1/9/2024 0 Comments Pure moods infomercial![]() ![]() ![]() Little did I know that this man is a legend in country music. So its no surprise that when I first saw the best of Conway Twitty CD (or 2 cassettes) being pitched on TV I just had to make fun of his hair, his style, and his song titles. Country music just didn't appeal to me as a kid. ![]() When I was growing up it was Pearl Jam, 2pac, or the Phantom Of The Opera soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, I like country music, but I'm really only partial to the new stuff. In fact it has only been within the past 8 years that Ive started to listen to it on a regular basis. I have never really been a huge country music fan. I love the Pure Moods Volume 1 album thanks to the infomercial. The music has become a part of the fabric of my youth. Unicorns frolicking through fields in a dream like haze,the froth of ocean waves breaking slowly over jagged rocks, the scene of burning candles in a medieval cathedral all interspersed with abstract art graced the frames of this Compilation Album Commercial. This is due to the fact that the original Pure Moods CD was backed by a thirty second commercial in the 90s that was quite the sensory experience. However, I do not have the same sentiments with the whole Pure Moods franchise. Although I still wouldn't be caught dead bumping these tunes in my car with the stereo cranked and the windows rolled down, I have come to appreciate the relaxing, and rather creative music experience offered in this CD. Now I find these songs to be a gateway to better times. We would randomly blurt out the chant from Enigmas song "Return To Innocence" to gain cheap laughs from those who equally found the commercial to be a source of entertainment. On the contrary, I found myself making fun of this commercial with my friends quite often. It wasn't until I was older that I truly appreciated this album for its soothing melodies. However appealing the track listing for these two CD's may be the memories I have of them will always be of the classic commercials that backed them up. Volume 2 boasted 90s anthems such as "What I Got" by Sublime, "Hard Knock Life" by Jay Z, "Closing Time" by the Semisonics, and "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals. Volume 1 had hits like "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground, "Fly Away" by Lenny Kravitz, "All My Life" by K-Ci and JoJo, and "Zoot Suite Riot" by the Cherry poppin Daddies. The track listing for this CD was decent, but volume 2 was the real masterpiece of the NOW series. The 30 second commercial started playing sometime in 98, and hasn't stopped playing in my head ever since. This was helpful because in my youth I wasn't much for remembering song names so when I heard a song on these commercials that I liked I could easily identify the name of it. The song being played would be highlighted in yellow while all the other songs were white. Like most commercials for music albums the video of the song being played would roll in the background as song titles would fly up from the bottom of the screen. But the real gem of the original NOW CD was in the commercial for it. Although NOW is still releasing compilation albums of current hit songs (I believe they are on NOW volume 300,000) none of them match the content of the first few volumes released. The one that started it all.well at least the one that started the NOW music series. Some of these you may remember, and others may yield no emotion at all, but for me these cheesy little commercials have become classics that remind me of days gone by. I want to explore the wonderful world of compilation album commercials. But it wasn't the CD itself that made the lasting impact on my memories, but rather the commercials that peddled them. After the days of the 80's mix-tapes and before the iPod playlist was the compilation CD (or 2 cassettes). I know it sounds trifle, but oddly enough I looked forward to watching these commercials with enthusiasm. If there's one thing I truly miss about my days as a teenager it is the TV commercials for compilation music albums. As I've grown older I've come to realize that it's the minutia of my younger days that I miss the most. Many of you share such vivid memories of days gone by, but there is one aspect of my childhood that has created a special place in my nostalgic memories. These triggers take me back to the memories of playing little league on a ball diamond, listening to my Walkman in an attempt to get pumped up for a high school basketball game, and playing outside during summer break with neighborhood friends. Such daydreams have been spawned by the littlest of things, such as the smell of freshly cut grass, an old song playing on the radio, or even perhaps the taste of a slightly melted Pop-Ice on a hot summer day. Over the years my mind has raced back to many specific events in my childhood. ![]()
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