The Brass Ring - "The Dis-Advantages Of You" (1967)

[MrChrisray2]

I am a child of the 60s but cannot remember this song.

[nanlisa]

I was in fourth grade when this song was first out. I haven't heard it on the radio in years! Forty-five years later, I still love this song.

[4evernagged]

I loved this cool theme song from the cigarette commercial in the 60's, and I still love hearing it decades later!

[GregDad100]

Oh, the days when people would openly smoke on restaurants and airplanes. The funniest segment, however, is the one featuring the new fathers puffing away in the neo-natal unit. Was that EVER allowed?!

[ehmvid]

Took me back, thanks. Would be even better at the correct aspect ratio (4:3 as opposed to being strectched to "widescreen" proportions).

[TheBacmaster]

@ehmvid This aspect ratio is 4.3. Most of these photos used were from 320x320. These were scanned from old magazines and very grainy due to their age. Had I not used the program I did, the pictures would be narrow with black bordering boxes on each side. and

would look like crap.

[ehmvid]

@TheBacmaster So they're square images stretched to 4:3, you're saying? I'd much rather see things at their original aspect ratio. I don't see the black, just the image. And now that everyone has widescreen TVs in the US, 99% of 4:3 broadcasts here look like crap because the owner doesn't want to see black bars, and doesn't care (or realize?) that Mary Tyler Moore's head is not round and basketballs are not oblate.

Not trying to you a hard time--I'm still glad for the clip.

[TheBacmaster]

@ehmvid I hear you, but is this really important? If so, I'm sorry I couldn't accommodate you. 13,528 views without any problems and here we are debating this. My videos are not made to order. With all due respect "What you see is what you get." You're not even a subscriber of mine! Good day.

[hildman5]

very wonderful it take me back

[GGE47]

I never started smoking,but I do remember these commercials with their catchy tunes.This one is my favorite.

[smotnick]

Had not seen this one! I'm not a smoker, but from a cultural/historical point of view, it is very revealing about ourselves at the time, iconic and unforgettable! I can't forget that last pix with the couple in the airplane. Brings back memories and I remember the tune on TV of course.

[jekiwe]

even though cigarette smoking does NOT improve your health in any way, shape or form, the ads were quite clever......i gave 'em up many years ago....good luck to all of you still trying.......

[ohearn22]

@ Bacmaster: The lines you added at the end of this video -- straight out of William Talman's anti-smoking commercial aired right after he died, no? That commercial was spooky enough to keep me away from ever smoking.

Still love this song even though it sold a LOT of cigarettes for Benson & Hedges!

[TheBacmaster]

@ohearn22 Yes, you're correct.

[AlvarezGalloso]

Thanks for the memory. I was five [1967] when I heard the song. It came from a record that was brought to me from Spain.

[SteveCarras]

You don;'t have to smoke, just sit back, chill and enjoy (but a cigarette DOES help in these tough times!)!! Phil Bodner was the lead of this band with the odd female vocal sound.Late 1960s.

[GregDad100]

Although I have never smoked in my life, I have to admit some of the cigarette ads were quite memorable, including this one, Marlboro Country, Salem ("You can take Salem out of the country, but ... ", Kent, Taryton, etc. Personally, people have a right to smoke if they want, so I'll ignore the whole political thing and just listen to this cool, forgotten instrumental.

[GGE47]

I liked the one where a man smoking a Benson& Hedges cigarette was talking to a man with a beard and his beard catches on fire.

[hildman5]

it nice to here that old commerical again sometime i need that. in my life.

because the way thing are now. virginia slim also 

[hildman5]

how above that. it still good to here that old song. some time in life

i need to here these old commerical

[hildman5]

now that gbring back very old memories.it be a very long time.

that i heard that song.

[jbbraham]

ahh I miss the good old days

[linusvanpelter]

I remember being about four years old, watching these ads and totally digging the music. Needless to say, it's been a long time.

[efisher54]

cig ads banned but beer ads are ok??  what a crock....drunk drivers are far more fatal than cigarettes.

[ModGirl1967]

I'm sure I'll be castigated for this, but this makes me want a ciggie.

[irish89055]

@ModGirl1967 they make me want sometin else...lol.

[TRASUPO]

I forgot how sophisticated cig ads were in the 70's.

[irish89055]

great song and ad campaign... with these images from the magazine ads of the 70's after tv ads were banned.... wonder why there so irritated..can't they break off the inch and light again?? I don't know as I've never acquired the nasty habit...

[SteelHorseRiders]

Great video, great music, great era........ wish it could only come back !!!

[unwindzen]

This song has a positive, other-worldly quality. Takes you to another place-relaxed and tropical. The best of the 60's feeling. Female vocals are great.

[Helivz]

@unwindzen You put it into words, just right. That year (1967) was my first trip to the tropical Islands of Hawaii, in fact.  I was only six-years-old The best of the 1960s feeling alright!

[FaganRoberts]

The anti-tobacco warning at the end was cheesey, common and silly.

BTW:The networks barely recovered from this government forced anti-1st Amendent measure, but made up for it by introducing cheaper, less innovative and inspiring commercials that continue to degrade exponentially to this very day.

[TheKennyKennyKenny]

this video was smoking!!!!....sorry , great video, great look back, thanks for sharing!!

[cavenezia]

Thank you for this!!

[kjnsr]

just more govt intrusions into our lives -

smok'em if you got'em

[ZELIG500]

Can't tell you how much I enjoyed hearing this again ... kind of takes me back to a time when there were four channels and one enemy. Imagine, cigarette advertising on TV! No one under 45 would believe you. And I love the cheesie organ.

[MissMarilyn1962]

Nice share ! ... the good oldies ... but thanks.. I will fire one now ! ;-) / LOL

With Love,

Marilyn

[TruePiano1]

Great video! I use to smoke in my youth and it was a hard habit to kick. 1st time lasted 6 months. 2nd time 2 years. 3rd time 30 years and still going strong. I think I'm finally done with smoking so I all for these cigarette breaks. Great music!! Cheers, Rob.

[Harky1951]

Ohhhh the seduction of the innocent for profit. Teriffic video.

Pamela

[stoianovaurelia]

WOW...What a nice video my dear Terry ...and how nice are all these ladies .....I feel a craving for cigarette watching this video ....Congratulations for the owner and much love for you....Aura

[BocaFriend]

Yes, the cinema, TV programming, and print advertisements

surely made smoking and drinking much more appealing

than either of those activities actually are! We truly do have

a human frailty which makes us easily led into temptation

by the right combination of sensory appeal. I'm glad to

have been spared so many temptations. I don't trust the

choices I may have made! : ) Love to you ~Terry

[TruePiano1]

@BocaFriend Hey Terry, you don't have to trust the choices you've made, just have confidence in the ones you're going to make. Love, Rob.

[flipside1545]

yeah..they were great..also liked the silly millimeter long ones..101s i think..thanks joe me boy!!

[anitashelby]

I Defintely Remember This One!!! Love The Music!!!...Thankyou Joe..:)

[bze2nlz4]

Really brings back the memories...good one!

[OLdies1960s]

I remember those Benson & Hedges Commercials !!! :-)))) 100*s

[IllPropaganda]

Excellent!

[BocaFriend]

This has always been, and will always be, one of my

very favorite childhood memories! I loved the song

and the ads! Thanks for showing This Advantage

of You, Tube-wise! You're Joe Kool! Cheers, ~Terry