The MILLION DOLLAR McDonald’s Record

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Komentáře • 1,7K

  • @vinyleyezz
    @vinyleyezz  Před 5 lety +119

    🔔 Hit that BELL NOTIFICATION for more Record Oddities! 🔔

    • @johnpepper2014
      @johnpepper2014 Před 4 lety

      How do I get that jingle

    • @ChristPrimus
      @ChristPrimus Před 4 lety +1

      I decided to write a same record as the record in this video, but mine will called: Z6100 Soda 1000000 Euros

    • @johnpepper2014
      @johnpepper2014 Před 4 lety

      Christ Primus 1790 I love that video on vE

    • @erikdeeNOSPELLSNO
      @erikdeeNOSPELLSNO Před rokem

      Now play it Backwards, smart ass

    • @anchorpoint3631
      @anchorpoint3631 Před rokem

      I like how the song sounds a bit like the song "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies lol

  • @thatpersonwithamlpiconwhos2861

    So that means the winning record is possibly the rarest record ever to exist.

  • @dripfreefpv9695
    @dripfreefpv9695 Před 8 lety +1970

    I actually remember this very well. As a child for some reason I believed if I could sing the song all the way through I would win a million dollars. I learned it very well then my mom told me how it really worked. I can actually still do it I think I just freaked out my girlfriend as I recited the entire album verbatim along with this video. Her eyes got really big and she pulled back her head like it was scaring her.

    • @vinyleyezz
      @vinyleyezz  Před 8 lety +89

      +Tony Matarrese hahaha

    • @angelsinger4574
      @angelsinger4574 Před 8 lety +70

      I remember it as well, including the feeling of disappointment when not only did the record proclaim you were a loser...the scratch-offs, at best, gave you a free small fries.
      This wasn't the only time McDonald's made these giveaway records. I have a rare type of tinnitus called "musical hallucinations," which only occurs in people with some significant type of hearing loss (I'm deaf in one ear from the mumps...get vaccinated, kiddos). I remember every song I hear, and I hear music 24/7/365. There is never a time when I don't hear music. And one of those weird songs that get stuck in my head sometimes is from one of those McDonald's records. I haven't seen nor heard of it in years, but I still know it: "Friends! F-R-I-E-N-D! Would you like to be friends? Would you like to be friends?"

    • @kennoquick
      @kennoquick Před 8 lety +10

      +Vinyl Eyezz that's what I thought in the start...

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Před 7 lety +75

      It wasn't the singing that scared her, it was the furious masturbating.

    • @nategthepigeonlord2683
      @nategthepigeonlord2683 Před 7 lety +16

      Tony Matarrese I remember the entire nutshack lyrics. Even though I never wanted to remember it :(

  • @DaFuqBoom
    @DaFuqBoom Před 5 lety +155

    2:34 Eminem has a decent opponent now...

  • @pronukespontaneous8090
    @pronukespontaneous8090 Před 7 lety +482

    could this be big smoke's second order?

  • @philipcooper8297
    @philipcooper8297 Před 7 lety +2435

    If played in reverse, there's the answer to who actually assassinated JFK and why.

    • @ivantheturtle3701
      @ivantheturtle3701 Před 7 lety +106

      Philip Cooper TOP 5 MCDNULSZ SECRET SECRECTS 100% REAL NO FAKE

    • @cnocee
      @cnocee Před 7 lety +136

      all he wanted was a Big Mac.

    • @Locke3OOO
      @Locke3OOO Před 7 lety +19

      Philip Cooper Ted Cruz's dad and for the Vine. this shit is common knowledge dumbfuck

    • @jennicase
      @jennicase Před 7 lety +10

      LOL

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna Před 6 lety +23

      Legend has it if you play this while at a Mcdonald's drive thru, you'll get assassinated.

  • @ThatOneGirlThatPlays
    @ThatOneGirlThatPlays Před 7 lety +606

    that is the harshest and longest "you lose" ever.

  • @JepMasta
    @JepMasta Před 6 lety +45

    There was a winner to this contest. A lady named Charlene Price out in Virginia, who used the Million Dollars to buy the convenience store she worked at.
    Also the song is a pretty obvious cover of the novelty hit "Life was a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"

  • @coolporyg0n
    @coolporyg0n Před 7 lety +179

    why was this recommended to me

    • @REAPER450000
      @REAPER450000 Před 7 lety +4

      oh no its the trash man Yeah it's pretty random, I'm wondering why too.

