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  DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 766 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198 |
Always round this time of year I notice there are many commercials that start using songs that we all familiar with...I want to know what songs are you hearing on TV in your neck of the woods... Here is what I am hearing: Saab car commercial: Sign Sealed Delivered Gap Jeans: I Put A Spell On You (I think) Cheverlot Car commercial - Majic Carpet Ride Ebay - Do you Know the Way to San Jose I have a couple more Im trying to remember... | ||
Reese (reese) 4-Laureate Username: reese Post Number: 145 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.15.169.59 |
Aretha's ROCK STEADY is being used in a current commercial. But I cannot remember the product. | ||
marilyn (marilyn) 2-Debutant Username: marilyn Post Number: 11 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 209.142.136.38 |
I think Rock Steady is being used in the Payless Shoes commercial & her other song, Think, is being used in an insurance commercial here. | ||
Moe (moe) 5-Doyen Username: moe Post Number: 233 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.176.241.48 |
What about the kid "driving" the Corvette to Jumpin Jack Flash?? | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 772 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
'Tired of Waiting for yoooou' I forgot who made this mid 60's song, but Verizon uses that here. | ||
GO_GET_GONE_GIRL (gogogirl) 5-Doyen Username: gogogirl Post Number: 298 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 69.1.9.65 |
Hey All, I just heard Stevie's "Living For The City." A SABB commercial. I've also been hearing "I Want To Thank You" by Sly & The Family Stone." today and recently. I forget the commercial. It'll come to me. LOL! | ||
marilyn (marilyn) 2-Debutant Username: marilyn Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 209.142.136.38 |
Instrumental of Rescue Me--Pledge It's Your Thing--Sears Marilyn  | ||
Fred (fred) 3-Pundit Username: fred Post Number: 43 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
The people on this forum can usually tell you what song is being used on what commercials (nice UK board section, too) http://www.whatsthatcalled.com /forum/ | ||
marilyn (marilyn) 2-Debutant Username: marilyn Post Number: 15 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 209.142.136.38 |
Mr. Big Stuff--JC Penney's | ||
marilyn (marilyn) 2-Debutant Username: marilyn Post Number: 16 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 209.142.136.38 |
I've Got The Power--Pampers | ||
Sue (sue) 4-Laureate Username: sue Post Number: 145 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
"Tired of Waiting" -- the Kinks | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 773 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198 |
Yes, Marilyn: I jsut saw the Sears commercial this AM - Isleys. But that version is an injustice. As long as Ron and his Bros. get paid: oh well. LOL. | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 774 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198 |
Geico - 'Kung Fu Fighting' - Karl Douglas | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 775 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198 |
Hey Marilyn, There is something funny about I Got the Power - and- Pampers. LOL. Just my darn humor kicking in. | ||
Flynny (anoraks_corner) 4-Laureate Username: anoraks_corner Post Number: 72 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 211.121.38.176 |
Can anyone recall seeing the Pontiac (?) TV advert that featured Steve Karmann & Jimmy Radcliffe's 'Breakaway', back in the 60's? | ||
~medusa~ (~medusa) 6-Zenith Username: ~medusa Post Number: 588 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.79.122.120 |
I just watched a Car commercial, which one? I couldn't tell ya, but Stevie Wonders Signed, Sealed, Delivered was the song they used. | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1420 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.35.151 |
While we are on the subject of commercials, does anyone have any of their own ideas as to what songs they think should be used for commercials? A few suggestions are: How about "Push Push in the Bush" for Trojan condoms. DiscoInferno, or Lightning Strikes, for All State insurance. For Ginko Biloba--Tony Soprano saying "Fagettaboutit"!! Amtrak--Morning Train | ||
Charise (mistrivia1) 6-Zenith Username: mistrivia1 Post Number: 435 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 198.81.26.46 |
