Sep 102011
 

Leave it to a Townsperson to know what’s wrong with this ad’s voiceover…a patented RTH No-Prize is at stake!

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  16 Responses to “I Don’t Want to Go to Tarrytown”

  1. tonyola

    It’s more suited to a amphetamine-fueled dragstrip ad than a laid-back way-over-the-hill California group? Sunday Sunday Sunday….
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYzidMqq4o&feature=related

  2. That’s a fine criticism, but not the objective blunder that folks like us are here to spot.

  3. mockcarr

    The patter is way too fast for anyone who would go to such event to know whether to attend.

  4. Clever headline on this one Mr. Mod — I don’t know what’s wrong with the voiceover but am offended by the wholesale misrepresentation of who will be singing vocals. Of course, people who go to these types of shows really don’t care.

  5. Prince Prairie?

  6. machinery

    You can’t trust advertising folk.

  7. BINGO! Your No-Prize will not be sent to you shortly.

    How does that guy even merit inclusion on a promo? Unless they were targeting Modern Drummer subscribers for that show, do regular music fans, let alone regular people, care about Prairie Prince?

    “The dude’s so consistent on the snare, man. If Barbato was playing I’d be tempted to skip this show, but I with Prairie I am SO there!”

  8. BigSteve

    Prince Prairie is a good catch. I also like how that section of the voiceover (:19 to :23) sounds like it was recorded over the phone and then edited into the rest of it, which seems to have been recorded with real microphones.

  9. misterioso

    Wow, who is the booking agent for this place? Satan himself?

  10. Probably one of Mike Love’s friends in the business — same MO. Nice add for that chick’s resume though — “yeah, I was a singer in Jefferson Starship.”

  11. To be fair, he’s marketed himself pretty well. I would venture a guess that he has more name recognition with low grade rock nerds than, say, your Russ Kunkles or your Steve Gadds.

    By the way, I came across this interesting tidbit while poking around Wikipedia: “(Cathy) Richardson (the new singer for the Starship) has been widely reported to be good friends with musicians Dennis DeYoung and Jim Peterik.” Who is reporting this? And why do you suppose it can’t be confirmed?

  12. misterioso

    Who would admit to it?

  13. bostonhistorian

    Galactic reunion? That ain’t even a solar-system reunion.

  14. I caught Mr Prince too. Did he play with XTC at some point?

  15. ladymisskirroyale

    Christopher Cross with a juggler? I think he meant Chris Cross gets you in the jugular.

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