    • @coolporyg0n
      @coolporyg0n Před 7 lety +10

      craziest women ever eats sand

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 Před 7 lety +3

      because you forgot to skip a McDonalds ad within the last 100000000 years?

  • @DontDeleteMusic
    @DontDeleteMusic Před 8 lety +1578

    McDonalds is the true master of subliminal messages.

    • @bkkersey93
      @bkkersey93 Před 8 lety +8

      Lmao truth!

    • @SluffAdlin
      @SluffAdlin Před 8 lety +69

      play it backwards and he says WHOPPER

    • @SeekerLancer
      @SeekerLancer Před 7 lety +39

      The square record is actually disguised marketing for Wendy's.

    • @DontDeleteMusic
      @DontDeleteMusic Před 7 lety +10

      howto42 I don't think you fully understand the meaning of subliminal.

    • @DontDeleteMusic
      @DontDeleteMusic Před 7 lety +10

      howto42 you are correct

  • @madstaauna
    @madstaauna Před 7 lety +967

    parappa the rapper bonus stage confirmed

    • @sans2643
      @sans2643 Před 7 lety

      Madstaa lmao

    • @mettle4565
      @mettle4565 Před 7 lety +12

      The McDonalds Parappa 2 Demo Disc

    • @ivantheturtle3701
      @ivantheturtle3701 Před 7 lety +4

      Madstaa You Are my saver

    • @Hulan92
      @Hulan92 Před 7 lety +2

      Your profile picture... Need for madness

    • @murray8404
      @murray8404 Před 7 lety +1

      need for madness is such a dope game

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před rokem +5

    McDonald's fun facts: McDonald’s first drive-thru opened in 1975 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. What inspired the then-revolutionary concept? The restaurant was located near a military base, For Huachuca, and US Army soldiers stationed there were not allowed to leave their cars while wearing fatigues.
    McDonald's used to own most of Chipotle! McDonald’s invested in Chipotle in 1998, back when the fast-Mexican chain consisted of 16 restaurants. By 2006, McDonald’s owned 90 percent of Chipotle, which had grown to 500 locations, but it sold its stake in order to focus on McDonald’s.

  • @BrettSonicBluBlumfieldVideos

    I had a good stack of these back when they were being circulated. All my neighbors knew I loved McDonalds and I was a huge vinyl collector, even back when I was growing up, so my mom took up a collection from anyone she knew to save these records for me. I was about 17 when this contest was going. I listened to so many of those records that I was able to memorize the whole menu song. I can still sing the whole thing to this day as a result. Sadly, not one single one of the records I had were a million dollar winner, but I did manage to memorize the song. Believe me, once you get the whole song down, it never goes away...not even after 28 years!

    • @iamjoemadden
      @iamjoemadden Před 9 měsíci

      I can attest to this. I was 9 years old during this promotional contest mcdonald's did.. that was 35 years ago and I just woke up suddenly at nearly 4am this morning with it stuck in my head. Damn Mcdonalds! It's like experiencing PTSD years later.

  • @BurgerKingHotDogWater
    @BurgerKingHotDogWater Před 8 lety +738

    That teacher is spitting hot fire

  • @nickferguson7833
    @nickferguson7833 Před 7 lety +113

    I mainly know of this because my social studies teacher wanted to prove she could recite the whole thing off the top of her head... she did

  • @bradley6676
    @bradley6676 Před 6 lety +8

    This is also a pretty good strategy. It was a very intriguing challenge, and everyone was attempting it. And when attempting it, they sang “I love McDonald’s, good time, good place, and I get it all at one place”, meaning you were basically advertising the place when singing it.

  • @LonSeidman
    @LonSeidman Před 6 lety +23

    I remember making my Mom go out and grab a few papers the day this came out! I can still sing the song perfectly today, it was a thing at our school. Unfortunately I never got the million bucks.

  • @walkawaysmike
    @walkawaysmike Před 8 lety +1716

    I wonder who won that million dollars??

    • @PopeTheRevXXVIII
      @PopeTheRevXXVIII Před 8 lety +420

      Nobody did, they never pressed the winning record

    • @SchardtCinematic
      @SchardtCinematic Před 8 lety +1

      so wrong

    • @terrya64
      @terrya64 Před 8 lety +311

      Approximately 80,000,000 records were distributed, and only one of them was a winner.
      The promotion was won by Galax, Virginia, resident Charlene Price, who used the money to purchase the convenience store where she worked.

