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Memorial Day Countdown: Top 5 Oklahoma Commercial Songs
May 27
2007
Pink Floyd fans rejoice! This weekend, classic rock radio stations from throughout the country are airing their “Top 500 Classic Rock Songs of All Time” countdown. If you’re like me, you can only tolerate so much Rolling Stones and late Beatles stuff. That’s why I’ve created my own massive and controversial “best of” music countdown, complete with one YouTube clip and some inaccurate lyrics. So here we go, the “Top 5 Oklahoma Commercial Songs of All Time”:
Number 5: Brad Henry for Governor (2002)
I’m not sure why, but some people think that Brad Henry’s 2002 radio commercial and Barry Switzer’s endorsement is what got him the Governor’s office. I think it was a guy named Steve Largent. Anyway, if some people think that a song repeating “Brad Henry” 5,000 times got a guy elected governor, it probably belongs in the top 5.
Number 4: “Taco Mayo Me Baby”
Remember this one? Some hillbilly cowboy singing a country tune about what Taco Mayo items he orders on different days of the week, and then bellowing out “Taco Mayo Me Baby?” For some reason, I think this cowboy is a real person, and he is single-handedly keeping all Taco Mayo stores in business. Seriously. When is the last time you had Taco Mayo?
Number 3: BC Clark Anniversary Sale
This song seems to be the obvious number one, but it’s not. Sure, we all know the words. And when we see it for the first time in December, we all get little Goosebumps. But the song has become almost too popular, and BC Clark never shows the old commercial. They’ll now either brag about how popular the song is, or show customers singing the song. Plus, it has the line “Jewelry is the gift to give, because it is the gift that will live and live.” Trust me. I’m learning that’s not very accurate.
Number 2: Don’t Lay that Trash on Oklahoma
This commercial ran non-stop in the late 80s during afternoon cartoons, and for some reason, I think it worked. I rarely, if ever, litter, and now keep all trash piled high in my car. Thank you the State of Oklahoma and Ackerman-McQueen for keeping our state (and not my car) beautiful.
Number 1: Paul Meade Insurance:
I’m pretty sure it goes:
“Protecting everything you own,
like cars and trucks and mobile homes,
accidents or tickets, too,
call and we’ll take care of you…
524-1541.”
If you were singing along, we just connected. If you weren’t, you are probably at the wrong website.
Man, those bring me back. That Tall Paul commercial is greatness; friends and I were discussing it quite recently, in fact.
I would submit two others for consideration.
One was a commercial for the state fair years and years ago, but I can still recall part of the lyrics immediately:
“We got the lights, we got the laughs, we got the llamas… llama llama ding dong!”
Also, I still remember the singing part from the Southwest Ford commercials “Come to Oklahoma City… and Southwest Ford,” but that is not even the most memorable part of those commercials, which was the “That’s incredible! No, that’s Southwest Ford” interaction.
What about “Make it Shine for ’89″?
…and with that, I keep up my streak of never completely agreeing with a countdown list.
This comment will say horrible things about me, I know, but that’s the chance I have to take.
Paul Meade Insurance was at 524-1541.
CG: Good Catch. Trust me, it was a typo.
I ate at Taco Mayo just last Thursday. And I’m not ashamed to say I have one of their hats… that I actually wear on occasion.
And remember: satisfaction goes hand in hand with Dub.Richardson.Ford.
That’s the way they said it: like Springfield’s Comic Book Guy without the snivel.
as a fan of your web site, I need to correct your Paul Meade lyrics:
Protecting all the things you own .. etc.
I think the new Taco mayo ads are all hilarious… much better than the old Taco Me Baby stuff.
“The Lost Ogle”…LOL That’s hilarious. We could always use another Ogle around OKC. I agree with Chase, the real lyrics were most definitely, “protecting all the things you own.” I miss Tall Paul terribly and will love you LostOgles forever if you find a Tall Paul clip to post to youtube. Worst commercial jingle: “often imitated, never duplicated, drabek and hill!”