Retro 70's Coke Ad "Apple Trees & Honey Bees"

[UglySean]

Actually John Pemberton invented it in 1886 - and died two years later. From Wikipedia, "In April 1865, Pemberton was wounded in the Battle of Columbus, Georgia" and was looking to "invent" a pain killer. Coca-Cola was more or less the end result. I've always considered Eve Graham (the first person seen in this video) to be a hottie. Check her website. She still is hot and still can sing.

[TnseWlms]

1971: I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.

1979: The whole world don't move to the beat of just one drum.

[JamoMayfield]

this is so peaceful and relaxing i would have said it was an 80's ad cuz whoever made it was probably high :)

[globe199]

Osama bin ladens favorite commercial

hit thumbs up if you agree

[MondoBeno]

I remember having to sing this stupid song in Kindergarten.

[UglySean]

@MondoBeno You sang this song in kindergarten? That you'd like to buy the world some Coke? LOL.

[MondoBeno]

@UglySean The words "like to buy the world a Coke" were replaced with "I'd like to hold it in my arms."

I didn't learn about the song being used for a Coke ad until I was a teenager. Then I didn't see the commercial until youtube came along.

The teacher I had in Kindegarten was a real asshole. There's something about ex-hippies that I never liked. They were always nasty.

[canktm08]

the reason they look healthy?..it's 1971 no ipods computers, people went outside and did things!!

[maicinban]

Reason they look healthy is because they're not drinking that pi55 water !

[Bradat26]

I remember when they did the reunion commercial back in the 1990's. The singers brought their kids with them. Gave me goosebumps. It used to be on here, but I don't know whether it is any more.

[dovegrey1]

i love this ad....it still gives me chills like when i was a kid. not a bad idea, really.

[ladyraven30]

nostalgia's a mother.....

[prckay]

is there coca cola commerical on here that has the history

[theshortladders]

I'd love to see a remake of this today.

[blackshogun77]

@theshortladders a remake of this commercial would be hip hop. It would be shot in a club with a DJ scratchin this tune on a record and all the partygoer would be grinding their bodies.

[ShitFromShinolla]

I don't like the blacks mixing with the whites in this commercial.

[SuperDylo]

Relly cool Bring it back

[spareaxe]

A lot of these people are probably dead.....or just about to.

[kennyrr]

I wish they bring this back

[looneybun1]

i remember this well, in fact people loved the song so much, that led to the slightly changed song...of course...i'd like to teach the world to sing. many people think the commercial was based on the song, it was actually vice versa...

[marcoxyzxyz]

I noticed something familiar in the landscape, the broccoli-shaped pines and stuff. Then I read "on a hilltop in Italy" at the and... if it is Formello, as some argue on the Internet, well... it's less than 20 km from my hometown, yuh! ^.^

[Barndancer61]

I was 10 that year and believe me, this commercial was so popular that almost every kid in Canada and the US at the time knew it by heart. This is the first time I've seen this again in almost 39 years in its intirety! Many great memories of those times!

[visor109]

I wonder what The Seekers take was on this?

[AbigailBernard]

wow, my dad used to joke about this commercial.

[LastTree]

I remember this...it is very calm..they should reissue this commercial now.

[tuttt99]

Yeah, as soon as they start putting cane sugar back into it.

Today's Coca-cola is NO classic.

[xmournerslament]

I absolutely agree. Have you noticed they put ORIGINAL RECIPE on the cans?! It's outrageous, and false advertisement!

[fpm919]

@tuttt99 then we should lobby our government to remove sugar tariffs to make sugar a more affordable ingredient.

[MissingNo11]

haha this song was in freddy got fingered

[Cheat2Win6]

giggity

[kvmairforce]

Pepsi is better now. Coke just doesn't seem strong enough to me.

[AeroJunkie20]

I prefer Dr. Pepper. Coke is way to carbonate and corn syrupy. I wish the companies would go back to sugar cane.

[faolan1313]

naw, they need to go back to putting coke in it.

[tuttt99]

I live in Texas and Mexican Coke (cane sugar sweetened) is readily available at the Hispanic markets.

I can't even drink the domestic stuff anymore.

[jjpeterson1]

Keep the consumers feeling like a drink will make them a part of something. Yes, alienate them in society and then feed them this poison...with some goofy patriotism or racial integration subliminals, nice work fucktards!

[rf396]

Actually this is more hippy bullshit, join hands and the world will be just ducky kind of crap. This kind of moronic thinking ,starting in the 60's is why the wheels came off America

[cokeheart]

this is propoghanda against the real people movement that was happening, coke wanst part of it, sorry

[tammyphxaz]

you can download this song to your mp3's it was originaly done by "the new seekers"

[pinkstrawberrypuding]

oh i remember this! good memories.i remember singing this song with my glass bottle of coke hehehehe.

hey,is it just me or do they all look like a giant slice of pizza at the end?subliminal message maybe that coke goes great with pizza?i dont know just throwing that out there lol.

[kbirdusa]

Coca Cola had some outstanding and catchy ads during the 70s. Remember Coke Adds Life?

[fosdickthepig]

this one brings back some nice memories to me. I was in grade school when it came out and we had the whole school singing this song outside. :)

[asianiinvasion]

a Confederate soldier from the deep south of the United States, who was wounded during the American Civil War, actually invented Coca-cola. It is more famous than McDonalds, blue jeans, and Mikey mouse.

[airsoftdeath]

a soldier didn't invent coke stupid, it was a doctor who tryed to make a medicine to relieve headaches and hangovers

[beautykilledbeast]

if you only knew the stories behind this one

[wfd57fatman]

Hahaha! World domination of Coke! And they made this commercial to boast their success! So much for the local markets of those countries, Coke has taken over their soft drink markets... Now it's a "perfect harmony" of the giant Coke machine! Create cheap labor to make the unhealthy drink, then sell it back to the poor folks that made it! Walmart may be China's revenge for this act! LOL!

[jaibobro]

dont go that far , ritalin cocaine taffil prozac and other shrink drugs are used by millions thinking this will help their mental problems , instead all they do is kill their conciousness you see people getting killed by electric shocks to the brain in a suppossed helping treatment and nobody seems to be aware of this

[wfd57fatman]

True, I suppose then that what I've said could definitely apply to the drug companies as well! Medical science is a sham!

[ddrfunfunfun123]

It is the best (=

[gameshowluvr86]

This makes me cry... :.)

[KrisShred]

Wow, very old :D Cool song ;)

[MINKYBORK]

apparently this advert was much inspiration to Goldfrapp's new single "Happiness" hehe. (So I read in an interview)

[FabbGabb]

i love this song i wernt even alive wen this comercial came out

[syaxters90]

i realli love this song!!

it cherish my day.. :)

[PesiCool]

lol in my country this commercial is back just a bit changed version i was watching it like 1 minute ago

[tehkekelah]

I bet the people in this commercial have no stomachs left :D

[dearmalika]

yes. i remember it too, nice!

[MojaveRanger]

I so remember this commercial!!!

[UTD111]

Bet all the people in the vid are fat with no teeth now if they kept on drinkin coke all this time LOL!