Hey good lookin'... We'll be back to pick you up later.

*turns it up*

/man

This again? It gets greenlit about every 6 months.

Hey! From Colorado Springs! Apparently, a lot of useless shiat comes from here. I feel proud to be a springinite.

FTV text: The old Freedom Rock commercial from 1987.

I'm pretty sure that this was on the air as early as 1984. I've seen this commercial many times when it was on TV.

Wow, that was real. I was waiting for the punchline.

I've got to admit, that was a pretty good set of tunes.

FREEBIRD!!!!

The dude on the right is Red Noize. He was a classic rock DJ in Colorado and later in Atlanta on Z-93 who died from cancer.He was a great guy with a great voice who made listening to the same old tired songs bearable. RIP Red.

Why are 2 CDs more expensive than the albums?

Epsilon: This again? It gets greenlit about every 6 months.

I'm not complaining. It's one of those videos that should be watched every so often, so this is just a nice reminder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGWW8KOQio

Working link.

pjbreeze: Why are 2 CDs more expensive than the albums?

First, to answer your Q: this was 1984 and CD was the new tech. Record companies charged a premium for it.

Second, you mean "LP", not "album." An album is a collection of songs, regardless of the format. You can buy an album on CD or cassette or vinyl or whatever. It's an album no matter what medium you have it on.

Common error. I'm not trying to be a jerk (for once) just sharing knowledge.

CoachBlack: The dude on the right is Red Noize. He was a classic rock DJ in Colorado and later in Atlanta on Z-93 who died from cancer.He was a great guy with a great voice who made listening to the same old tired songs bearable. RIP Red.

damn, I had no idea...


/lives in Atl
//used to listen to him

Dubai Vol: pjbreeze: Why are 2 CDs more expensive than the albums?

First, to answer your Q: this was 1984 and CD was the new tech. Record companies charged a premium for it.

Second, you mean "LP", not "album." An album is a collection of songs, regardless of the format. You can buy an album on CD or cassette or vinyl or whatever. It's an album no matter what medium you have it on.

Common error. I'm not trying to be a jerk (for once) just sharing knowledge.

pretty sure this thing ran 1987 thru early 90's

pjbreeze: Why are 2 CDs more expensive than the albums?

THIS

/Anyone else notice that is the most quixotic lineup of songs? Elton John, Alice Cooper, Jefferson Airplane and the O'Jays????? It should be named "Random songs from 1965-1977 that we acquired the rights to"......

Amazon's got it if anybody wants one!

Link (new window)

yeah old red was in grand rapids MI for a time

waited for the WHO tickets once
him and the djs brought some bad donuts in the morning and I threw it at him

That is the very first compilation-album TV commercial I remember seeing, ever.

I never had any money, though, so $19.95 might as well have been on the Moon.

Thanks subby, that's my new shopping list for songs.

I just called the number.

It was busy...

The 70's Preservation Society

(Not available on 8-track)

Wait, WTF?

Finding a torrent of this is only sader than finding one for a vinyl rip of a Lawerance Welk album.

/Found both
//sadly

Epsilon: This again? It gets greenlit about every 6 months.

You noticed that too?

Hate the music but love the commercial. Thanks, subby!

Hey man is that HOMELESS rock?

It's 1987, so of course the long-haired freak chilling by his van (which is no doubt parked next to a river) is reading the Wall Street Journal.

I have it. Worth every penny. Paid the CD premium price, too.

No regrets!

Ah... that never gets old. I remember that stupid commercial being on at just about every commercial break of whatever station I was watching. Probably MTV at the time. When they actually played videos.

May turn up here every 6 months, but damn I haven't seen/heard that since I was in 5th grade! Thanks subby!