    • @undeny
      @undeny Před 8 lety +12

      When was this?

    • @terrya64
      @terrya64 Před 8 lety +76

      1989

  • @300DBenz
    @300DBenz Před 8 lety +326

    Oh, man, that song brought back some serious memories: 7 year old me genuinely thought I was going to be a millionaire because they didn't mess up...until the VERY LAST LINE of the song. Such overwhelming disappointment like that isn't good for a kid....this is why I have trust issues.

  • @cheesedirks7256
    @cheesedirks7256 Před 7 lety +35

    you won something
    you won *depression*

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před rokem +7

    If a McDonald's employee said, "Welcome to McDonald's, what can I get you?", these people would just say *"Yes."* Your face at the end when the people said, "Check out those coupons!" looked like you were thinking, "What good are EXPIRED coupons when I could've gotten a million dollars?!" Well, during a time when vinyl was pretty much dead, the McDonald's contest in the late 80s at least got people interested in vinyl again!
    My favorite thing about McDonald's is how not all McDonald's around the world look the same, some are pretty unique like a McDonald's Georgian-style mansion here on Long Island. In Porto, Portugal, they opened a McDonald's in 1995 inside the historic Cafe Imperial, a former coffeeshop that was in the city since the 1930s. It has massive stained-glass windows and chandeliers. On top of that, it has a GIANT bronze eagle at the entrance designed by sculptor Henrique Moreira. Many call it the world's most beautiful McDonald's.

    • @cactusjackNV
      @cactusjackNV Před rokem

      Not quite...vinyl was still alive and well in the late 80s. Yes tapes outsold records by quite a bit and CDs weren't far behind, but everyone still had a record player. Your story of a record revival due to the McDonalds contest is laughable. In fact my reaction was it would have been very cool if they would have done this on CD. Alas the cost of producing a CD would have been too prohibitive because making a RECORD WAS STILL MUCH CHEAPER and the technology readily available.

  • @AleLGB
    @AleLGB Před 7 lety +2055

    Give this record to Eminem.

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong Před 7 lety +21

      I am SHAMAMANANANANANANNANANA

    • @-.leah.-
      @-.leah.- Před 7 lety +26

      ...to later make a 'mom's spaghetti' version of it

    • @derpydoopieUnT
      @derpydoopieUnT Před 7 lety +62

      McDonald menu song vs Rap God

    • @sexhaie
      @sexhaie Před 7 lety +1

      Ale LGB Busta rhymes

    • @mybiasiswrecked1838
      @mybiasiswrecked1838 Před 7 lety +2

      Ale LGB holy crap you have 333 like illuminati confirmed

  • @Potato22
    @Potato22 Před 7 lety +643

    *The best rap song.*

  • @QuaaludeCharlie
    @QuaaludeCharlie Před 2 lety +2

    I remember . My Moms sister , my aunt Charlene Price won the Contest , I am 55 years old now , Glad you are into Vinyl , I'm now up to 700 plus Records and still collecting :) QC

  • @CorkySchillinger
    @CorkySchillinger Před 8 lety +130

    I noticed that there's a definite similarity between this McDonald's song and "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)" by Raydio, a novelty hit in the 70's. Check it out and see what you think.

    • @toadmedicine1184
      @toadmedicine1184 Před 8 lety +1

      I think it was supposed to be a direct parody

    • @rricci824
      @rricci824 Před 8 lety

      Or "Do the Rock" by Tim Curry.or "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel.

    • @pancudowny
      @pancudowny Před 8 lety +2

      It was the 80's... Using re-worked classic pop-music songs for advertisements was what was done then, from The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" for Sunkist soda to The Beatles "Revolution" for Nike shoes. And from what I've recently seen from Walmart (Aug. 4th, 2016), it's STILL done today!

    • @pancudowny
      @pancudowny Před 8 lety +1

      Raydio? As-in: With Ray Parker Jr., of "Ghostbusters" title-song Raydio...? Are you sure? Because that seems improbable.

    • @Porkcfish
      @Porkcfish Před 8 lety +4

      I thought the same thing immediately, but the group is Reunion, not the Ray Parker, Jr. group you referenced. From the Wikipedia entry for the song: In 1988 McDonald's produced a jingle heavily influenced by the song for its "$1,000,000 Menu Song" promotion. The McDonald's recording, with an identical melody and a rapidly spoken list of menu offerings recited in an identical monotone pitch and rhythm, was released as a mass giveaway in the form of a 33-1/3 RPM flexible plastic single.

