Prog & Advertising
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Topic: Prog & Advertising
Posted By: Gerinski
Subject: Prog & Advertising
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 09:52
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If Prog had been more popular, our idols might have made some extra cash by advertising or sponsoring various items. Below some possible examples.
Any other ideas? (never mind about pictures, just the idea or text will do)
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 09:55
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I predict a move to "Just For Fun" sponsored by ProgArchives Admin. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 10:02
Hey those are pretty good Gerinski!
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 10:08
Brilliant!  Now what was that connection between Frank Zappa and toilet paper?
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 10:15
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 10:26
Good point. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 11:07
These are fantastic. 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 11:34
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I'm assuming they are your own creations and if so I say to you good work. All are funny.
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 11:48
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quite awesome.
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 12:25
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This is a brilliant thread!!!! good humor and prog go together. Can anyone put a "Hair Style" add picture of Jimmy Hendrix?
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 12:53
  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 13:10
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Can I suggest an immediate career move to the advertising industry?
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 13:17
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More possibilities:
Jim Morrison - cheap whiskey brand Ian Gillan - sports car Fripp - glasses Mike Ratledge - Lowrey home organs David Bowie - female attire Tony Banks - sweaters Keith Moon - dynamite - goes with Townsend - hearing aid Robert Plant - anti-wrinkle cream Genesis - dance lessons Ritchie Blackmore - anger management classes Mike Pinder - book of humor P.S. there are some others in bad taste, but I will not post those, ha. more: Carlos Santana - headbands Chris Frantz - rolling papers Pete Sinfield - rhyme dictionary George Harrison - "Music Copyright Law for Dummies" Jimi Hendrix - "Music Contract Law for Dummies" Brian Eno - The EZ Chord Method for Playing Piano |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 13:46
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Martin Barre- Running shoes. Jon Anderson-Indian Style Shirts. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond- Zebra outfits for Halloween.
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 13:54
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Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 15:05
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Brilliant!
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 15:51
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Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 16:27
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These are ridiculously funny. Suppose Christian Vander would be a decent spokesperson for Rosetta Stone? ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 16:36
Hooked on Phonics. ...or WW II memorabilia 
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Posted By: omardiyejon
Date Posted: September 26 2010 at 03:34
roger waters would be great in a toothpaste advertisement  but the one with steve hackett made me laugh ------------- http://www.normalisr.com/?username=omardiyejon" rel="nofollow - http://www.normalisr.com/?username=omardiyejon |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 26 2010 at 15:37
Agreed! They made me laugh!!! |
Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: September 26 2010 at 19:10
I would buy Rosetta Stone if it would teach me Kobaian. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 00:02
*sigh* I suppose we will never see the Frank Zappa line of ponchos, from Sears or any where else. I'm a horrible photoshopper. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 07:48
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Well done! The one with Emerson is hilarious (you're a genius THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC ).
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Posted By: Antennas
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 08:03
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Thanks for the laughs folks!
I wish I were anything of a proper ps'er myself, but alas...
Would like to see someone make the Jon Anderson-advertisement for hippie clothing. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 14:15
Thanks for the positive feedback and good ideas 
I don't have much time but here come a couple more. The proposal for Tony Banks advertising sweaters was good but made me think that Pat Metheny fitted the bill even better. And Vander's Rosetta language idea was unmissable !
p.s. please note that I have edited the brand advertised by Ian Anderson in the OP for a bit more fun
 maybe some others will follow when I get some time !
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:10
Nahhhh ... he would be advertising for third leg warmers! The knit ones of course!
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:28
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Fantastic, Gerenski! The Phil Collins one was hilarious, as were all of them ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:55
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Hi,
Ohhh my goodness ... this could be really bad ... but I am not exactly very good with Photoshop so ... my words will have to do.
Angela Allen (Carmen) -- She, of course, will be selling shoes, specially those with nice strong heels for tapping on the ground.
Kris Karrer - Selling books, and of course, they would all be of the sufi-sticated type to match his wits, and all of them be about mystical something or other. No fakes need apply!
Elton John - Make up and Hair Dressing for Men!
Peter Michael Hamel - Selling articles on music theory, since his book didn't sell due to its amazing trashing of all music except his!
Kitaro - Selling washing machine music to make sure the housewives do your laundry! (... so sorry washing machines!)
Mika and her husband - Samurai swords to throw around on stage while the band is playing and she is singing!
Edgar Froese - Will be selling EF busts ... they look almost identical to Beethoven and it is superstition in Germany that if you want to be famous you have to be and look nasty!
Mani Neumaier - Selling insane rubber duckies that go quack quack while he plays! No matter that these were a double entendre about East Germany!
Freddie Mercury - Cloaks ... and specially white ones that only royalty know how to wear! That Rick guy would look silly if his hair was black on those cloaks!
Iggy Pop - Those boards with nails that fakirs like to lay down on and collect a few dollars off your wallet!
Roy Wood - Furs to match his unusually long and wild hair! More dates with Annie Haslam might get him a little more normal, but not get us as much fun stuff as Eddie and the Falcons or Mustard ... of course, finding these you have to go to hell and back!