Dyva, LOL on Kung Fu Fighting, That Geico is singing that song!!LOL Those commercials are funny. My favorites are the one with the Squirrels that make the car crash and then they are high-fiving and doing the whole dap thing, too funny. The one where the kids are sleeping in the back of the car and the Geico is too and he is snoring, one where the Geico is in the passenger side with the seatbelt on, and this is an older one, but the guy is sitting in the diner waiting for his sandwich, the waitress comes over with the sandwich and he says I didn't order mayo, and the waitress takes the bread and wipes the mayo off on the side of the table-Oh heck NO!! When I first saw that one, I was like, "no she didn't just do that!" I had to laugh, because it caught me off guard! If that ever happened for real, you know it would have been on up in there!!! LOL | ||
Uptight (uptight) 4-Laureate Username: uptight Post Number: 118 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.55.211.50 |
I know you woulda "set it off," Charise. LOL Did anyone see the (Nike?) commercial where the tall dude is walking in the city, and people are climbing and jumping onto his shoulders? And we hear "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands." By the end of the commercial, he is carrying maybe 40 people on his back. Amazing visual effect. I am still trying to figure out how they did it. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2060 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey Bobby: I like that concept! Now that sounds like a good thread concept! Lately, I've been hearing an updated version of Got To Be Real. I don't remember the product at the moment & it sounds like a very recent adaptation & it certainly sounds like it's Cheryl singing it. | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 4-Laureate Username: chidrummer Post Number: 135 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.14.40.111 |
WC McCall's - Convoy for Buick Sly's - Thank You for Playtex Temp's - My Girl for Little Debbie Cakes Aretha's - Think but I can't remember the product | ||
Charise (mistrivia1) 6-Zenith Username: mistrivia1 Post Number: 444 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 198.81.26.46 |
Juice, might it be the commercial for Coca-Cola, Mary J. Bilge is singing in the studio. It's in promotion with the new animated film Sharktale(talking fish). Wil Smith is the voice of one of the fish and he talks to her while she is drinking the soda. She sounds pretty good. (Message edited by Mistrivia1 on August 27, 2004) | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 5-Doyen Username: 1wicked Post Number: 247 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.64.72 |
I think you're right Juice. It sounds like Cheryl Lynn's original track (vocal AND instrumental) through most of the commercial with Mary J only being heard at the end...in her own "slightly" off key kinda way. | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 6-Zenith Username: sis Post Number: 473 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.206.95 |
What the heck is Mary J. Blidge (sp) doing with the music track of Cheryl Lynn's "Too Be Real." I looked up expecting to see Cheryl and there was Mary J, at a microphone. I was in such a shock, I didn't get the name of the sponsor. It may have been coke because she began drinking soda pop out of a bottle. | ||
Rodmann (rodmann) 6-Zenith Username: rodmann Post Number: 465 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.223.151.165 |
I've been meaning to write a post to this particular topic since last week when I first saw the Mary J. Blige/'Got To Be Real' Coke commercial. I see that several of you have already beat me to the punch. I don't know about you guys but I barfed violently for about 15 minutes when I first saw "The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" clumsily attempting to fill in for the great Cheryl Lynn. Who keeps advising Miss Blige to butcher Soul classics? Weren't the cheap karaoke remakes of Chaka Khan's 'Sweet Thing', Roy Ayers' 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' and Aretha Franklin's 'Natural Woman' bad enough? Did she have to ruin another one?  | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 648 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.228.103 |
I have seen Lenny Kravitz's spot on the GAP commercial...his guitar line from ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY plays and then he goes into an original. Looks like he did the commercial before cutting his hair (again). | ||
Soulsauce (soulsauce) 1-Arriviste Username: soulsauce Post Number: 5 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.166.88 |
Rodmann: I'm with you on this one. I think what really sent me over the edge was when she did a cover version of "Our Love" by Natalie Cole. I mean, honestly...barf bags all around. | ||