  • @yobrandonb
    @yobrandonb Před 7 lety +453

    The song sounds like something Family Guy would do.

    • @MIW_Renegade
      @MIW_Renegade Před 6 lety +3

      Brandon yup

    • @DiamondProAlpine
      @DiamondProAlpine Před 6 lety +3

      Brandon very true

    • @TurtleFrack
      @TurtleFrack Před 5 lety +1

      Family Guy? Nope. The McDonald's commercial is actually a parody of "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)", by Reunion, a group of studio musicians from 1974.

    • @Jsslade
      @Jsslade Před rokem +1

      "Gee, Lois. This is worse than the time I won the lottery from listening to a McDonald's-branded vinyl record!"

  • @ferretman6790
    @ferretman6790 Před 4 lety +4

    Worker:so what do you want?
    Big smoke: 2:32

  • @johnyoung4039
    @johnyoung4039 Před 4 lety +4

    Yes! I used to have the record. Don't worry, I didn't win either. I actually have a cousin that had that song memorized and sang it all the way through without missing up. Maybe they should let him song it instead. This does make me wonder if the winning record really does exist. I looked all over CZcams and haven't found the winning version yet. I bet it's worth a lot of money if it really does exist.

  • @yandreivsauceda2963
    @yandreivsauceda2963 Před 8 lety +29

    For anyone wondering:
    The promotion was one by a virginia resident named Charlene Price, who used the money to buy the convenience store where she worked. source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_McDonald%27s_ad_programs#Promotion_overview

  • @marktubeie07
    @marktubeie07 Před 8 lety +69

    I tried being a morning person once - gave up real quick, forget it Jarrett, it doesn't work! I love collecting flexi-discs, cardboard and plastic! Your beautiful Ortofon Red is saying Noooo!!!

    • @vinyleyezz
      @vinyleyezz  Před 8 lety +2

      +tubeie07 haha they're pretty cool!

    • @zacharylagler242
      @zacharylagler242 Před 8 lety

      +Beatlesandqueen4ever Crosley would have too much static

    • @zacharylagler242
      @zacharylagler242 Před 8 lety

      +Beatlesandqueen4ever yeah neither would I, maybe audio technica

    • @marktubeie07
      @marktubeie07 Před 8 lety

      I agree completely with a 'plastic flexi record', however this is a laminated cardboard record and that's not good.

  • @carloscardona6587
    @carloscardona6587 Před 7 lety +5

    bet this could work as a challenge for any or all voice actors or comedians or artists everywhere. Like for a special charity performance for MacDonalds,they would to try to sing this song all the way just for fun and to donate to their fav charities. For the VAs,it would be in every voice they ever did in cartoons,films n tv shows,regardless of singing prowess,and if they can't sing it they can just say the lyrics. The same for comedians. Artists though,anything goes

    • @carloscardona6587
      @carloscardona6587 Před 7 lety

      could say the same for the Ozzy n Drix theme when the backup vocals check off the body lingo

    • @Jsslade
      @Jsslade Před rokem +2

      that would be absolutely awesome

  • @remo687
    @remo687 Před 6 lety +7

    Mcdonalds should have an "old-ass coupon day" or some kind of promo like that where you bring in any mconalds coupon from any year and they will honor it.

  • @TheCueUpBlog
    @TheCueUpBlog Před 8 lety +197

    You should of been eating a double double while listening to that....33 and a third .....fixed it ! Lol

    • @DJLEGION
      @DJLEGION Před 8 lety +1

      Ha Ha! Right???!!

    • @TheCueUpBlog
      @TheCueUpBlog Před 8 lety

      +DJ LEGION it only seems like the right thing to do lol

    • @pancudowny
      @pancudowny Před 8 lety

      Ya know, Mary-Lou Retton used her appearance fee payment from them to by that C4 Corvette she was driving in that commercial....

    • @pancudowny
      @pancudowny Před 7 lety +1

      Well, it sure ain't a maxi-single...!

    • @casperguylkn
      @casperguylkn Před 7 lety

      Or a McDLT

  • @ap1reviewsadventures96
    @ap1reviewsadventures96 Před 8 lety +22

    This is the record that I learned to scratch on! I was wrecking it with the big volume fader on my parents receiver. This brings back so many memories.

    • @twashbeats
      @twashbeats Před 3 lety

      Facts..that a fat boys album and the first run dmc..lmao..was jus talking bout this

  • @lizaroo985
    @lizaroo985 Před 6 lety +5

    it's 5am and I've fallen down the youtube rabbit hole...

