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Is it not northern enough to play out at a northern soul event ? 

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c'mon this is as funny as the proverbial, NS free range!

 

...I wonder if Denise was aware that the FW recording was used on an egg commercial....couldn’t see it happening Stateside..:ohmy:.

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    ^^^Lol.

    I've never actually seen that advert before..I've not watched any telly for years ,even though theres at least three of em in our house.

    I thought it was pretty funny.

    I was more shocked that I was somehow redirected to a 'Why We Don't Hear About Susan Boyle Anymore' video after the advert was over for some strange reason ! 

    Arrgh ! From Frank Wilson and possibly the rarest Soul record of all time to Susan F#!!!n Boyle !!!

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    2 minutes ago, MGM 1251 said:

    ...I wonder if Denise was aware that the FW recording was used on an egg commercial....couldn’t see it happening Stateside..:ohmy:.

    ...wasn’t it also used on a KFC commercial...about 10 years ago?

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    3 minutes ago, MGM 1251 said:

    ...wasn’t it also used on a KFC commercial...about 10 years ago?

    KFC did these

    Bobby Garrett - I Can't Get Away

    Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I do)

    Jackie Wilson - The Who Who Song

    Laura Greene - Moonlight Music And You

    Marlena Shaw - California Soul

    The Chi-Lites - What Do I Wish For

    The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache

    The Majestics - Funky Chick

    1 minute ago, shufflin said:

    KFC did these

    Bobby Garrett - I Can't Get Away

     

    Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I do)

     

    Jackie Wilson - The Who Who Song

     

    Laura Greene - Moonlight Music And You

     

    Marlena Shaw - California Soul

     

    The Chi-Lites - What Do I Wish For

     

    The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache

     

    The Majestics - Funky Chick

     

    That’s right,I remember now...think Bob Brady was one of them too “EGTTLI”...

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    9 minutes ago, MGM 1251 said:

    ...wasn’t it also used on a KFC commercial...about 10 years ago?

    It was and there was also a double cd released to accompany the ad campaign too which I'm slightly ashamed of admitting to owning although I didn't buy it myself..the missus found a copy in the local charity shop and brought it home for me, honest !

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    1 minute ago, Soulsides said:

    It was and there was also a double cd released to accompany the ad campaign too which I'm slightly ashamed of admitting to owning although I didn't buy it myself..the missus found a copy in the local charity shop and brought it home for me, honest !

                  :ohmy:                  :wicked:    

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    some good tunes in this one, keeping it all underground of course

     

    .....and can you remember those cat food ads aswell....Rubin,John E Paul and the rest...Northern really is exposed to the masses..

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    2 minutes ago, MGM 1251 said:

    .....and can you remember those cat food ads aswell....Rubin,John E Paul and the rest...Northern really is exposed to the masses..

    great minds etc

    1 minute ago, shufflin said:

    great minds etc

    I was just about to say that aswell!!!!!.....who’s responsible for all those ads,obviously someone in the know...is it someone we know?.....

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    1 hour ago, shufflin said:

    c'mon this is as funny as the proverbial, NS free range!

     

    That is hilarious, thanks for posting.

    1 hour ago, shufflin said:

    some good tunes in this one, keeping it all underground of course

     

    Much better then ours here in the states. 

    12 minutes ago, Denise Zieja said:

    Much better then ours here in the states. 

    it's amazing how much the UK loves US soul and funk music, we grew up with it and I guess it's in our DNA now

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    typo

    15 hours ago, MGM 1251 said:

    That’s right,I remember now...think Bob Brady was one of them too “EGTTLI”...

    Ikea used a really great female ballad lowrider sound mid last year in the ad.

     

    a previously unissued thing that had only come out fairly recently.

     

    the name passes me by but it was a great choice and shows sometimes they go a bit beyond the obvious.

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    Ikea used a really great female ballad lowrider sound mid last year in the ad.

     

    a previously unissued thing that had only come out fairly recently.

     

    the name passes me by but it was a great choice and shows sometimes they go a bit beyond the obvious.

     

    Was this it

     

     

     

    Wa

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    Players no 6 , brilcream , ford cortina , omo washing powder, spangles , Vesta ready meals ,  can you imagine if these products used so called northern soul music back in the day . would we be talking about a poxy egg advert ? 🎭🎶

    When I was I the States before Christmas  they were using Charles Bradley on an advert, can’t remember what it was for though 

    Come on train ,  don Thomas, Barclay card ,    if l remember right   classic tune. , raped and pillaged , still gets played and always will 👍👌🎭🎶🎶🎶🎶

    15 minutes ago, Mick Reed said:

    Sam fletcher think it over,insurance i think.

    ...yeh, I’d like to see that one...if anybody can conjure it up..:yes:..

