Freedom Rock

[verstehetmich]

Tucker Max sent me

[JoeyFaustAGoGo]

nice find, i used to recite that intro since it first played on tv.

[SIGNALSTAT]

rock on man long live the american hippie.

[awesomefanger]

"...Goin' to Jail!"

[trenticle]

This freakin commercial plagued me as a teenager up late at night watching tv. So out of touch. What kind of stoner is going to put his pipe down, pick up the phone and order this hot steamy load?

[jettadude736]

I was just listening to disc 2

[southpaw2k1]

It's seems like these songs have a 20 year gap. During the early 80s, they had mostly songs from the 60s. But since it was 1987 and going into the 90s, they had to add in some songs from the 70s, to keep that 20 year window gap.

[cdkreturns]

I still want this LP! :)

[johnnyafairbanks]

Since this happens to be a clean version of the ad, just who WAS the announcer who gave us all the ordering info after the "here's how to order..." part?

[sebastianbach111111]

yeahhhh

[steveasat2]

LOL, it's funny coz the old hippies are listening to a bunch of...uh, wait. Crap. I've got most of those songs as MP3's. Still, they probably smell terrible.

Does anyone really need to hear "In the Year 2525" more than once every few years?

[JagrrrTV]

I hate that song. it's make you wanna die. It's on my list songs you can wipe off the planet and never again. It's all the commerical stuff,hit records that are now such cliche.

[MattHatter]

@steveasat2: Dude these compilations have NEVER truly represented what the counterculture actually listened to. Seals and Crofts?! The O'Jays?! Are you kidding me?! Any compilation representing the counterculture needs to start at 1966 and end at about 1971 or '72. Basically the length of the Vietnam War.

[steveasat2]

@MattHatter True. Compilations are marketed toward the same people who wouldn't listen to subversive music the first time around. Maybe the album title should be "What You Were Listening To While All The Cool Kids Were Buying King Crimson And Lou Reed".

[MattHatter]

@steveasat2: LOL. Very good title. I just saw an ad for a new '60s comp called "Flower Power" and get this....they include "You're So Vain" by CARLY SIMON! Yeah, hippies were really lighting up to that one I'm sure.

[Hovenaut]

Yeah, can I go ahead and place a deluxe 8 track package?

[superaygun]

since when is Seals & Crofts considered "Freedom Rock"?

[aguculture]

classic - a real favorite. I bought FR when I was in high school.

[MikePeake]

Thanks for having this, that intro is part of my worldview :)

[buffzombie]

war, Protest, going to jail. hahahahahahah i idn't think anyone knew what freedom rock was!

[atakra]

Oh yes... mid-ninties PSA nostalgia. I'll bet the TV station I used to work for is still playing this for their rube audience of slack-jawed morons.

[LanceCreed]

Why does it end there?!?!?! I NEED TO ORDER RECORDS!!!!

[smokeyanthony]

This is one of the most memorable, for sure.

[rkhobo]

Hysterical, you're right! A real time capsule or hippie wannabes, don't know which fits best. I thought this was a gimmick, then someone mentioned they bought it! Damn good collection of music I might add.

[Route625]

They may be Hippie wannabes but they sure resemble the friends I hung out with back in the day. (And we were (are) the real deal. ;o)

Peace

[rkhobo]

Hey Route625: what happened to you and your hippie friends when they got older? Are you still "hippies at heart" or did you become a part of the establishment? Just curious. :)

[Route625]

Still "Hippies" at heart. I'd never be a part of the establishment. They are just the opposite of everything we stand for. We love people, not money. True Hippies stay Hippies.

Peace

[rkhobo]

Nice to know, Route625! Peace & Love!

[Wrathbone13]

People knock hippies all the time, but I never met a hippie, new or old, who wasn't happy with living on their own terms and seeing past the money/war bullshit the establishment throws at us. Peace and prosperity, brothers and sisters...

[DrStu2000]

I have been searching all over the Net to find a sound byte of "Hey, man is that freedom rock" and you found the whole commercial. Awesome find!!!

[steadfastcoward]

This is version B or vice versie! I think grimholtz has the other version.

The difference is the revised song lineup and the hippie says, "Turn it down!" in this one.

Thanks, dude I knew somebody would find this!

[placekicker]

No kidding! I definitely remember this "longer version", where they say "Remember the good old days, you know...war, protests" and the other guy says "going to jail". Now THIS version I haven't seen in ages! Even more so than the short version.

[JagrrrTV]

goin' to jail! that was the real ad? wtf hillarious.

[somethingday]

I remember this commercial when I was 9 years old! Awesome!

[SpittingKitty]

Why... you found the best commercial ever.