Could it be? Is that Ministry’s Al Jourgensen singing “don’t give me that so-so soda/that same old cola” in this 1983 commercial for Shasta? The clip, shown above, isn’t labeled as such, but the commenters — along with the reader who sent this to us — think so. It certainly sounds like that faux Brit accident Uncle Al adopted during the With Sympathy era. And to think, just a few years later he’d be screaming “THIEVES! THIEVES AND LIARS!” over pummeling guitars and dentist drills.
And, as a bonus, below (via Waveformless) we’ve got what is purportedly a 1982 7UP jingle recorded by New Wave synth man Gary Numan. According to the description posted on YouTube, the soft drink maker paid Numan some £10,000 to record three pieces of music with the lyrics they provided — but never used the results since they had believed they were getting something a bit more punk-ish.
UPDATE: Oh, and here’s New Order’s “Blue Monday” re-write for Sunkist.
Hear Gary Numan’s 7UP jingle after the jump…
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at 7:32 am
Just an FYI – the Shasta commercial was confirmed by Robert Roberts, who played keyboards in the band between 81-83. He worked on With Sympathy and the subsequent tour, and posts regularly on an unofficial Ministry forum. Here’s his comment:
“I never would have recalled that on my own. But I do now.
The commercial may have hit in 83, but I think the recording was done in 82. Lots of American TV commercials are conceived, written and produced in Chicago. Chicago Recording Company used to do a lot of them and I think that’s how Al got the work.”
If you want a link to the whole thread, let me know..
Also, keep your eyes peeled for new Ministry news. Cleopatra Records has apparently signed them up, and claim a new studio album is on the way, so much for Al’s retirement. If that’s not enough, Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly posted on his Twitter page about a “possible co-headling tour with a re-uniting band..any guesses?” I mention this because Jourgensen contributed vocals to “Stupidity”, a track on FLA’s new album Improvised Electronic Device.
Cheers,
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at 11:02 am
.lest we forget that pepsi jingle by the one and only marc bolan…
http://marcbolanlive.webs.com/13.%20Pepsi%20Jingle.mp3
at 2:50 pm
7-Up might’ve thought they’d get something in the vein of Numan’s Lee Cooper jeans jingle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZd2arTQCSM