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McEwans Lager Ad, 1980s, Head to Head

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Uploaded by on Jun 27, 2008

Best advert ever - fact. Found this on an old VHS tape, so here it is for your viewing pleasure.

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  • thanks alot man i cant tell you how long i have been looking for it since my beta's sound went so thanks alot. can i just ask how the hell did you get it on here

  • Sure!

    I recorded it by accident in an episode of Hill Street Blues sometime in the '80s, onto VHS.

    Last week, I was going through my old tapes with a view to transferring what I wanted to keep to DVD, and I found it. This has always been my favourite ever ad.

    So I recorded it to my Panasonic DVD recorder using a video lead from my VHS player.

    Using my Linux PC, I ripped it from the DVD using a tool called 'mencoder', and uploaded the resulting AVI video file to YouTube.

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  • Alive & Kicking????? Shame this lager is now Dead & Buried

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  • Pretty sure this is Paul Barry singing (seem to remember that from the time, sure sounds like him anyway). He was in the Edinburgh band The Questions but now writes for others and doing rather well for himself from it. Enriques "Hero", Chers "Believe" and many more

  • McEwans export (red can) has made a reappearance of late in the odd supermarkets..

  • Must have taken a while to collect the earwax to make the heads.......

  • It sounds like David Sylvian from Japan singing 

  • good ad

    the beer is still going strong! you can find a pint of this in gardeners arms, Kingston upon Hull for a cheap price

  • Did Jan Svankmajer get ripped off here or did he make a bundle?

  • The faces remind me of Rutger Hauer in Bladerunner! Uncanny!!

  • damn, McEwans had some great ads back then. Probably the first adverts that made an impression on me.

    Shame the lager is utter pish.

  • @cstro2002 They sell it in a bar in Newcastle called LYH. It's £2.90 a pint though but totally worth it imo!

  • @cstro2002 Naww man, they sell it at my local, £1.60 a pint.

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