John England (bigpoppa206) 1-Arriviste Username: bigpoppa206 Post Number: 1 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 24.19.234.203 |
Speaking of "Thank You" though, that's not the Sly & the Family Stone version, unless he re-recorded it. | ||
John England (bigpoppa206) 1-Arriviste Username: bigpoppa206 Post Number: 2 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 24.19.234.203 |
"Face the Music Recasts Sly and the Family Stone for Playtex" Face the Music’s Tony Shimkin gave a funky new twist to the Sly and the Family Stone classic Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) in scoring a new spot for Playtex. The spot, out of Kraftworks, New York, introduces Playtex’ “Thank goodness it fits” line, the first to include half-size bras. Adam Joseph was executive producer for Face the Music. In the spot, French model and actress Noemie Lenoir dances to the rejuvenated ‘70s anthem. It ends with the tagline, “Half size too for a more perfect fit.” Shimkin set out to preserve the essence of the song’s ‘70s style funkiness while placing it in a more contemporary context. “I’m a big fan of that song,” recalled Shimkin. “I’m a bass player by nature and that song is all about the bass line; every hook is played by the bass.” Shimkin recorded versions of the song with male and female vocalists and ultimately decided to blend the two with the male voice taking the lead. “Although the spot is for Playtex, we felt there was no reason it couldn’t be a man’s voice singing,” he said. “Yet, we really liked the effect of mixing the female vocals into the chorus. In the end, we recorded a second female vocalists and mixed her vocals in as well. That made the chorus sound big and kept the ‘family’ in the Sly and the Family Stone vibe.” | ||
Soulaholic (soulaholic) 6-Zenith Username: soulaholic Post Number: 436 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.212.143 |
Rodmann: The sad part is that some people are going to think that she came up with the tunes and they are the original versions! I guess taste changes over time??? | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 4-Laureate Username: chidrummer Post Number: 143 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.15.230.109 |
Thanks for lending the name of the artist who remade Thank You. I was just thinking about the tune its self in the original post(I was also thinking alot more about Ms. Lenoir & was distracted) | ||
John England (bigpoppa206) 1-Arriviste Username: bigpoppa206 Post Number: 3 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 24.19.234.203 |
She is a cutie! | ||
roger (roger) 5-Doyen Username: roger Post Number: 175 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.35.87.17 |
Hello everyone. I was watching Carlton T.V. last night, here in London, and in the middle of "Coronation Street" ( insanely popular U.K. Manchester based "soap" ) during the commercial break at 7.45 we were treated to 30 seconds of THE MARVELETTES singing "I'll Keep Holding On" advertising K.F.C. .. And THEN !!!! >>>> About a minutes worth of LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS singing "On The Outside Looking In", advertising furniture at D.F.S. furniture warehouses. I'm thinking of recording the commercials and ignoring the actual programs in future!! Roger | ||
bluerhythmbass (bluerhythmbass) 2-Debutant Username: bluerhythmbass Post Number: 25 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.55.140.2 |
Buick is using "Paperback Writer" in their commercials - I guess now that Sony owns the Beatles catalog, there will be many, many more Beatle tunes in commercials!! Regards, Russ | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 185 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.14.41.112 |
The Commodores' Too Hot to Trot for Kellogg's (Special K) | ||
douglasm (douglasm) 4-Laureate Username: douglasm Post Number: 167 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.118.222.193 |
Old question. Sony owns the Beatles catalogue. Who owns the rights to the songs? | ||
bluerhythmbass (bluerhythmbass) 2-Debutant Username: bluerhythmbass Post Number: 26 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.55.140.2 |
From what I read that has been published, what Michael Jackson bought was the publishing company for the Beatles catalog - that was the advice McCartney gave Jackson - "to buy the publishing company" Jackson then went out and out bid Yoko and McCartney for the Beatles catalog hence the riff between McCartney and Jackson, Now owned by Sony.....If I understand the music business, if you own the publishing company, you own the whole song. That is why McCartney gets a check whenever "On Wisconsin" is played, recorded or broadcast! Regards, Russ |