    When I was in America a couple of years ago the restaurant chain ‘Chillis’ used Little Ann-Lean Lanky Daddy

    I'm not saying that I was the reason for the KFC Adverts reference Northern Soul, but a time before the adverts started I had a knock at my door in Wiltshire from a market research company. They asked if I would mind answering a few questions on fast food for a voucher to be sent on at a later date. I thought why not, the person had a laptop and showed me a few advertising videos, after each one they asked me what I thought and did I know the company. The first was for burger king as I noticed the logo, they asked would I buy more of their food, I said no chance!, the second was for Mcdonalds and I answered the same. The third was for KFC with Frank Wilson sound track, I said that it was brilliant and that I would buy more KFC certainly, they asked why and I said- top tune to hear whilst eating your food- we need more adverts like this!!! I chuckled as the market researcher left my house. When I saw the amount of KFC commercials involving soul music in the future, I was shocked- probably just a coincidence!!

     

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    1 hour ago, Tony Turner said:

    When I was in America a couple of years ago the restaurant chain ‘Chillis’ used Little Ann-Lean Lanky Daddy

    The same chain used Wendy Rene's "Bar-B-Q" a year or two ago.

    this limited offer Is NOT available in any store, have your credit card ready

     

      I can remember it clearly rushing to my nearest KFC branch to sample some of their grub after hearing Laura Greene come on the box.... :shhh:  

    B&Q have been using Sliced Tomatoes for ages but just seen their ad and then followed straight after by some sort of sauce using  Richie Barrett I Will Love You.

    Crazy. 

    A chocolate bar a while back used Mean Man by Betty Harris . Assume the ad people just type a few words into YT or such like and pick a track from the results.

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    9 minutes ago, Rick Cooper said:

    B&Q have been using Sliced Tomatoes for ages but just seen their ad and then followed straight after by some sort of sauce using  Richie Barrett I Will Love You.

    Crazy. 

    A chocolate bar a while back used Mean Man by Betty Harris . Assume the ad people just type a few words into YT or such like and pick a track from the results.

    that's incredibly cynical Rick, you mean someone could want to advertise McDonald's, type in big mac soul and come up with this, for example? :-)

     

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    typo

    None of this has got nothing to do with advertising executives that are now in there 50,s wanting to get Northern soul ,  (their youth )  back in the spotlight. Has it ? I think so 

    Steve 

    This is one I’ve just seen & I like it ... not the soya sauce tho x

     

     

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    29 minutes ago, Alison H said:

    This is one I’ve just seen & I like it ... not the soya sauce tho x

     

     

    fab, it's Richie Barrett I will love you - got this last year

    some nice recipes on there too ;-)

     

    I just saw the strangest commercial on American tv- it was for legalzoom. It said"this is Frank, this is Frank's record store. Sure - Frank knows his Northern Soul but how to set up a legal limited liability company - not so much". They don't show any Northern 45's, the record playing isn't "Northern" but I think 

    this is the first time I ever heard the words Northern Soul used in an American ad. If anyone wants to see it- its on youtube. Type in legalzoom commerical,

    and pick "The Story Of Frank".

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    This is the Shredded Wheat longer version . " Really good healthy stuff , mind and body" .. Shredded Wheat ain't bad either... ! 

    7 hours ago, the yank said:

    I just saw the strangest commercial on American tv- it was for legalzoom. It said"this is Frank, this is Frank's record store. Sure - Frank knows his Northern Soul but how to set up a legal limited liability company - not so much". They don't show any Northern 45's, the record playing isn't "Northern" but I think 

    this is the first time I ever heard the words Northern Soul used in an American ad. If anyone wants to see it- its on youtube. Type in legalzoom commerical,

    and pick "The Story Of Frank".

    Here it is.

     

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    Took me the best part of an hour to figure out the tune in this (old age, i guess. lol)

     

    it's funk not Northern nor a product ad but check out the dance moves in this advert from 1974!

     

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    Heard tonight.  Richie Barrett.....I will love you. On kikkomen advert.

    4 minutes ago, Soulhock said:

    Heard tonight.  Richie Barrett.....I will love you. On kikkomen advert.

    it's  a  good 'un - combines my love of food with soul music

    Following the recent delivery problems at KFC, their new advert will feature the Velvelettes' "A Bird In The Hand".

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    goodness knows..

     

    On 1/26/2018 at 20:31, rotherham soul said:

    Anybody remember this from a "Persil " advert? ( did anybody find out who it was)?

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    Sounds like a track from a music library.  There are a few of them that feature NS pastiches.

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    23 minutes ago, the yank said:

     

    Not available in Blighty I'm afraid.  This one works...

     

     

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