  • @pompe221
    @pompe221 Před rokem

    Major props to the singer who played the teacher, because that's some awesome breath control he had.

  • @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248

    Other notable recording artists in America: Meatloaf, Cranberries, Korn, Bread, Blackeyed Peas, Lambchop and Cake. And so began the "fattening".

  • @ky-gp4sz
    @ky-gp4sz Před 7 lety +47

    I can't even begin to comprehend how to sing this.

    • @bkkersey93
      @bkkersey93 Před 7 lety +7

      ky It's very easy when you practice it alot. I've honestly gotten great at it, I just can't sing it all in one breath lol.

  • @moisesaspres3686
    @moisesaspres3686 Před 7 lety +5

    I do actually remember this contest and getting one of those records when I was a kid i am turning 40 this year so you can do the math, but until I saw you vid I would have gone on believing that contest was much older. When you said 1988 i thought to myself, holy cow, Did my parents still have a turn table as late as 1988? That same Lloyd's stereo also played 8-trac. Jeez that's old.

  • @rylandtelevision2321
    @rylandtelevision2321 Před 3 lety +1

    This song started out as a track from 1974 by a group called "Reunion" with a song titled "Life Is A Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"

  • @WintryWulf
    @WintryWulf Před 8 lety +23

    You didn't win the million dollars, but those dance moves were priceless xD

  • @classicmail8239
    @classicmail8239 Před 7 lety +84

    Patiently waiting for a weird al
    yancovik cover

    • @rdill6371
      @rdill6371 Před 7 lety

      Yankovic.

    • @barabaspolo
      @barabaspolo Před 7 lety +1

      Bitch (or Bitkh)

    • @angelwolfplays6456
      @angelwolfplays6456 Před 7 lety +1

      You're going to be waiting for a long time. This is already a parody of Life is a Rock.

    • @snapdragon7786
      @snapdragon7786 Před 7 lety +6

      They've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters
      Trash compactors, juice extractors, shower rods and water meters
      Walkie-talkies, copper wires safety goggles, radial tires
      BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers
      Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters
      Paint removers, window louvers, masking tape and plastic gutters
      Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables
      Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles
      Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication
      Metal roofing, waterproofing, multi-purpose insulation
      Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors
      Tire gauges, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors
      Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers
      Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers
      Soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers
      Calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers

  • @ACrackInTheWall2006
    @ACrackInTheWall2006 Před 5 lety +1

    Jarrett I actually had this record in 1988. It came in our newspaper. I also went to a birthday party at McDonald's and can't remember who's birthday party it was. I was about 7 at the time. And they had this weird kind of paper record which they gave out to all of us at the party. The record was blue and had a lot of different colors on it. I think the Ronald McDonald characters were on it and it played the jingle from the commercials at the time Good Time, Great Taste. See if you can maybe find that record on ebay.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před rokem +2

    "Hi, may I take your order please?"
    "I'll have a Big Mac, Mc DLT, a Quarter-Pounder with some cheese, Filet-O-Fish, a hamburger, a cheeseburger, a Happy Meal, McNuggets, tasty golden French fries, regular or larger size, and salads: chef salad or garden, or a chicken salad oriental, Big Big Breakfast, Egg McMuffin, hot hot cakes, and sausage. Maybe biscuits, bacon, egg and cheese, a sausage, danish, hash browns too, and for dessert hot apple pies, and sundaes three varieties, a soft-serve cone, three kinds of shakes, and chocolatey chip cookies, and to drink a Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, and orange drink, a Sprite and coffee, decaf too, a low-fat milk, also an orange juice. I love McDonald's, Good Time, Great Taste, and I can get this all in one place."
    *"...Sir, this is a Wendy's"*
    "Dammit"

  • @mcjager5354
    @mcjager5354 Před 8 lety +141

    Wait is the million dollar record still out in the world?

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 Před 8 lety +47

      No, someone got it, didn't have a player, and threw it away.

    • @ZER0--
      @ZER0-- Před 8 lety +38

      Yes, and the money was collectted by the winner. Read the comments section or google it.

    • @1080pQuickscopes
      @1080pQuickscopes Před 7 lety +46

      news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19890726&id=t88eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KlIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2380,2808145&hl=en Nope a woman in Virginia got it and bought the convenience store she worked at

    • @iAlphafox12
      @iAlphafox12 Před 7 lety +18

      hundreds100 why the fuck would she do that...

