This video has featured prominently on Icelandic blogs this week. It’s a motivational video for Landsbanki staff in which the singer belts out a tune about gildin okkar — “our values” — RESPECT, HONESTY, ENTHUSIASM and PROFESSIONALISM.
Motivational? Ehhh … you decide. Personally I think we should send Landsbanki to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Incidentally, this was made last year, 2009, and therefore paid for by us, the long-suffering taxpayers of this country.
[For anyone who doesn't know, Landsbanki was the bank behind THE BLOB the ill-fated Icesave accounts.]
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RESPECT: We respectfully ask all you British and Dutch savers to give us your money
HONESTY: Honestly, we really do want your money.
ENTHUSIASM: We are very keen to have your money
and PROFESSIONALISM: You can be sure that your money is completely safe in our professionally run bank. Don’t forget, we have a highly professional financial supervising authority watching over us, and a deposit insurance scheme ( as required by European regulations) to protect your money.
As they say in Eurovision “Null point”.
how about competence?
Oh yes, Oh yes, yet another fine post by the Icelandic Blogger In Chief, what a cool happening rock chick band is Landsbankinn, unfortunate that last bit of their name “bankinn”, suggests something else in english but as this is family values blog I refuse to elaborate further ha ha.Perhaps they could post this video in leading online financial publications such as FT.com and whatever the dutch equivalent is to motivate a fresh generation of Icesave fans, interesting to speculate what exactly are foreign depositers putting into Icelandic banks these days. Love the promo shot of the door to their HQ which by now is world famous, how do you track these gems down Alda. Have fun with your no vote today Icelanders, I bet the gang of thirty will be voting yes.Keep the red flag flying there comrade citizens.Karl Marx gazes down from his atheist heaven tears of laughter in his eyes.
whoops sorry no vote tomorrow . yours useless kev
How did he even have the guts to sing it?!
“These are our values,
we just need to believe in them
for good work to thrive”.
@andy
Competence? But this is Eurovision isn’t it?
Now that was good for comic relief.
Do you remember Zero Mostel’s movie “The Producers”? They sell 50% shares of their next Broadway production, “Springtime for Hitler” to 40 or 50 people, counting on the musical to fail, but it succeeds!
Maybe if this young man gets to play the lead in your future version of “The Sting” he can redeem his reputation and honor, and see this ad as a youthful indiscretion.
ouch, ouch! Would that this be a joke from Versló or something…
(and no, this wouldn’t get many votes in Eurovision Song Contest either)!
is it from what is called now the “New Landsbanki” ?
They seem to start like Kaupthinking, again.
As for “our values” – this is perhaps meant as an educational video about banking ethics for Landsbanki staff, first lesson commanding “you shall not squander your customers’ deposits”. Must come as a shock to many, who were accustomed to freestyle banking for many years. So, don’t complain about wasted tax money, it will surely pay off.
Interesting details from USA today on just how much each Icelander has to pay for the next 8 years $135 per month thats €100 in real money,its always been a mystery to me how much each Icelander was up various sums floated around,but if that figure is correct thats serious business for mummy/daddy and 2 kiddies €400 per month for 8 years surely not!!!,thank god I am not an Icelander.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2010-03-05-iceland-bank-losses_N.htm
“is it from what is called now the “New Landsbanki” ?”
Led Zeppelin started off as “The New Yardbirds”, so maybe a name change is in order?
Although the phrase “that went down like a lead Zeppelin” applies more to the old bank
“thats serious business for mummy/daddy and 2 kiddies €400 per month for ”
take higher. Icelanders are a young and thriving nation. 3-5 kinds are not uncommon. Not sure they will mature into a taxpayers in the next 8 years. But if Iceland drags long enough with negotiations, referendums and bills then… time works for Iceland.