Retro Commercials

Bangles – No Mag Commercial. Short audio commercial recorded by the Bangles for LA underground zine called ‘No Mag’. Released on ‘The Radio Tokyo Tapes’, a compilation of early 1980s LA bands. The song is actually a variation of their song “Getting Out Of Hand” with different lyrics about ‘No Mag’ and was actually recorded when the Bangles were still known as the Bangs. It was at the release party for No Magazine’s issue, Vol. 2, No. 7, which featured an interview with The Bangs themselves, that the girls had re-written and performed the first verse and chorus of their tune “Getting Out Of Hand”, to coincide with the magazine. No-Mag co-founder Bruce Karlberg was so impressed that he had The Bangs record their new version and it was distributed on LA radio for what is now considered their infamous “No-Mag Radio Commercial”. (Above info and lyrics below courtesy of www.TheCompleteBangles.com.) NO-MAG RADIO COMMERCIAL Written by Vicki Peterson Main Voice SUSANNA From the compilation ‘The Best Of Radio Tokyo Tapes’ (1983) -Here’s The Bangs for No-Magazine! It came out the other day (other day) A new No-Mag is out on the stands, yeah Read all about The Bangs (about The Bangs) Descendents, Channel 3 and The Bangs. And I say to my friends “beware” There’s a new No-Mag (No-Magazine) There’s a new No-Mag (hitting the scene) Pop, Trash, Noise music, Nancy Reagan Yeah.

Luther Vandross Bio: Rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, Luther Vandross came on the music scene in 1975, singing back-up for David Bowie, and co-writing his hit single, “Fame.” Going on to sing back-up for several other popular singers, Vandross released his own album, “Never Too Much,” in 1981, and it immediately went to the top of the R&B charts. Each of his next five albums sold more than a million copies, and Vandross won his first Grammy Award in 1990, for best R&B male vocal performance. He went on to record many more hit albums, and won several more Grammys. Born in New York in 1951, Vandross began his career writing and performing jingles for television commercials. In April, 2003, Vandross suffered a stroke that left him in a coma for nearly two months. In June, he came out of the coma, and a week later his final album, Dance With My Father, was released, debuting at number one on the pop charts. The album won four Grammys, including Song of the Year for the title song. Never having fully recovered from the stroke, and suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure, Vandross died in July 2005. Jamie Foxx Bio: Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and singer. For his work in the film Ray, Foxx won the Academy Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Actor. He has also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy and has …