    • @bubblegumblue9087
      @bubblegumblue9087 Před 7 lety +3

      iAlphafox12
      Who knows :(

  • @Omegadoomship
    @Omegadoomship Před 7 lety +123

    I loved his reaction from not winning.

  • @CraparellaSmorrebrod
    @CraparellaSmorrebrod Před 7 lety +9

    The contest was won by Charlene Price from Galax, Virginia. Hey Jarrett, could you contact her and let us listen to winning record? I wonder how it sounds like! :-D

  • @shmehfleh3115
    @shmehfleh3115 Před 6 lety +1

    Holy crap, I actually remember getting that record! I remember spazzing out as the "class" got close to the end, then being crushed when they whiffed the ending too.

  • @VideosDeepFried
    @VideosDeepFried Před 8 lety +10

    I remember seeing that record come in the mail and thinking that it was weird the McDonald's was sending out a vinyl. I remember my mom playing it, and then throwing it away.

  • @ilham7345
    @ilham7345 Před 7 lety +141

    send this to eminem

  • @dkillalegend
    @dkillalegend Před rokem +1

    This song has the exact same flow as the one from Reunion's 1974 hit "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"

  • @DavidTourian
    @DavidTourian Před 7 lety +1

    I remember this promotion and I even played the record. Great promotion. It just blew my mind as a kid to have a playable record there with all the other paper ads. Couldn't sing the song as a kid, but I bet I could do it now :)

  • @butterytoast6447
    @butterytoast6447 Před 8 lety +10

    I just picked one of these up with 5 other 45s/33s for $10! Was super excited to find one,! Unfortunately, it wasn't a winner, but probably gonna keep it as a collectors item! Loved this video, and thanks for your time,
    ButteryToast.

  • @LukeDude759
    @LukeDude759 Před 7 lety +3

    I wouldn't even be disappointed about not winning the money. This is just too good.

    • @007turtle1239
      @007turtle1239 Před 7 lety +1

      LukeDude759 I would be, if I did I could listen to the kids singing this gold all the way through.

  • @colegilliam2379
    @colegilliam2379 Před 7 lety +1

    I was actually so fucking happy for a minute because you almost made it through.

  • @rolandviado
    @rolandviado Před 7 lety +1

    I like when you smiled at the start of the record and got into it. 🙂

  • @InnocentSmith831
    @InnocentSmith831 Před 8 lety +112

    You were real close to winning. They only flubbed up almost at the end.

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 Před 7 lety +47

      everybody (except the winner) got that one.

  • @KentuckyRanger
    @KentuckyRanger Před 7 lety +14

    What would have happened if it was a winner? That would have been so cool, and depressing at the same time, LOL!

  • @SeeburgMusic
    @SeeburgMusic Před 6 lety +1

    A direct take off on the 1970's pop classic "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"

  • @BfDelano
    @BfDelano Před 7 lety +5

    I had this record, and have no clue where it is anymore. The idea that a record came in the mail was a pretty cool thing. Probably one of my favorite promotional items, next to the PC game Chex Quest being packaged inside boxes of Chex cereal. Going to have to head to eBay and grab another one of these records.

  • @YeOldeFootballChannel
    @YeOldeFootballChannel Před 8 lety +8

    Hi Jarrett! In Spain we had a very beautiful vinyl competition named the "Disco Sorpresa Fundador" (Surprise Record Fundador). When you bought a bottle of cognac or brandy from the Fundador group (very famous at the 60s) you got a record of 4 songs with famous songs of that era; some were originals, others were covers from those hits. At the end of each side,you heard the publicity jingle of Fundador, which is still famous among older people; and if you were lucky, a voice would say "Congratulations, you have won...". The prices were from another record (something of a luxury around that era) to cars, fridges and Televisions. A high number of those records still survives.

  • @loretano
    @loretano Před 8 lety +26

    my brother and i delivered news papers when this record came out. The newspaper company would deliver the sunday inserts on thursday and you would stuff them in the paper sunday morning before delivering. we called the newspaper company and said that they didnt deliver any of them so we got another shipment of inserts. we now had 400 papers worth of inserts and we took the record out of everyone. (before you tell us what ass holes we were... we were only 11 and 10 years old). We spent days listening to every single record lol. we didnt win but we did get a lot of free burgers and small fries from the scratch offs.

