Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/29/fantastic-psychedelic-levis.html
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Trippy animation and Ken Nordine… all kinds of win.
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I sense the influence of Heinz Edelmann.
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Very space-trippy; Edelmann artwork:
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Didn’t “the un-cola” have some of these too?
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Now if we could just get the quality back…
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I always liked the 7Up commercials back in the 70’s when they ran on the concept of the uncola. If I remember, those were pretty trippy also.
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Yeah. No Nordine, though.
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Holy CRAP!! These are amazing. I had no idea these existed.
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whispers
“Dacron Polyester”
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I was going to say how pleased I was that they don’t promote unrealistic physical standards, but I suppose that wouldn’t be entirely accurate.
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There’s a Levi ad on the “Jefferson Airplane Loves You” box set. The remastered “Live/Dead” from the Grateful Dead has an ad, but I can’t remember what it was for.
In 1992 Ken Nordine did an album, “Devout Catalyst” for Grateful Dead records, accompanied by some of the Dead. Since he did a lot of voice work, it’s easy to forget that he fits into the counterculture for reasons beyond making psychedelic Levi commercials.
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If this is your bag, you should check this out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCAK0RQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Levi’s had some trippy animated ads from the early 80s too, but I’ve never found them on YouToob.
Does anyone remember those?
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The interesting part of this story is that Ken Nordine is still alive at 98.
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That’s some dmt shit right there.
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Genius! WTF were they on?
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Ken Nordine! I recognized his voice instantly.
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