcause he probably would have

[hellobeatle]

this ad is something John would have endorsed.. Look up any interview from 1969 - he specifically wanted his image to be used to "sell peace" (exact words). The ad's heart is in the right place. As for that car commercial he's in - he'd totally lose it. I guess the new box sets didn't make Yoko enough money...

[Heeey333]

dumb

[Riken]

All of you talk like you actually know John Lennon who knows what he would have done. Either way im pretty sure Ono agreed to it.

[25ghr]

John would have Hated this he did not like this kind of Crap , people using him , like that is the pit's

[thenowuk]

Which cunt did the voice?it sounds nothing like him and is shameful as he is not alive to agree to it

[NobleHam]

@thenowuk

Most of the voice is actually him, just a digital composite of different recordings.

[thenowuk]

@NobleHam it's an actor

[beatleschap]

i wasnt talkin about the charity duuuh, im talkin about people using his image and superiposing stuff to make it look like he's saying it. just like the recent car advert.........

[JoshDaGoodfella]

Why would John Lennon hate this?

It's for charity, to help those who can't afford such luxuries as us.

While you're sat there on your butts ranting about how he would 'hate this' and how 'disgusting this is', just remember that you're lucky to even have a computer.

Ungrateful whiners.

[beatleschap]

this is terrible and tragic....poor john would hate this...he was against all this shit

[bunker4prez]

you spastic. it's a fucking charity.

of course lennon wouldn't hate that you idiot.

[beatleschap]

because you stupid cunt, i wasnt talkin about the charity, im talkin about people usin his face and super imposing shit to make it look like he was saying it. dont be a hard man at your keyboard dipshit...

[BarryDennen12]

Doesn't surprise me much that fucking goldbricking cunt Yoko would approve something like this. Whore.

[Beatnikzombie]

Someone just rolled over in his urn.

[average220]

Agree. Giving a laptop to a child in a third world country accelerates development that is needed for those poor countries to close the gap between first world countries

[propanegame]

Well, Goddamn it.

[LovelyPennyLane]

my god I miss john lennon,, hearing his voice made me cry :( xxx

[beatleschap]

it werent his pet

[LovelyPennyLane]

What??????????? @beatleschap (

[cartoonfan1920s]

John Lennon sounds like a deranged chipmunk...

[Laura7952]

This is disgusting. Shame on anyone to use John to try to sell things. One thing they never were was commercial.

[thekomrade]

@Laura7952

I love John, but you may be missing the point.

1. This wouldn't have been done without Yoko's consent. John would of supported her no matter what.

2. They're not trying to sell anything they're trying to help people. I noticed They've implemented these laptops in remote parts of Australia and are apparently doing great

3. The Beatles have done a shitload of advertising in their time :P just search 'Ringo commercial'.

[MrSluggo666]

@Laura7952 you can thank his wife/widow!

[xlarkascendingx]

That's Paul Rudd's voice. Haven't you people ever seen Walk Hard?

[klingonfishbeat]

fucking a, dylan. i am disgusted.

[xlarkascendingx]

People are so fucking dumb.

[lriley18]

HAHAHHAHAAAAA!!!

[KandBProductions63]

is this real? They didnt have laptops when john was alive....

[scooterdude1945]

They actilly used his son sounds just like em

[HPnerdfighter]

it sounded more like wakko from the warner siblings cartoons xD Animaniacs?

[babymoondancer]

What were they hoping to accomplish with this? This is horrendous, and I doubt that John would appreciate it if he were here.

[maryquant1967]

Ono's judgment on the correct use of the Lennon image has been way off the mark since Lennon's murder.

[TheManOfCole]

this is disgraceful

[xXKaLeIdEsCoPexxEyEs]

Wow... That was 31 seconds that I'll never get back.

Hunger? No. War? No. Let's all give children laptops! John certainly wanted them to be knowledgable.

Yes, that was sarcasm just so you know.

[japin123]

mejor denles comida

[makesoapandsleep]

Gawd Aweful Voice Acting. Booo.

[itsthegreenplatypus]

this is horrible

[ACNC1]

Does anyone know where the orginal video footage was edited from???

[kreeepyy]

Its somewhere from 1974-75! Can't really remember the name of the video!

[Vorpol02]

@ACNC1 It's from an interview.

[ACNC1]

@Vorpol02 yes its was ripped from this watch?v=BiG65Dmc6dI

[Innuendo91]

The fact that this sounds terrible aside, I think it's bullshit that anyone would hijack someone's voice and persona for their own ends.

I can just tell Yoko had something to do with this. And I know John wouldn't have done it.

[Ingridthepoet]

I totally agree, I mean it's fine that they want to do something to change the world like john did but to do what they did hear...for me it's like they've taken a dead body and used it as a dummy eeew I know but that's baiscally what's happend :(

[STEPASAUR]

doesn't even remotely sound like him, lousy commercial enterprise, what's next? how about a 'big macca' with 'onion ringos' or 'while my guitar gently wii's' ..

[h1soka]

awful impersonator

[Scarperguy]

Sounds a bit like Ringo really

[yerblues1968]

I don't think there were laptop computers in mid-70s or even 1980 (when he died), much less public use computers--and certainly not for children until years later. So was it really his voice that said "laptop?"

