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Just seen the new Vodaphone ad (where everyone is at the train station and checking the timetables on the mobiles)........and the sound track to the ad?

Mel Torme - "Coming Home Baby"........lovely :lol:

It seems that there is a veritable plethora of Soul tracks hitting the ads these days, I wonder if there's a real Soulie somewhere in one of the more successful Advertising Houses who's satisfying his/her craving for Soul by shoe-horning Soul tracks into adverts...good work if you can get it :ohmy:

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Just seen the new Vodaphone ad (where everyone is at the train station and checking the timetables on the mobiles)........and the sound track to the ad?

Mel Torme - "Coming Home Baby"........lovely :lol:

It seems that there is a veritable plethora of Soul tracks hitting the ads these days, I wonder if there's a real Soulie somewhere in one of the more successful Advertising Houses who's satisfying his/her craving for Soul by shoe-horning Soul tracks into adverts...good work if you can get it :lol:

I heard Frank Wilson in the local bank earlier this week :ohmy:

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Just seen the new Vodaphone ad (where everyone is at the train station and checking the timetables on the mobiles)........and the sound track to the ad?

Mel Torme - "Coming Home Baby"........lovely :lol:

It seems that there is a veritable plethora of Soul tracks hitting the ads these days, I wonder if there's a real Soulie somewhere in one of the more successful Advertising Houses who's satisfying his/her craving for Soul by shoe-horning Soul tracks into adverts...good work if you can get it :ohmy:

There must be many tracks that would suit advertising.

The feel good beat Is what most strive to produce,

Northern Soul just there in waiting ready to use as a backing track to their products.

Imagine a Cold Cure company using, "I Got The Fever" how could anyone not feel better after hearing such an Awesome track.

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There must be many tracks that would suit advertising.

The feel good beat Is what most strive to produce,

Northern Soul just there in waiting ready to use as a backing track to their products.

I know KFC went a bit "Northern mental" a few years ago - I think a CD was released on the strength the number of ads they released with Northern tracks!

Not that it did the song much justice - but it was great to hear "Nothing but a heartache" on TV :ohmy:

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Wonder why he was in your local bank? :ohmy:

Apparently he said to Steve before a quick exit, here i am on bended knees i lay my cash down at you feet and Do i love you, then run off :lol:

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Apparently he said to Steve before a quick exit, here i am on bended knees i lay my cash down at you feet and Do i love you, then run off :lol:

:ohmy:

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I run an Advertising Agency (Grey Matter).

I often use Song Titles as a source of inspiration.... (OK.....I steal them!)

Here's a few Ads that I did a couple of years ago for Notts Adoption Services (a campaign for Black Adoption).

We did the full rebrand of the 'Nottinghamshire Adoption Agency' and created 'Forever Families' (much friendlier).

Have often used the wonderfully creative plethora of Record Labels too for Company & Product branding.

Watch out for Revilot (Cytometry Software)... coming to a Hospital near you!

:ohmy:

Sean

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Just seen the new Vodaphone ad (where everyone is at the train station and checking the timetables on the mobiles)........and the sound track to the ad?

Mel Torme - "Coming Home Baby"........lovely :ohmy:

It seems that there is a veritable plethora of Soul tracks hitting the ads these days, I wonder if there's a real Soulie somewhere in one of the more successful Advertising Houses who's satisfying his/her craving for Soul by shoe-horning Soul tracks into adverts...good work if you can get it :unsure:

IT IS OF COURSE MR K. ROBERTS

JUST A LITTLE ASIDE THOUGH, IN 1973 MY BEST MATE MOPSEY WAS ACCUSED OF NICKING HIS RECORDS.ANYHOW , ONE F*****G FREEZING TYPICAL NIGHT IN WIGAN, I WAS STANDING ON STATION ROAD WAITING TO GO INTO A POPULAR ALL NIGHT DISCO, WHEN A TALL , STREAK OF P**S WANDERED UP TELLING ME HE WAS OFF TO THE COP SHOP TO RETRIEVE SAID RECORDS.

