Tide commercial

[snopes]

Subject: TIDE COMMERCIAL

HAVE ANY OF YOU NOTICED A TIDE (THE LAUNDRY DETERGENT) COMMERCIAL
PLAYING RECENTLY THAT USES THE SONG "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" THEY PLAY
ALMOST AN ENTIRE VERSE YET CONVENIENTLY LEAVE OUT ~GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON
THEE~ I JUST SAW IT THREE TIMES TONIGHT 3-13-07 ON FOX CHANNEL 12 IN
FORT WAYNE ON COMCAST.
I THINK WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO STOP PUTTING UP WITH THIS! THEY COULD
HAVE USED A MILLION OTHER SONGS THAT DON'T MENTION GOD, INSTEAD, THEY
CHOOSE ONE THAT DOES SO THEY CAN MAKE A STATEMENT BY LEAVING HIM OUT! TOO
MANY TIMES THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS AND THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH WE CAN DO
ABOUT IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE TIDE, IT COST TWICE AS MUCH AS PUREX,
AJAX, AND MANY OF THE OTHER BRANDS THAT CLEAN JUST AS WELL. I WILL
NEVER USE TIDE AGAIN, AND I HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL CONSIDER NOT BUYING IT
AGAIN EITHER. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG.
THANK YOU,
MELINDA MAST

[Avril]

You can view the "our colors" commercial here:

http://www.tide.com/en_US/funspot/funspot_tv.jsp

They have left out the chorus, it seems to me, in the interest of time.

Avril

Originally Posted by snopes

I THINK WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO STOP PUTTING UP WITH THIS! THEY COULD
HAVE USED A MILLION OTHER SONGS THAT DON'T MENTION GOD, INSTEAD, THEY
CHOOSE ONE THAT DOES SO THEY CAN MAKE A STATEMENT BY LEAVING HIM OUT!

I THINK WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD STOP SEEING CONSPIRACIES IN EVERYTHING THEN GOING TO THE INTERNET AND SCREAMING ABOUT IT TO EVERYBODY.

[Ali Infree]

It's that darn persecution of Christians again! Leaving "God" out of their commercials!
Like God really wanted to be in an ad for Tide!

Ali "Happy Ides of March!" Infree

[Avril]

Originally Posted by PrometheusX303

I THINK WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD STOP SEEING CONSPIRACIES IN EVERYTHING THEN GOING TO THE INTERNET AND SCREAMING ABOUT IT TO EVERYBODY.

I THINK IF WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WE WOULD SEND THANK YOU LETTERS TO TIDE FOR NOT TRYING TO USE GOD TO SELL US DETERGENT. MAYBE I'LL JUST DO THAT.

Good grief, caps lock is irritating. Is the shift key too much trouble? (This is not directed at Prometheus, but at the OP emailer.) No caps are usually easier for me to read than all caps. Maybe that's just me.

Avril

[Spam & Cookies-mmm]

Originally Posted by Avril

You can view the "our colors" commercial here:

http://www.tide.com/en_US/funspot/funspot_tv.jsp

They have left out the chorus, it seems to me, in the interest of time.

Avril

It seems to me, also, in the interest of context. It's Tide Colors detergent, and the part of the song that we hear is that part where they list the beautiful, vivid colors of America*. Then the speaker tells about the product, followed by the singer picking up at "from sea to shining sea" at the end. The part of the song that goes "God shed his grace on thee" has nothing to do with laundry, or colors, or anything else that Tide is trying to represent, so they left it out.




*I already know that no other parts of the world have purple mountains, or amber waves of grain. Don't even try to tell me otherwise. Puh-leeze!

[TrishDaDish]

God would shed His grace on your laundry deteregent if you asked Him nicely. Maybe a good prayer of, "O Dear Lord, please look down on me, a sinner, and maketh my whites as truly white as Heaven's clouds, and my darks non-faded, as my devotion to You. In your Holy Name, I use no bleach or dyes or perfumes, lest I ruin the environment, which You have graciously provided us unworthy sinners. Rebuke the grass stains and dirt and blood from my son's soccer jersey. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Ok, I've gone into Glurge territory. Someone lock me up before I glurge again!