  • @rcredmon
    @rcredmon Před 7 lety +1

    i remember this contest very well. my grandfather had a paper route around the small town I grew up in during this time. so there were always left over papers and I must have went though about thirty of these damn things. and obviously didn't win.

  • @artkincell
    @artkincell Před 6 lety +2

    The song is a version of Reunion's "Life Is A Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" from 1974ish.
    Also, have you ever produced a video on multi-groove records?
    Great channel!

  • @gamewizardks
    @gamewizardks Před 8 lety +8

    I actually worked for McDonald's during this time period and remember redeeming alot of these coupons while I was there!

  • @rachetCD
    @rachetCD Před 8 lety +8

    Sounds like a social experiment

  • @TexTropicana
    @TexTropicana Před 7 lety

    Total flashback to childhood. Forgot a owned one of these at one point of my life. Thanks!

  • @maxmichaelhatling
    @maxmichaelhatling Před 6 lety +1

    Today is Monday April 30, 2018. Yesterday I plunged myself into a dilemma wrapped in a mystery. I recognized a song playing at FRYS supermarket so I to a sec to listen for chorus so I could get it on Google Play. It is a song of lists (not Rap) then chorus
    ...Life is a Rock but the Radio Rolled Me. I'm 58 and last time is heard this song was 1980s😎 However I had a Flash of Insight today while playing it at work for the umpteenth time...it IS the McDonalds Menu Song I once owned! And yes...i ran out to for the 69 cent Big Mac to get it. So I challenge you to find the Life is a Rock by The Records and tell me I'm wrong😎 plus tell e which came first. Did McD copy The Records or was it the other way around. It wouldn't be the first time I've encountered this because there was a Coke ad in the 70s that was huge...Id Like to Buy the World a Coke...then a non-ad version became an AM radio hit called...perhaps... Harmony by New Seekers. I'll let you look that up yourself. Anyway I dig your channel and I'll Like and Subscribe now.😎

  • @JessHull
    @JessHull Před 8 lety +18

    Mcdonalds is so weird! What a strange thing to do in 1989, was vinyl still the main means of music distribution then? because I remember my parents already using CD's by then.

    • @MrProminister
      @MrProminister Před 7 lety +5

      Jess Hull
      The vinyl to press it was defo cheapest way that McDonalds use to not spend much for own promotions. Just wonder how much would cost 'em to promote'em self by using a CD in '89.
      BybtheWay, what was a price of single CD back then?

    • @DwightLivesMatter
      @DwightLivesMatter Před 6 lety +3

      Crazy how now it would be the opposite, people pay 2x+ more for vinyl than CD's.

    • @johnyoung4039
      @johnyoung4039 Před 4 lety +4

      Vinyl was still doing well, but there was talk of shutting down the vinyl industry and to make cassettes and CDs instead. I heard that CDs skipped a lot and one scratch would destroy it unlike records which would still play. I remember dreading the change. CDs wasn't as bad as I thought they would be. I still love my records though.

    • @NilZed1
      @NilZed1 Před 3 lety

      @@johnyoung4039 I remember dreading the change too, some people expecting it to become impossible to buy record players, their whole record collection having to be replaced or basically lost to them for lack of a turntable...

    • @jonnyOysters
      @jonnyOysters Před rokem

      I'm sure most people still had record players then. Late 80s early 90s is sort of when more and more people started to adopt CDs. But if they still had big vinyl collections, why throw them away for a couple of CDs?

  • @brock32
    @brock32 Před 8 lety +39

    that beat is lit

  • @timfischer
    @timfischer Před 7 lety

    My freshman year in college we taped this, went through the drive thru, and played it as an order. They loved it.

  • @thethriftyfawn
    @thethriftyfawn Před rokem

    The jingle they sang at the very very end of that record actually made me cry... I literally remember when THAT was the McDonald's jingle... makes me miss my family 😭

  • @lusterspider
    @lusterspider Před 7 lety +13

    dude i have one of these!!! mine gets all the way to the end but isnt the winner.. but i got mine for .50 cents from goodwill

    • @Itsthevinylfrontier
      @Itsthevinylfrontier Před 6 lety

      Derek Preusch I just found one at salvation army today for .50 cents as well. Not a winner though, glad we didn’t pay $8. HA!!

  • @Kota_wolf
    @Kota_wolf Před 8 lety +7

    Never heard of it but it was very catchy and very funny made me laugh. I think I'm going to try to find one.