SO I VOLUNTEERED TO ACCOMPANY HIM, WHEREUPON I FOUND MYSELF CHATTING ABOUT ALL SORTS OF SHIT TO WIGANS FINEST FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS (FOOTBALL,BACON & TOM SARNIES,FERRETS, PRICE OF DRIPPING, SOILED UNDERWEAR, FANNIES ETC..,YOU KNOW - OWT!!! ) UNTIL ROBERTS REAPPEARED CLUTCHING HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED SOUNDS FROM S.SOUSAIN.

UPON ENTERING THE NIGHTER , WORRIED MATES WERE A BIT SHAKEN THAT I HAD BEEN IN THE LOCAL COP-SHOP FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS. NO WORRIES, I THINK I GOT AWAY WITH IT - WHERES THAT FUCKIN DANCEFLOOR FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS??!! -

CANT BEAT SHEFFIELD OLD SCHOOL EH?,

CHRIS

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DON'T FORGET COMIN HOME BABY WAS A NATIONAL TOP 20 HIT MANY MOONS AGO. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VODAFONE AD MAY NOT BE A SOULIE BUT SOME OLD FUDDY DUDDY :g: . GOT GOOD TASTE THO'.

BRI.

Call me Mr Pedantic :lol: but it was actually the A side "Right Now".......even my mom remembers hating it when she was a Lass "He has a vioce thats as flat as a fart" :lol:

Songs we can tie to adds;

Chills and Fever - Paul Kelly (Benilin)

Money - Barrett Strong (Ocean Finance)

I dont need no Doctor - Nick Ashford (Ibuprophen)

Nothing can help you now - Lenny Curtis (Life Insurance :lol: )

Run for Cover - The Dells (Army Jobs :lol: )

:lol:

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Call me Mr Pedantic :P but it was actually the A side "Right Now".......even my mom remembers hating it when she was a Lass "He has a vioce thats as flat as a fart" :unsure:

WRONG STEVE COMIN' HOME BABY WAS A TOP 20 HIT IN 1963, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, WAS A HIT FOR THE CREATURES IN THE 80T'S. A RIGHT PILE O' SHITE.

BRI.

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WRONG STEVE COMIN' HOME BABY WAS A TOP 20 HIT IN 1963, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, WAS A HIT FOR THE CREATURES IN THE 80T'S. A RIGHT PILE O' SHITE.

BRI.

Dont SHOUT at me :yes::(

In the U.S "Right now" was the A side,not sure about the UK issue but I would think the same, and Mommy remembers the A side and who am I to argue with

her? :unsure::P

you right about the Pile of..... tho!

:D

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This one was in Thursday's Daily Mirror.

I know it's not really 'soulie' related but....

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Now call me suspicious if you like, but when was the last time anyone saw a scooter club like this? In my experience, scooter clubs are full of balding, beer-bellied folk in their 40s and 50s (and that's only the female members :thumbsup::unsure: )!!!!

This ad should be reported to the advertising standards people for gross misrepresentation!

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In my experience, scooter clubs are full of balding, beer-bellied folk in their 40s and 50s

The exception to that would of course be your good self Ed! :thumbsup:

How's the Skelly coming on?

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The exception to that would of course be your good self Ed! :thumbsup:

How's the Skelly coming on?

:unsure: I wish my friend! Not in a scooter club these days but I am now in my 40s, balding and with a beer gut! Skinhead Skelly is about 90% built now - will be bringing back some early 70s memories for some on Scarborough sea front next year!

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but I am now in my 40s, balding and with a beer gut!

...ah, balding you may be mate, but you'd never be able to tell because of the crew cut :thumbsup:

as for the beer gut, haven't we all? :ohmy:

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WRONG STEVE COMIN' HOME BABY WAS A TOP 20 HIT IN 1963, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, WAS A HIT FOR THE CREATURES IN THE 80T'S. A RIGHT PILE O' SHITE.

BRI.

Dont SHOUT at me :yes::lol:

In the U.S "Right now" was the A side,not sure about the UK issue but I would think the same, and Mommy remembers the A side and who am I to argue with

her? :D:thumbsup:

you right about the Pile of..... tho!

SORRY STEVE, NOT SHOUTIN' ALWAYS TYPE IN BLOCKS, CAN'T SEE OTHER :lol: , BACK TO COMIN HOME MADE 37 IN US A SIDE ANORL.

