Some old (mid '80s) Apple audio clips

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I thought some of you might get a chuckle out of these.



My father recently found some old cassette tapes from the mid-1980s with some Apple bits on them. The first was recorded at a dealer conference in San Francisco with about 500 Apple dealers. It's a bit warbly in parts because the tape was pretty badly degraded. The second clip is actually a radio commercial for the retail store that my father owned at the time.



"We are Apple, Leading the Way"



AMS Computer Store Radio Commercial (4-19-84)



Ah, back when an Apple was a viable business computer...
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  • Reply 1 of 30
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    aww.... that song (we are apple, leading the way) is so cool! can anyone find a non-degraded version?
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  • Reply 2 of 30
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    eeks...



    "We Are Apple" conjured up visions of Steve Jobs in legs warmers doing his flash dance....



    An image I'll have to live with the rest of my life.
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  • Reply 3 of 30
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Brad

    I thought some of you might get a chuckle out of these.

    "We are Apple, Leading the Way"





    Oh. My. God.



    I'm speechless.



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  • Reply 4 of 30
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by johnq

    Oh. My. God.



    I'm speechless.







    I like it.
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  • Reply 5 of 30
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Akumulator

    I like it.



    Oh, it transcends mere hating or liking.
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  • Reply 6 of 30
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    It should be the 1 song that comes preloaded on new iPods.
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  • Reply 7 of 30
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by johnq

    Oh, it transcends mere hating or liking.



    And goes straight to the wholesale destruction of the central nervous system.
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  • Reply 8 of 30
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    And goes straight to the wholesale destruction of the central nervous system.



    If we are ever invaded by aliens, I'm uploading that song into their mothership's system ala ID4...should shatter their helmets Mars Attacks-style.
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  • Reply 9 of 30
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    hello and welcome to 1983



    Does Irene Cara get royalties? or just a mac?
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  • Reply 10 of 30
    mac writemac write Posts: 289member
    www.appleads.com is launching May 1. You should upload it to the site when it launches. The site is looking for this type of stuff.
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  • Reply 11 of 30
    ti fighterti fighter Posts: 863member
    oh....my...f...#....*...k...i...n...g god! that song sucks what were they thinking??
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  • Reply 12 of 30
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ti Fighter

    oh....my...f...#....*...k...i...n...g god! that song sucks what were they thinking??



    It doesn't suck at all. Just typical 80's song.
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  • Reply 13 of 30
    fred_ljfred_lj Posts: 607member
    Is that Cara herself singing it? Or did they just have the agency brew up the jingle from her song? 'Would be really cool if it really is her...
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  • Reply 14 of 30
    ti fighterti fighter Posts: 863member
    yea there's a lot of good 80's songs, even cheesy ones that are good, but this is bad cheesy, just listen to the lyrics arrgg imo typical should have nothing to do with an apple ad.
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  • Reply 15 of 30
    messiahtoshmessiahtosh Posts: 1,754member
    LOL
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  • Reply 16 of 30
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by fred_lj

    Is that Cara herself singing it? Or did they just have the agency brew up the jingle from her song? 'Would be really cool if it really is her...



    She actually sang it, according to my father.
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  • Reply 17 of 30
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    83 was also the year a "then unknown actor" named Kevin Costner advertised the Apple Lisa



    Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has apparently been in an Apple Ad (in 1985) too
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  • Reply 18 of 30
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Brad



    "We are Apple, Leading the Way"









    OH. MY. GOD.



    Brilliant! Classic! Beautiful!



    It sounds like you could whip up a fresh copy in GarageBand pretty quickly, too.
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  • Reply 19 of 30
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    I typed up the lyrics in case anyone is interested. Fun to read along.



    (Sorry for the editorial comments! )



    I couldn't make out "Show your colors now" for hours.



    Apple logo. Rainbow. Show your...nevermind.



    -------



    We Are Apple:



    First, there was nothing,

    but the hope of a dream,

    that burned in your soul,

    'til it craved to be free!



    But now look around...

    for the dream touched the world.

    In a flash how it changed,

    all our lives!



    We are Apple!

    Leading the way!

    We are Apple!

    And we're making a better today!

    What a feelin'!

    And we've only begun,

    in believin'

    that tomorrow's much brighter,

    'cause Apple is leading the way!



    [agonizing keyboard bridge]



    [modulate excruciatingly beyond human hearing range]



    And now look ahead,

    to the dreams yet to come,

    lifting our goals to the sky!



    We are Apple!

    Leading the way!

    We are Apple!

    And we're making a better today!

    What a feelin'!

    And we've only begun,

    in believin',

    that tomorrow's much brighter,

    'cause Apple is leading the way!



    Leading the way!



    [Yet more keyboards; handclaps]



    Apple! (Show your colors now!)

    Leading the way!

    Apple! (We can have it all!)

    And we're making life better today!

    What a feeling!

    And we've only begun,

    in believin',

    that tomorrow's much brighter,

    'cause Apple is leading the way!



    Apple! (Keep believin'!)

    Ooh-ooh-Apple! (Show your colors now!)

    ah-ah-ah-Apple! (Keep on dreaming!)

    ah-ah-ah-ah-Apple! (We can have it all!)

    [lame guitar slide]

    Leading the way!

    [modulate up - hey, why not?]

    Leading the way!

    We're Apple! (All together now!)

    [modulate down - "because we can"]

    Apple!



    --------
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  • Reply 20 of 30
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    I propose everyone play it at the same time at a Stevenote.
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