I hate it when I have to double post!
I like the song, I like the ad and I like regular Coke with Lime. No too lime-y. Try it with Jim Beam in it! Mmmm.
No, it’s from Mellencamp’s “Cherry Bomb”, which includes the refrain:
That’s when a Coke was a Coke
And groovin’ was groovin’
And dancin’ was everything
We were young, and we were improvin’ …
Isn’t that actually Harry Nilsson singing “You put the lime in the coconut,” even though the subtitles are different? Either that, or they found someone who sounds uncannily like him. Nilsson Schmilsson is one of my all time favorite albums, and this is one of my all time favorite songs.
Thanks Sauron.
“You put the beer in the coconut and drink it all up, you put the beer in the coconut and throw the can away.”
Great take on the original.
“There’s a hole in de bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…”
[sub]I like Diet Coke with Lime. I’m a bad, bad man.[/sub]
Oh! I knew that… It’s also a line in Back When:
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack’s what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I’m down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
Corny as hell.
Looking at that commercial, I suddenly understand why it’s called a coconut.
Sorry, I’m feeling crude today.
Is there nothing Marlitharn can take to ease his belly ache?
I said, Doctor?
My bad, Dolores Reborn … didn’t realize you knew both songs. I thought you were saying it was just from the Tim McGraw song. Carry on.
Yeah that commercial has been driving me nuts too.
I do too. Diet A&W Root Beer and Diet Dr. Pepper are the only other diet drinks I like.
You people are messed up, the lime goes into the Gin and Tonic.
I’m only letting this slide because of your teaching me a new way to make fun of my Japanese co-worker (regarding wae).
No, my bad! I know the song, but I didn’t connect it with that line… I was correcting you - incorrectly! 
No, no. My bad for not bothering to remember the referenced song title.
This is getting waaaaay too touchy for the Pit.
I don’t know about lime in coconut, but I spent several months on St. Thomas and we often put de rum in de coconut and drank 'em bote tagedda.
The song in the commercial is bad enough. I have a 7 year old son and a 5 year old daughter. They hear the commercial and begin singing with it (or occasionally at random times in the day). Unfortunately, when the commercial is over (or when they start it on their own), they can only remember the first phrase.
PUT THE LIME IN THE COCONUT (or COKE YOU NUT)
Over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over.
Sorry, just wanted to make sure you got the point.
Yeah, it was cute at first, but now. Ugh!!! Thankfully we have started Little League Baseball season and with practice and games most of our TV watching is done through Tivo and we can fast forward through the commercials.
Me, too. I thought it was very much in keeping with the spirit of the song. It could easily get overplayed, though. A few times and it’s funny… 100 times and it’s annoying.
Oh GAWD