HOPE YOURE WELL.

BEST BRI.

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How weird, Mr. Hampsey.

I'm a Sean too, and I'm doing the November CD swap too, and I've got an advertising agency too, and I've put Northern Soul references in ads too.

My guess is that you're an incredibly handsome bloke.

Sean Doyle

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I run an Advertising Agency (Grey Matter).

I often use Song Titles as a source of inspiration.... (OK.....I steal them!)

Here's a few Ads that I did a couple of years ago for Notts Adoption Services (a campaign for Black Adoption).

We did the full rebrand of the 'Nottinghamshire Adoption Agency' and created 'Forever Families' (much friendlier).

Have often used the wonderfully creative plethora of Record Labels too for Company & Product branding.

Watch out for Revilot (Cytometry Software)... coming to a Hospital near you!

:rolleyes:

Sean

Sean,

I have to say that the third one IMO is the most powerful of them. As soo as I read it, Al Greens pleading came straight into my head.

Was it a sucess?

John

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How weird, Mr. Hampsey.

I'm a Sean too, and I'm doing the November CD swap too, and I've got an advertising agency too, and I've put Northern Soul references in ads too.

My guess is that you're an incredibly handsome bloke.

Sean Doyle

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He used to be , but the paper round took its' toll on those boyish features ....... laugh.gif

Malc Burton

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How weird, Mr. Hampsey.

I'm a Sean too, and I'm doing the November CD swap too, and I've got an advertising agency too, and I've put Northern Soul references in ads too.

My guess is that you're an incredibly handsome bloke.

Sean Doyle

Right on all counts Sean!

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Sean Hampsey

PS: Nice work! Where you based?

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Call me Mr Pedantic rolleyes.gif but it was actually the A side "Right Now".......even my mom remembers hating it when she was a Lass "He has a vioce thats as flat as a fart" :ohmy:

Songs we can tie to adds;

Chills and Fever - Paul Kelly (Benilin)

Money - Barrett Strong (Ocean Finance)

I dont need no Doctor - Nick Ashford (Ibuprophen)

Nothing can help you now - Lenny Curtis (Life Insurance :lol: )

Run for Cover - The Dells (Army Jobs :thumbup: )

:D

Apologies for the lateness in joining in with this jolly thread ; our t'internet has been very poorly for several weeks , but it is better now ......

Cashing In - The Halifax

There Are Roses Somewhere In This World - Interflora

Job Opening - Learn Direct

Wade in The Water - Tena Lady

Wear It On Our Face - Loreal

My Sugar Baby - Tate & Lyle

You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - HSBC

Malc Burton

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It tickles me how we go on about this underground scene we are into and how we hate anything milking over commercialising the scene(casino etc)but yet i always hear soulies excited about the media using soul music,just an observation like :thumbup: .

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Is anyone dancing the feckin naffin Lambrini this weekend????

Whoever came up with that wants a hit putting on him!!!!!

RICK

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I know KFC went a bit "Northern mental" a few years ago - I think a CD was released on the strength the number of ads they released with Northern tracks!

You wouldn't know the name of it by any chance? I figured that there'd be one but I couldn't find it, just regular comps with 'Featuring .... from theKFC ads' stickers on them.

Call me Mr Pedantic rolleyes.gif but it was actually the A side "Right Now".......even my mom remembers hating it when she was a Lass "He has a vioce thats as flat as a fart"

'Comin' home' got a whole lot of BBC airplay, but I wouldn't know if it made the charts, I thought it was well crap. It didn't make the sheet music charts though. They had one in the shop where I went to buy ukulele strings (Hey, it looked like a guitar on me...)

Actually, that last bit might have been about 5 years earlier. :D

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i saw a movie trailer recently that used a weird rock version of a JJ Barnes tune as the music. cant remember the film or which tune off hand but it was just last week.

i work in advertising as well, as a designer, but havent really gotten to include much soul related stuff conceptually. have done a ton of soul specific work including this, which is featured in this years Print Regional Design Annual:

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it does, however, look like i will be working on a campaign for the Washington State Lottery that will be "60s themed." should be fun ... maybe i can slip some tunes into the TV spots.

kev

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I run an Advertising Agency (Grey Matter).