[Tootsie Plunkette]

I wonder if this 'testimony' is by the author of the OP letter (scroll to the bottom). If so, her husband's is immediately above it. I don't want to know either of them.

[inkrose115]

Originally Posted by TrishDaDish

God would shed His grace on your laundry deteregent if you asked Him nicely. Maybe a good prayer of, "O Dear Lord, please look down on me, a sinner, and maketh my whites as truly white as Heaven's clouds, and my darks non-faded, as my devotion to You. In your Holy Name, I use no bleach or dyes or perfumes, lest I ruin the environment, which You have graciously provided us unworthy sinners. Rebuke the grass stains and dirt and blood from my son's soccer jersey. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Ok, I've gone into Glurge territory. Someone lock me up before I glurge again!

Would that get rid of the huge holes my dad left in our sheets because he throught that you had to use as much bleach as detergent and that you could just dump it in on top of the clothes like you do with the Tide?

Originally Posted by inkrose115

Would that get rid of the huge holes my dad left in our sheets because he throught that you had to use as much bleach as detergent and that you could just dump it in on top of the clothes like you do with the Tide?

I doubt it. Unless you beellieveeeee child and have fffffaithhhhhhhhhh in the Gurrr-reatnessssssss of the Lahd Heavenly Fathah!! Unghgh Can I get an AMEN???!! Sistahs and Brothahs!!!! Aahhhh Praise teh Lahd Praise Him!!

Then, maybe.

[inkrose115]

Originally Posted by Unklesam

I doubt it. Unless you beellieveeeee child and have fffffaithhhhhhhhhh in the Gurrr-reatnessssssss of the Lahd Heavenly Fathah!! Unghgh Can I get an AMEN???!! Sistahs and Brothahs!!!! Aahhhh Praise teh Lahd Praise Him!!

Then, maybe.

Oh. Rats. Guess I can live with the holes then.

[Avril]

Originally Posted by Tootsie Plunkette

I wonder if this 'testimony' is by the author of the OP letter (scroll to the bottom). If so, her husband's is immediately above it. I don't want to know either of them.

I don't quite know what I find the creepiest about all that, but I do know I find it creepy. Maybe it's that they have overspiritualized everything--sort of desacralizes the sacred, in a way. Maybe it's how much the parents were involved in that whole situtation. But goodness, I was uneasy reading that.

Avril

[MapleLeaf]

THEY COULD
HAVE USED A MILLION OTHER SONGS THAT DON'T MENTION GOD, INSTEAD, THEY
CHOOSE ONE THAT DOES SO THEY CAN MAKE A STATEMENT BY LEAVING HIM OUT!

LOOOOUUUUUUD NOISES!

Yeah. God's been left out. Poor guy. I'll be he's really bummed out about that. If only there were some way to get him back into the Tide commercial.

Oh dear, it's only a matter of days before my grandmother forwards THIS one to me. She never emails me back. She just sends me loads of Christian forwards such as this one.

[Esprise Me]

This reminds me of that scuffle a few years back when Pepsi (I think) printed the pledge of allegiance on cans but removed the words "under God." Of course, they also removed the words, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, ------- with liberty and justice for all," but hey, the important thing is they left out GOD! Clearly that's a conspiracy!

Somebody's been watching too much tv.

[Iludium Phosdex]

Originally Posted by Avril

I don't quite know what I find the creepiest about all that, but I do know I find it creepy. Maybe it's that they have overspiritualized everything--sort of desacralizes the sacred, in a way. Maybe it's how much the parents were involved in that whole situtation. But goodness, I was uneasy reading that....

Which seems to be the case with the Pseudoreligiopolitical Right, methinks, fond as they are of making mountains out of molehills, so to speak....

[Beastly Despot]

What I find offensive is how the advert left off the orthodox ending:

"Patriotism swells in the heart of the American bear"

[bjohn13]

Seems to me that intentionally leaving God out of an advertisement would be in line with the Second Commandment outlined by Exodus 20:4-6.

[Four Kitties]

Originally Posted by Esprise Me

This reminds me of that scuffle a few years back when Pepsi (I think) printed the pledge of allegiance on cans but removed the words "under God." Of course, they also removed the words, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, ------- with liberty and justice for all," but hey, the important thing is they left out GOD! Clearly that's a conspiracy!

It was Dr. Pepper.