The Electric Elves - It Pays To Advertise {feat. RONNIE JAMES DIO} video free download
~The Electric Elves~
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE (Released: December 1967)
{written by Ronald James Padavona}
http://www.ronniejamesdio.com
Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass,
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion,
Dave Feinstein - Guitar,
Nick Pantas - Guitar,
Doug Thaler - Keyboards,
~LYRICS~
We Found A Way To Be Discovered
Identify Yourself With Others
(Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Aah)
Income Taxes (Break My Back?) Yeah
Exercise - Apologize To All
You Can't Believe How Well It Worked Out
Big Business Finally Had A Sell Out
(Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Aah)
Uncle Sam And Other Brands Have Found Out
To Advertise - You Just Follow The Game
Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh
Advertise, Advertise
We Found A Way To Be Discovered
Identify Yourself With Others
(Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Ah - Aah)
Uncle Sam And Other Brands Have Found Out
To Advertise - You Just Follow The Game
Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh
Advertise, Advertise, Advertise, Advertise
(This song was released on the B-side of a single, with "Hey, Look Me Over" on
the A-side).
Comments
10 years ago
FOLLOW MYTEARS
DIO the God yes!!!!!12 years ago
ilpunitore
great British Invasion type song...the prechorus reminds me of On a Carousel by the Hollies and You Really Got Me by the Kings....really good song....wry and witty too...13 years ago
EpicClapton
This is Dio playing the trumpet, isn't it? :D13 years ago
LASTINLIVE
Fantastic song. /,,/ * \,,\14 years ago
Ben0itZ
to think ten years later from this he is a metal god14 years ago
eruptionmat
Ready for a box set of Dio's Red Caps/Prophets/(Electric) Elves days. Hopefully soon! Rest in peace Ronnie.14 years ago
z1inspector
@TheMommamanowar well said my friend14 years ago
momma
And Dio slowly evolves........14 years ago
BlackSabbath1989Dio
Dio is my god, hes the best singer in the history14 years ago
mikeyxr7
Ronnie James Dio you will rock forever!. \m/14 years ago
motlencore89
if Dio's life flashed before his eyes before he died it would have been a pretty interesting slideshow.14 years ago
eruptionmat
@SecularTrend double tracking possibly?14 years ago
Wilthomer
Killer stuff!14 years ago
rwhitenow
Is it Padavona or Padavano? On this 45 Record pictured it says "Padavano" im sure it's Padavona. right?14 years ago
SecularTrend
@SecularTrend oh yeah....the "Substitute" bit is there too for sure. There's a British emulation thing trying to happen here with "Substitute" and "Paperback Writer" that I hadn't heard before in Ronnie's earlier stuff. Dio was just such a monster vocalist from the beginning it's hard for me to think I could hear a whole song of him singing the lead and not recognize him.14 years ago
SecularTrend
@mndandy Well, I can clearly hear Ronnie's voice on the Prophets and the Red Caps...and other Electric Elves, so I don't know why his voice would be so disguised here. I think Ronnie's recognizable quality of voice was fully formed at 16 or 17 years old. It just got better. If this is him here, it's a bit strange as it sounds like some English guy trying to copy the Beach boys...14 years ago
mndandy
@mndandy Or shall I say that raging Anglophilia was all the rage of the day and perhaps this is a rare occasion where he goes all faux English phrasing. Not so hard to imagine.14 years ago
mndandy
@SecularTrend Dio wrote it (using his real name), plays bass and trumpet and sings on it. Psych-Pop was all the rage at the time and this is a very successful stab at it (and the other side is total rip off of The Who's "Substitute"). You can't really hear the patented RJD vocal bravado coming to the fore 'til The Elves "West Virginia" circa 1970.14 years ago
SecularTrend
@ds2jim Oh I know Ronald Padavona is RJD...I'm just saying you cannot hear his voice at all on this. I can't even hear Ronnie in the background. I'd be shocked if he really performed on this. All other 50s and 60s recordings of Ronnie are clearly him... This one, I don't think so.14 years ago
ds2jim
that "Padavona" on the 45 is Ronnie before he changed his name.Related Videos
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