It's the real thing.

If you know me, you know I love Coke. I love the taste, I love the antiques, I love the classic feeling, and I love the songs and the commercials. I gotta say though, it nearly just totally let me down. I’m listening away to Disney on Pandora quite content with today’s music selection until an instrumental Jungle Book piece came on and I was (naturally) forced to skip it and listen to an ad. To my delight, it was a Coke commercial. Old school and starting with something about being heart broken. I changed windows to check it out and saw the above option to 'cheer up a friend who is feeling low' and needs a "frothy Coke." I’m that person today, so I clicked their "Happy Playlist." Aaand was blasted with Michael Buble. HELLO? What ‘heartsick person who is feeling low’ wants to hear anything similar to Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, or Michael Buble? I took my headphones off like they were poisonous, chuckling at its serious failure to pick me up. A few moments later I decided to give it another chance and skipped ahead only to have my faith restored:

Don’t Worry, Be Happy—a classic and family favorite. Things are looking up.
Next? Dynomite—a personal favorite.
Pocketful of Sunshine—love Natasha and saw that one live.
Celebration…okay, a bit old school, but not worth a commercial, so I won’t skip. Yep, it’s making me dance a little bit in my cubicle.
I Gotta Feeling…not sure this is quite up to par, but it has some good memories and I won’t complain. The next one will have to be extra good though.
Love Story. Fail. Skip.
Rhythm of Love. Off it goes. Can’t handle that.

All right. Well, pretty good work, Coke. Next time just alter your advertising or target audience. I still had a fountain Coke for lunch, so I guess you were doing something right.

Tune back sometime soon for additional Coke plugs :)