# Pepsi ad questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 29, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684 "2008-02-29T23:03:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684/1 "2008-02-29T23:03:44Z")

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OK, Dopers, this is a two-parter.

There is a recent Pepsi ad with the big Pepsi logo ball rolling around. I can’t find a link to a video; can you?

The music is a cover of something from the '70’s; anybody know what it is?

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**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684/2 "2008-02-29T23:30:24Z")

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Video of the ad [here](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/448536/pepsi_pinball/).

It’s a 1977 song titled “Ça plane pour moi” and originally sung by a guy from Belgium named [Plastic Bertrand](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Bertrand) (you can see him doing it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHJnzgyv7E)). The version in the ad is done by The Presidents of the United States of America.

By the way, “Ça plane pour moi”, in French, loosely means “Everything’s goin’ my way” or “I’m doin’ pretty good”.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684/3 "2008-03-01T07:23:10Z")

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And this why I love the Dope. I thought my post would be met with [crickets], but I think you nailed it immediately. Gracias.

Looked at the video. I am so frakking impressed. You nailed it.

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**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684/4 "2008-03-01T14:50:16Z")

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Hey, ignorance fought, like they say!

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-ad-questions/439684/5 "2008-03-01T14:53:13Z")

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Those are the streets of San Francisco, of course.