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Staffist [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-09-12 8:05:32 PM  
Hey good lookin'... We'll be back to pick you up later.
 
peachpicker
2008-09-12 9:28:28 PM  
*turns it up*

/man
 
Epsilon
2008-09-12 9:35:23 PM  
This again? It gets greenlit about every 6 months.
 
Slamguy
2008-09-12 9:50:36 PM  
Hey! From Colorado Springs! Apparently, a lot of useless shiat comes from here. I feel proud to be a springinite.
 
zvoidx
2008-09-12 9:53:49 PM  
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.
 
EL_FABREZ
2008-09-12 10:11:56 PM  
Wow, that was real. I was waiting for the punchline.
 
RadicalMiddle
2008-09-12 10:25:53 PM  
I've got to admit, that was a pretty good set of tunes.

FREEBIRD!!!!

[image from blogs.augusta.com too old to be available]
 
CoachBlack
2008-09-12 10:29:48 PM  
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.
 
pjbreeze
2008-09-12 11:08:42 PM  
Why are 2 CDs more expensive than the albums?
 
ChimpZealot
2008-09-12 11:20:25 PM  

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.
 
ChimpZealot
2008-09-12 11:22:41 PM  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGWW8KOQio

Working link.
 
Dubai Vol
2008-09-12 11:23:20 PM  

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.
 
zappawizard
2008-09-12 11:44:07 PM  

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
 
zappawizard
2008-09-12 11:49:25 PM  

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
 
SCUBA_Archer
2008-09-12 11:50:33 PM  

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"......
 
zappawizard
2008-09-12 11:50:41 PM  
Amazon's got it if anybody wants one!

Link (new window)
 
whisker-biscuit
2008-09-12 11:54:39 PM  
i191.photobucket.comView Full Size

The Pope agrees
 
metzjames
2008-09-13 12:13:38 AM  
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
 
mrjah
2008-09-13 12:45:49 AM  
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.
 
JustinCase
2008-09-13 1:33:11 AM  
Thanks subby, that's my new shopping list for songs.
 
Pullarius
2008-09-13 3:21:05 AM  
I just called the number.

It was busy...
 
Warchild [TotalFark]
2008-09-13 8:22:57 AM  
The 70's Preservation Society

(Not available on 8-track)

Wait, WTF?
 
MarkMartinFan
2008-09-13 12:38:55 PM  
Finding a torrent of this is only sader than finding one for a vinyl rip of a Lawerance Welk album.

/Found both
//sadly
 
PooPooUndies
2008-09-13 2:45:41 PM  

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


You noticed that too?
 
Phil McKraken [OhFark]
2008-09-13 6:19:47 PM  
Hate the music but love the commercial. Thanks, subby!
 
studebaker hoch
2008-09-14 1:33:13 AM  
Hey man is that HOMELESS rock?
 
memphisheel
2008-09-14 2:14:42 AM  
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.
 
dmax
2008-09-15 2:40:13 AM  
I have it. Worth every penny. Paid the CD premium price, too.

No regrets!
 
StvyRayVhn1
2008-09-15 9:32:40 AM  
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.
 
therawuncut
2008-09-15 12:04:49 PM  
May turn up here every 6 months, but damn I haven't seen/heard that since I was in 5th grade! Thanks subby!
 
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