Members DRW50 Posted March 25, 2012 Members Share Posted March 25, 2012 These used to be commonplace. I don't see them around as much now. These are generic albums like "hits of the year" or "best of classic soul" or "50's forever" of whatever, or specific greatest hits ads. Anne Murray and Conway Twitty both had one standing in front of a background, singing. Here are a few songs I heard for the first time in these ads. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAbt_6B2Izc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KJn0T7JYis I don't have the ad for this but it used to run in of compilation ads all the time. For many years I'd never heard the full song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZAaA0Z-c-I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted March 25, 2012 Members Share Posted March 25, 2012 Oh man, totally, way too many to even list. To this day, a line will remind me of one of these songs and I'll launch into a full on medley because I only knew the bits and pieces from these commercials. Also, tons of misheard lyrics, e.g., "Even the nights are Pedro", "On the closer side of town" ("Hold me closer tiny dancer"), and so on... Remember Roger Whitaker? He had tons of these commercials when I was growing up. Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell had Time Life music "singing on a stool to Jesus" commercials too. Kenny's gravelly wannabe Cocker "When a Man Loves a Woman" was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted March 26, 2012 Members Share Posted March 26, 2012 I remember one of our local affiliates used to air a different TimeLife music infomercial every night at 10pm. I used to watch that like it was an actual show! Classic Soul Ballads, the Soul Story, and Classic Soft Rock were my favorites. Here's the first part of Classic Soft Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvK1SyUVae8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted March 28, 2012 Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ha while I know some Air Supply songs well (All Out of Love, Making Love Out Of Nothing At All), I think I hadn't heard all of Even The Nights Are Better until now--but I swear I saw that same advertisement as you. I still find myself sometimes watching the Midnight Special TV infomercial they air -- probably because the clip of Last Dance catches my eye when I flip by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I love those greatest hits commercials, and Time Life always had the best collections. Here are some commercials for their defunct Rock 'N' Roll Era Collection: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hk3mX2SReIA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uKxWx0mVI-w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mV81zYvDr9c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PviZoNxe3KI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Becki Posted April 1, 2012 Members Share Posted April 1, 2012 Well, I knew all the Conway Twitty songs because, after all, I was born and raised in the south and country music was what we listened to. The one I remember the clearest was Roger Whittaker. I had never even heard of him before those commercials. I still don't think I've heard the complete song for any of the ones they played on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 do the early-mis 90's rap/hiphop songs count from those Monsta Jamz collections? Becuase i love them and download a lot of those songs when i see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 Sure. This is another one that was always (no pun intended) in those ads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTF97_ve118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you one of the greatest parts of my later childhood through TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1g6fzsEzHI And the longer version, albeit in French: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oJ8SioFmqY Pretty much every song in these, many of which are still faves of mine, I first heard in one of these commercials. And because I can, PURE MOODS! Definitely heard many of these for the first time because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMi5-qpE51k&feature=relmfu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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