[giggles662]

You're joking right? None of that was him. As others have said, that was pretty poor voice-acting, and the footage didn't fit at all.

[m1lky]

Its not even voice acting.

its supposedly some super futuristic voice replication.

[CavendishRobot]

you dont give young children laptop CHANGE THE WORLD TO FUCKING OBISITY

[KAMARADENN]

0:25 sounds like the first notes of the song "imagine"

[ShootingChick]

This is just stupid!

I don't really think John Lennon would be in a commercial for laptops?

[PixieDust1996]

this is just some sad attempt at a commercial. they think it'll sell if they use the best musician of all time (cept for the rest of the beatles) to advertise it, when this was made 28 years after his death.

[theSarge00]

Spokescorpse

[videogamemaster612]

can they even read the stuff on the laptop?

[buckymusiclover]

Dude i know right

[masinoman3]

this is disturbing, it's wrong to fucking do that!!

[Nickymo101ICED]

Well when The battery dies... Good luck finding an outlet to charge it with in Slombodia...

[lolivampire]

@Nickymo101ICED

They're actually powered by a hand crank.

What Africa needs is infrastructure and an end to foreign donations that ruin their local farmers and textile makers. No more Nigerian princes who want our bank account numbers.

[Vorpol02]

@Nickymo101ICED They could plug it into a tree.

[a3poify]

@Nickymo101ICED I thought they were wind up ones

[wassupthesky]

this commercial fucking creeps me out...

[someoneinthedark1]

Great ad. But would John have approved his voice being used for it?

[Thirdalproductions]

What the hell?

How can the children discover things with a laptop if they don't have an internet connection!?

lo:P

[DHarrisonGal]

John wouldn't even know what a laptop is. come on people, get real

[chinaliew]

it is the best gift this laptop can bring many knodlegde to them.

if you bought them one, they will alway carry it and it is as you have bought them a present that carry lifetime

everytime they see laptop,they remember you, it is the most good thing we have ever done

[festivephone]

def dosnt sound like him. johns voice was much nicer

[Encaitaron]

dude..he is dead, why would you expect something nice from a dead man? XD

Anyway, I personally think that the concept for this was terrible... Well done, but terrible.

[artillero9]

the voice DOES sound like his. The last part "YOU can change the world" made me feel as if he was still alive. sigh.....

[BeatlesForeverGirl]

RIP John Lennon!!!:'(

[MissRandom79]

That does not evean soung like John?!

poor John he would be POed at this!

Peace and Love!

[TubularMonkey]

This is worse than George Harrison selling knives.

[xXiLoveJohnLennonXx]

i don´t like it..

john will peace&love

not a lap top -.-

[PixieDust1996]

i cant see him approving of this.

[beatlemaniac6270]

I'm sorry, this does not try to mimic John's voice in anyway. I'm not putting down the ad, just if it sounded more like him, it would be soo much better. I would be amazed. But, garsh, it's nothing like him. Nothing. Sorry, just, nah.

[abrcrmbynfthch]

how'd they do this??

[Danikas]

I could imagine John Lennon more as an activist against the poor countries than "give a laptop"... I mean... a laptop? Anyway, an original idea... Poor Lennon, can't rest in peace... Is called to be forgiven by the Vatican... Is called for an ad... John, we love you! :)

[traz2000]

where the hek they will get the laptop its expensive..

[metalrules9282]

Whens this advert going to be on TV then?

Anybody know?

[Missundaztood91]

Sounds nothing like him at all. Sounds more like a munchkin with a cold.

[spongeruss1]

it sounds like him but there are many ipersonators who would do vocie overs

[stillchill86]

"I tried to do it through my music, but now you can do it in a very different way. You can give a child a laptop and more than imagine, you can change the world," is from "Imagine."

[V6point9]

Creepy...

[vicktorgp]

i just saw chapter 27..acouple of days ago ... and im kindda pissed still of how that bastard just took his life for no real reason... and now i see this ... can some one explain to me exactly how givin a child a laptop can change the world...??.. this is plain creepy

[oklordben]

You shouldn't be pissed that he took his own life cos he didn't. Giving each child a laptop would mean that they would have access to huge amounts of knowledge because there are actually more sites on the internet other than myspace and youtube.

[vicktorgp]

when i said that bastard in takin about chapman... and yep i know there are more sites in the net .. how can u forget all the porn shit you can download... lol and insted of givin laptops how about givin basic education and FOOD ... to people that need it

peace vic

[vicktorgp]

we are in the brick of the worst economic downfall in the history of mankind ... u seriously belive that givin away computers .... is world changin ...?

and im not into arguin ... im just akin ..

peace vic

[oklordben]

Nah man not world changing, but it's a cute idea. However economically impossible at this stage...You're right about food and education too. Bless.

[luxdico]

that's what fame can do

[rachelovesthebeatles]

IT DOES NOT EVEN SOUND LIKE HIM.

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME BUM THAT THINKS HE SOUNDS LIKE JOHN LENNON.

and its creepy, and wrong.

the man is dead, and theyre using him

for advertising purposes.

[scottsmith60446]

I suppose that this is just the sort of thing that John would have endorsed (and as Yoko authorized the ad that seems doubly certain), but it's still a bit creepy. Does anyone know how they did the voice? Is it an imitator or a compilation of sound clips from interviews and such?