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When 'Hey Love' Was the Party Starter!
Remember back in the day when people used to watch commercials? Yeah, me neither. That's right up there with receiving albums through the mail, and paying for shipping and handling. Ancient, right? Well so is this clip that was sent my way last weekend. It's one that, if you were a TV junkie like I was as a kid, you should be familiar with, and probably came to mock at some point or another. Which one, you ask? The Hey Love! commercial, of course. Or, to state it properly, the Hey Love! The Classic Sounds of Sexy Soul commercial. That's the one that featured six people bored to tears at a house party, until the host remembers that he got a special delivery that day. And then, the party takes off when he places the needle on the record, as an array of 40 slow jams from the '60s and '70s start to play. And come on, you know nothing says "Party Time!" like "Hey There, Lonely Girl."That'd be enough for a 100 second commercial, right? Wrong. We're talkin' about Hey Love! here. This is the commercial that keeps on giving, as it crescendos with what was probably one of the best punchlines of the 1980s, coming when one of the party guests asks the host to borrow his precious vinyl. His response? (Say it with me!): "No, my brother. You got to buy your own." *dead*
Tags: commercial, hey love
Comments
This is funny. I still remember a good friend of my dad's letting him borrow this record. The sleeve was a gatefold, and it had little bios of each act in it, LOL. I remember reading them all. This is one of those commercials all black people over 25 remember, ha ha.
S. Flemming | August 15, 2008 9:24 AM | Permalink:) Yea, that "No, my brother. You got to buy your own." line still get plenty of used by me. I love that commercial! Classic!
And 19.95 for 2 cassettes. LOL
Roddykat | August 14, 2008 9:20 PM | Permalinksee this right here is why i make a note to come to Soulbounce at least three times a day. y'all runnin' this blog ish!
dar | August 14, 2008 5:45 PM | PermalinkLOL I remember this commercial. Now this is something that would first make me laugh and then code out. It was too long!!!
Amn.eris | August 14, 2008 2:37 PM | PermalinkOMG thank you. I was talking about this over the wkd and wanted to show it a friend of mine but could NOT find it with my inadequate google skillz.
heyhey | August 14, 2008 1:52 PM | Permalink"No my brother, you got to buy your own" is damn near a family saying....we use it for everything....it's CLASSIC.
Ninjagirrl | August 14, 2008 1:37 PM | PermalinkAwwwww yeah, I remember this commercial! This was the first time anyone had seen John Canada Terrell. This was his pre-Greer Childs from She's Gotta Have It role.
Nikki | August 14, 2008 1:30 PM | Permalink