Peter Hammill - Microphones ... but we could also use him for amplifiers!
Madonna - "$ex Anything or Other" and then we get gorgeous pictures for them and sell it as a book for $29.95. Makes for a great coffee table book! No fair discussing her preferences or desires!
Keith Jarrett - Pianos without scales so his fingers could trip around even more. And find new sounds for our minds!
Bootsie Collins - One effect that does all the effects for his bass guitar and it still makes our heads turn crazy every time we hear it! Wahwah pedal is, of course, extra and that one is set to all max settings to make sure your brain stays scrambled and you have taken enough sunshine juice!
Jon McLoughlin - He sells speed ... we won't discuss what kind!
DT's MP - He sells drum kits, and they are all bigger than him, and taller, so he looks smaller. And of course, the kits always have a bigger sound than anyone else in the band! He's not good enough to sell drum lessons, that honor goes to any drummer that is not showing off!
AC/DC - shotguns!
I think I better stop here before it all gets nutz ... and we really needed this to break the monotony all around ... this is very good and congrats ... and if you can do a couple of mine on Phptoshop ... plzzzzzz! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 19:23
He should really try something out with vertical stripes. Nah. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 23:17
I think the only way he would wear a sweater with vertical stripes is when he is laying down, so they remain horizontal
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Posted By: Chela
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 23:44
I second that!
This was great
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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 13:58
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Very clever. I laughed. Fish sure looked like a turd though with that makeup he used to wear. He'd be good on one of those "Have you seen me?" milk cartons. |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:13
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Go Gerinski, go! We want more!
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Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:38
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Roger Waters for faux-Nazi Halloween costumes. "If they hadn't killed my dad, I wouldn't be the genius I am today!" Or, alternately, "Yes, they killed my dad. But they also had style." Geddy Lee for custom dog whistles. Claudio Sanchez for Lord of the Rings: "The book so good, I ripped it off five times! Also Ender's Game! And Dune!" Kerry Livgren for Christianity: "My soul is saved. Who needs to write decent music anymore? Also, you can use the Host as a guitar pick." Cedric Bixler-Zavala for black tar opium: "My greatest inspiration! Analgesic turnips lathe the infectious emu waffle!" Freddie Mercury for Homosexuality: "I've got plenty to go around!" John Lennon for Paul McCartney's solo albums: "I hate them! I love them! He's an idiot! He's a genius! They're all about me, anyway...except maybe the one with the goat. Or was that about me? I hate him!" ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 15:31
Wheatïes Itah, I love it. That picture of Vander is so good.------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 19:04
Heck ... Frank probably could sell you dental floss, too! But we have to be neat here and do not want to oversuggest/step our boundaries! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 15:33
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Greg Lake - persian stage rugs.
Chris Squire - man tights
 Nick Mason- [insert name of Ferrari here]...
and of course:
 IMAGINARY CHAIRS - As advertised by Mr Steve Howe
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Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 14:09
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jajajaja very good and funny
I add John Myung selling books about self control ------------- I don't have lastfm sorry :) |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: October 02 2010 at 09:01
I couldn't resist one more addition
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 02 2010 at 13:42
Hahaha ... the only thing is that this really belongs on some new age artist of some sort and Peter doesn't really fit that ... but I have to admit ... that was funny! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: SMSM
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 14:53
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Those ads were terrific.
Really, if prog had moved in a more commercial direction to get advertizing, it would be sounding like Michael Jackson, Back Street Boys, M.C. Hammer, etc
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 09:04
| You sir should be crowned king of prog! So damn genius, I'm not really good with photoshop, but one with Tony Levin and mustache combs would work! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 11:09
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 11:56
Good oneI missed this thread but all of these are brilliant I hope theres more to come -------------  
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 11:58
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 12:08
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 14:03
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 14:05
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^ lol one of the best. Now need a lemsip one for James Labrie -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 19:59
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 20:11
Not an advert, but I did find this rare back-stage photograph of Neil and Alex preparing Geddy's helium bottle....
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Posted By: Steven Brodziak
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 23:15
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I have heard Duke's Travels and Los Endos used on The Mark Levin Show and The Sean Hannity show.
I have heard Nucleus from I Robot as background music on a talk show I was waiting for Day After Day the show must go on..
Wow, I missed the boat on this one! All of them are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 11:42
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Dean, those are great !!!
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 11:56
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 12:48
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 12:50
Best one yet! I'm tearing!
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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 14:54
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All the entries are absolutely great. Thanks for the entertainment guys.
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 15:29
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 15:49
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excellent ------------- What? |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 16:54
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 17:57
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Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 18:14
Sorry Dean, but it's spelled Caravan.  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Neil-Kobrin/244687105562746" rel="nofollow - SUPPORT MY FATHER AND BECOME A FAN Jacob Kobrin Illustration |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 18:15
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nuts
dyslexia and Photoshop without a spell checker is the bane of my life... well one of the many. ------------- What? |
Posted By: SayYes
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 22:49
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 12:01
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 14:19
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Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 14:58
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Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 16:14
This was hilarious!!! |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 15:20
Some post elsewhere just made me think of awakening this one
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