HP ad features the Kinks' song "Picture Book"

French director Francois Vogel in a scene
from his "Picture Book" ad for HP.

 

A television commercial for Hewlett-Packard's digital photography products featuring the Kinks' song "Picture Book" began airing in mid-2004. "Picture Book" is from the Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. The ad campaign was named "Campaign of the Year" in the February 7, 2005 issue of Adweek magazine.

You can find the song on three different versions of the Village Green Preservation Society CD:

VGPS CD on Reprise Records/Warner Brothers, 1990, no bonus tracks
VGPS CD on Castle Music/Sanctuary Records, 1998, bonus tracks
"Deluxe" VGPS 3-CD set on Castle Music/Sanctuary Records, 2004, many bonus tracks

 

Lyrics for "Picture Book"

Written by Ray Davies
Published by Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI

Picture yourself when you're getting old,
Sat by the fireside a-pondering on.
Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long ago.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Picture book.
Picture book.

A picture of you in your birthday suit,
You sat in the sun on a hot afternoon.
Picture book, your mama and your papa, and fat old Uncle Charlie out boozing with their friends.
Picture book, a holiday in August, outside a bed and breakfast in sunny Southend.
Picture book, when you were just a baby, those days when you were happy, a long time ago.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Picture book.
Picture book.
Picture book.
Picture book.

Picture book,
Na, na, na, na na,
Na, na, na, na na,
A-scooby-dooby-doo.
Picture book,
Na, na, na, na na,
Na, na, na, na na,
A-scooby-dooby-doo.

Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
Long time ago,
Long time ago,
Long time ago,
Long time ago,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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