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Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« on: November 06, 2008, 09:31:32 PM »
I found an interesting video clip on Youtube earlier today. Its a commercial from 1996 for Rite Aid. It seems that the background tune sounds almost EXACTLY like Better Than Nothing by Trammell Starks. It's interesting because I had been having a memory of a commercial from about that time that had a background tune that sounded like Trammell, but I thought it was a Sprint commercial, not Rite Aid.

Anyway, take a listen for yourself:



Now, you have the best chance to listen in the first few seconds, as after that vocals come in as does a narrator. Does that not sound like Trammell?  :thinking:

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2008, 09:50:21 PM »
Yeah that definitely sounds a lot like Fair Weather, except the beat is a bit slower.

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2008, 10:52:19 PM »
Yeah it sounds almost exactly like it but slowed down. Weird.

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2008, 11:12:19 PM »
I agree

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2008, 11:15:38 PM »
Wow, that definitely sounds like Trammell.  :blink:
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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2008, 11:21:28 PM »
I just sent in a request in the form of a comment on their Site, and I am hoping they can ID the song (I included the Vid URL)

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2008, 11:23:45 PM »
Whilst I'm very happy that you did that, I seriously have doubts about them being able to tell us anything. That commercial is 12 years old!  :biggrin:

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2008, 03:51:45 PM »
It sounds like Trammell indeed. Trammell first released his music in 1996, which is the same date of that commercial's airdate.

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2008, 04:21:34 PM »
And, according to my CDs, his music was published in 1995.

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2008, 07:30:31 PM »
That did sound just like his song :yes:

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2008, 07:38:20 PM »
Sounds exactly like Fair Weather,but slowed down. I think they could have slowed the song down.

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2008, 11:35:56 PM »
If that's not Trammell it's one heckuva coincidence.

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2008, 04:14:43 PM »
Sorry for the bump but can someone email trammell and tell him if that's his song?

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2008, 05:01:33 PM »
I thought someone did? Or maybe that was Rite Aid they contacted? But yeah, it'd be neat if someone could contact Trammell about this.  :yes:

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Re: Trammell or a striking resemblance?
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2008, 06:13:09 PM »
I could do it for you, but IDK his email