Music and Ads

jaysay · 16-10-2006, 11:23

Carrying on the TV theme as anyone noticed the number of telly ads these days are using 60s music to promote their products. The Monkeys Dusty Springfield, The Ventures are but a few which are doing the rounds. However there is one pushing Matalan featuring Mel Sykes called Louie Louie, can't for the life in me think who recorded it, any ideas?

rishton blue · 16-10-2006, 15:13

might be the kingsmen1963.

mani · 16-10-2006, 15:47

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie,_Louie

maxwell silver · 16-10-2006, 15:47

I'll second that rishton blue.I personally find annoying those ads that feature songs,mainly from the 60's & 70's,that seem to be sung by a class of schoolkids.

WillowTheWhisp · 16-10-2006, 17:28

Which ads are those maxwell?

maxwell silver · 16-10-2006, 17:43

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Which ads are those maxwell?

Asda,(george),Tesco.....there are others but i can't think who for off the top of my head."Magic" by Pilot,"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann are two of the songs ..........hang on,maybe there is only two but i swear there's more.Maybe someone can help.And wich popular tune would you most like to hear slaughtered by a choir of under 10's.

shakermaker · 16-10-2006, 17:45

the kinks the kinks the kinks!!!!

It's their version on the ads.

Though the original is by The Kingsmen...I think. Though it was written about ten years before their version!

jaysay · 16-10-2006, 17:49

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Originally Posted by mani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie,_Louie

Thanks for that Mani this site looks like be invauable in looking up hits of yesteryear

maxwell silver · 16-10-2006, 17:49

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

the kinks the kinks the kinks!!!!

what?what?what?.They did'nt sing "Louie,Louie".Maybe your thinking of "Lola"?

shakermaker · 16-10-2006, 17:50

I've got a version of Louie Louie by The Kinks on CD.
Have I been lied to by those nasty record label people?

maxwell silver · 16-10-2006, 18:02

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

I've got a version of Louie Louie by The Kinks on CD.
Have I been lied to by those nasty record label people?

I stand corrected.But the more i think about it,the more i imagine Ray Davies' singing it.Are the vocals & lyrics more decipherable on the Kinks version?

Wynonie Harris · 16-10-2006, 18:12

The Kinks' version is pretty good and follows the Kingsmen's version quite closely, mumbled lyrics and all. However, the best version is Richard Berry & the Pharaohs' original from 1956.