Sean

Sean -

I tried looking at the portfolio pieces on your site, but nothing loads in the scrolling frames :wicked: either way, if you ever want to hire me, pay for a work visa, and set me up with an apartment ... i'd be happy to to do it!! wink.gif

kev

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Sean -

I tried looking at the portfolio pieces on your site, but nothing loads in the scrolling frames :( either way, if you ever want to hire me, pay for a work visa, and set me up with an apartment ... i'd be happy to to do it!! :wicked:

kev

Hi Kev,

That site is at least two years out of date. Just can't get the beggers to update it as they're all busy on 'proper' work!

Bloody form over function more like!

You need to click on the thumbnails. It works AOK... but the new site that's on Beta at the mo (and has been for 6 months) will be far easier to navigate.

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Sean

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Guest Kevin J

Regarding the above mentioned film trailer, JJ's "Chains of Love" is featured in the film trailer for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly being covered by a group called The Dirtbombs. eck.

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You wouldn't know the name of it by any chance? I figured that there'd be one but I couldn't find it, just regular comps with 'Featuring .... from theKFC ads' stickers on them.

Yeah, but don't touch it with a sh*tty stick - it's been "Levined" to death :P

A lot of the ususal suspects on the track list - Bob Brady, Frank Wilson, Dobie Gray, Just Brothers et al..... and a few undiscovered tracks by Mr Levine himself :D (erm The Four phucking Vandals anyone)

It is a very sad case of beautiful Soul music being forced onto a cd - having all the soul sucked out of it, produced and re-worked to death, so it is a pale imitation of its former glory - it might as well have been sung by the phucking Spice Girls :ohmy:

It really is the work of someone who hates Soul music............cnut :lol:

I might post some of Mr Levine's handiwork if anyone wants to hear bastardised Soul music, but I warn you it'll make you cry :D

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Apparently he said to Steve before a quick exit, here i am on bended knees i lay my cash down at you feet and Do i love you, then run off :yes:

Apologies for the lateness in joining in with this jolly thread ; our t'internet has been very poorly for several weeks , but it is better now ......

Cashing In - The Halifax

There Are Roses Somewhere In This World - Interflora

Job Opening - Learn Direct

Wade in The Water - Tena Lady

Wear It On Our Face - Loreal

My Sugar Baby - Tate & Lyle

You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - HSBC

Malc Burton

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

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Is anyone dancing the feckin naffin Lambrini this weekend????

Whoever came up with that wants a hit putting on him!!!!!

RICK

No, but odd that the women in that advert dancing to The Snake are dancing in a style pretty much the same as a Belgian techno dance called Jumping. Maybe it's been remixed :lol:

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Guest in town Mikey

Apperently 'Detroit executives - Cool off' was an ad' for some soft drink in the US, well that's what I heard years ago. Any truth?

Dont know about that one, but on a few of my Arizona Cardinal DVDs from 2005 there are adverts for a credit card using Human Beinz nobody but me. Its the one in the UK where they have elaborate ads like a fancy dress in a pub, and a guy dressed as a Roman leaves a leiogon waiting outside.

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Guest in town Mikey

Apologies for the lateness in joining in with this jolly thread ; our t'internet has been very poorly for several weeks , but it is better now ......

You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - HSBC

Malc Burton

I think Mr Brown put this on the Northern Rock sell off advert, and thats why nobody wants to bid a decent amount for them.

My suggestion

If you cant say anything nice about me - Relate

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scooter clubs are full of balding, beer-bellied folk in their 40s and 50s (and that's only the female members :lol::D )!!!!

:lol::yes::lol::lol::lol:

Just been notified that Skipton doesn't even have a club and yes, they are all moduuuls! :lol:

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THIS YEAR AT A SCOOTER RALLY IN BARNOLDSWICK.......... :lol:

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In my experience, scooter clubs are full of balding, beer-bellied folk in their 40s and 50s (and that's only the female members :lol::lol: )!!!!

BALDING....... BEER BELLIED.........40.....50 !!!!!

Ed................. Nathan says NOOOOOOOOOOOO :lol:

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