Jingles

[Patti]

Does anyone know of what jingles Gordy Lightfoot wrote? Did we hear them when we were youngsters? Too bad his career took such a turn, hahaha, no, just kidding.

There are a few jingles on this Pseudo-Rooney article, entitled, Bring Back the Jingle. Thought others might enjoy them as well. (Wish we could still get the ragdoll).

http://www.jewsforjesus.org/blog/20100611

This isn't exactly a religious article, so hopefully I'm not offending someone's sense of political correctness, that is not my intention.

[Patti]

No one knows? Or they were so bad, they are unmentionable.

Vell, no jingles then. So.

[Jesse Joe]

(lol) Patti it may be the weather ?? Here we have been in a 'heat wave' for the past several days.

[jj]

could be but i've never heard it mentioned..maybe cos he made decent money early on playing live so never found the need to resort to that kind of earning strategy...are jingles a 'genre'?

but wouldn't it be fun to hear and better yet, see some...such as this gem:

YouTube- John Hartford : Milk Commercial

hmmm...rm had an old thread about what songs would be good jingles/soundtracks to certain commercial products...but we, the members came up pretty dry

btw, kate, glad you have the wonderful memory of meeting the multi-talented and eccentric Hartford

anyhow, patti, another good upcoming question for the Gord backstagers

[fezo]

Oh, I miss John Hartford. Met him maybe a couple of times - the best being in 1974 when he played the Rutgers student center the year after I graduated. I zipped down from work and caught him going in to set up. He was great to talk to and I asked about this one song I'd heard him play but wasn't on a record at the time (Tall Buildings). He dictated the words to me as I wrote them down on a napkin and helped by handing him things setting up. He did the song in the show after saying he'd do just that so I could get the chords all straight.

Other than the song I remember how pleased he was that he'd gotten to the point where the royalties from Gentle on my Mind gave him all the income he needed to be able to just do what he wanted to do. His idea of what he wanted to do was go around playing and (at the time) going to river pilot school.

[Jesse Joe]

Other than the song I remember how pleased he was that he'd gotten to the point where the royalties from Gentle on my Mind gave him all the income he needed to be able to just do what he wanted to do.

It's no wonder Gordon Lightfoot is a multi-millionaire! And yet he says in some interviews that touring today helps them survive and pays the bills.

Thanks for sharing with the group Fezo, very interesting to read... but I myself had never heard of John Hartford before

[jj]

Originally Posted by fezo

He did the song in the show after saying he'd do just that so I could get the chords all straight.

how wonderful, quite an anecdote

I wonder if Gord would play Can't Depend on Love for us?

Nice @John Hartford, Fezo....that's so very cool.

Jingles....great topic Patti . I used to love listening to Paul Anka talk about jingle-writing

[RM]

Originally Posted by jj

hmmm...rm had an old thread about what songs would be good jingles/soundtracks to certain commercial products

Oh, good heavens......how do you remember that ? I think all members should be made aware that jj never forgets....

[charlene]

Originally Posted by RM

Oh, good heavens......how do you remember that ? I think all members should be made aware that jj never forgets....

he scares me.
there's a few other people I know who have memories like that..
scary stuff indeed..

[jj]

yeah, i am rapidly morphing into an elephant...or so says my scale