Friday, July 15, 2011
Daily Diversion Nashville-Produced Ford Credit Video From 1986 Is Incredibly 1986
Posted by Steve Haruch on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:01 AM
This amazing piece of 1986-ness — an employee-sung corporate inspir-anthem video for, of all things, the Ford Motors credit bureau — was apparently produced in Nashville, dubbed "Operation Songbird" and musically/vocally directed by none other than Charlie McCoy. (You know, the guy who worked on that one record.)
Give it a few minutes to get going — the good stuff starts around 2:25. With unforgettable lyrics like, "At Ford Credit, we serve people / And our destination is service excellence" and, "When the phone is ringing, makes me feel like singing / How may I help you please? We're Ford Credit!" this jingle really drives home what truly makes Nashville Music City U.S.A. — a willingness to slap pedal steel on whatever corporate turd comes down the pike as long as the check clears. Seriously, though: Is the best thing the slow-mo fist pumps? The shoulder pads and hair? The fact that the guy from Montreal has the best mullet? I'm going to watch it again.
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