Comments on: WHY NEW YORK ADVERTISING WILL ALWAYS BE BEST

By: Jim @smashadv

Jim @smashadv — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:51:53 +0000

New York. Toughest town in the world.

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:34:42 +0000

Apologies for omitting Wieden/ Goodby Berlin/ Chiat Day from my top agencies that aren’t in New York City list. Going back to New York though Dave, is there any particular agency/work you admire?

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:06:15 +0000

A general consensus is always hard to come by in this industry but Dave I agree, it’s all down to personal taste.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:51:35 +0000

John,
Crispin Porter/ Fallon/ Wieden/ Goodby Berlin/ Chiat Day.
All good agencies and all not New York.
I’m just saying I prefer New York advertising.
Not saying everyone else is bad, that’s down to personal taste.
But me, I like the directness and power of New York advertising.
To quote one of my heroes, “At Doyle Dane they like to goose the consumer. But this is Carl Alley and we like to punch the consumer in the nose.”

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:24:39 +0000

…in terms of great advertising do we need a degree of friction? Uncomfortability to produce great work that resonates. Does New York as a city offer that. Crispin Porter Bogusky and Fallon before them seem to get mentioned a lot and yet they are not in hell’s kitchen? Can it all be sweetness and light there? Can a pleasant environment produce great communication?

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:18:12 +0000

…having said that there does seem to be plenty of examples of people recreating themselves. Making comebacks so to speak. If only society in general would allow it maybe it might be more prevalent or do we need the resistance to prevail?

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:07:35 +0000

Just a further confirmation to what we seem to be agreeing on in that we generally don’t have a second chance to make good i.e we have only one shot on this planet, so we best make the most of it/use it or lose it.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:53:06 +0000

I never understood what that meant.
Can you explain it?

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:43:14 +0000

With depressing finality, F. Scott Fitzgerald declared: “There are no second acts in American lives.” A tad melodramatic if you ask me.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:53:59 +0000

Hi John,
As George Bernard Shaw said, “I want to be totally used up when I die.”
In other words, there’s no refund on the unused parts.
Use it or lose it.
Deferring responsibility is ‘bad faith’ or living inauthentically.
Everything else, religion/philosophy/ethics, comes after that.
As Sartre said, “We are condemned to be free.”
I’ll also post this comment on my Campaign/Brand Republic blog because the debate is similar.