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d Před 2 lety

    I got one of these records in the newspaper as a kid. So excitedly, my brothers and I put it on the turn-table but it wouldn't play properly. It was so horribly damaged by the newspaper (which I think had been folded) that the record kept skipping back on "Filet of fish".
    Of course my brother's and I (I being 10 or 11 at the time) thought this was hilarious. And we probably got more joy from hearing "filet of fish filet of fish filet of fish filet of fish filet of fish filet of fish filet of fish filet of fish ..." than we would have gotten from any prize money.
    I seem to recall that if you could sing the song correctly at a McDonald's, you could get free fries or something. If true, I wonder if anyone had the cojones to sing a corporate jingle in front of a bunch of burger flippers and cashiers.

  • @Multi1628
    @Multi1628 Před 6 lety +2

    The Name Game by Shirley Ellis 1964, and Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me by Reunion 1974, all wrapped up in one on this MckeyD's record. Interesting 1988 history footnote. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

  • @thejebdude3241
    @thejebdude3241 Před 8 lety +44

    Weird Paul did a video about this.

    • @KnightFall81
      @KnightFall81 Před 8 lety +3

      Cool to see another weird paul fan in someone else's comments

    • @thejebdude3241
      @thejebdude3241 Před 8 lety +4

      +KnightFall81 he's awesome!

    • @aidanrobinson1206
      @aidanrobinson1206 Před 8 lety +4

      Oh shit I didn't realize other people liked weird Paul

    • @frncs.r
      @frncs.r Před 8 lety +3

      I'm a fan too!

    • @RustyNickels
      @RustyNickels Před 8 lety +2

      Beach ball! Beach ball! It's a one-pack!

  • @OnlyEpicEmber
    @OnlyEpicEmber Před 8 lety +20

    I wonder if anyone actually won the million dollars? If this one was never played, there#s a good chance the winning one wasn't either, not that McDonalds would ever honour a competition that ended almost 3 decades ago.

  • @pgh45rpms
    @pgh45rpms Před 11 měsíci

    I still have that flexidisk. The McDonald's tune sounds very much like "Life is a Rock (But the Raio Rolled Me)," recorded in 1974 by Reunion.

  • @tyler_schecter5805
    @tyler_schecter5805 Před 7 lety +5

    THEY ALMOST FINISHED THE SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😱

  • @azeemmalik1335
    @azeemmalik1335 Před 7 lety +12

    I heard Eminem won a million dollars now I know why

  • @randomboy3m98
    @randomboy3m98 Před 6 lety +5

    If that song was an actual order, whoever made it would become morbidly obese.

  • @c0ntrymouse
    @c0ntrymouse Před 6 lety

    I was working at McDonald's at 16yo when this promotion came out. I played several of those records. No million dollars and still have that song stuck in my head.

    • @c0ntrymouse
      @c0ntrymouse Před 6 lety

      After the first one, I'd just skip to the end.

  • @zacharyjordan
    @zacharyjordan Před 7 lety

    I totally remember this as a kid. I appreciate you doing this video because over the years I've been trying to explain this my friends, and now I can just send them the link. Thanks!

  • @Livereater
    @Livereater Před 7 lety +40

    ...pretty sure I have the $1,000,000 McDonald's record.... however, I don't have a turntable to play it

  • @zacharygustafson8714
    @zacharygustafson8714 Před 8 lety +4

    See if you could get sponsored by McDonald's for this video.

    • @vinyleyezz
      @vinyleyezz  Před 8 lety +28

      +Zachary Gustafson I McTried, but they McDenied.

    • @tsukk0mi
      @tsukk0mi Před 8 lety

      +Vinyl Eyezz >insert lenny here

  • @philliptoone
    @philliptoone Před 7 lety

    I remember that song. One of my cousins got that record in the Sunday news paper. I was so envious. I think I remember copying it to a cassette tape.

  • @lexfacitregem
    @lexfacitregem Před 7 lety +1

    Wow.......I can't belive it! I actually had that record when that contest/promotion first came out!!! I can't believe how much of that jingle I still remember. Even though it's been almost 30 years, I can still recall as clear as day how gutted I felt when the 'class' screwed up at the end of the song!!! I remember getting so angry i crumpled it up and tossed it in the trash immediately afterwards! Glad to hear that it costs only $8 to purchase today! I'd have been utterly peeved if I knew that I had destroyed a valuable collector's item! It's just awesome how much ephemeral nostalgia one can find on CZcams!!!

  • @MannyN420
    @MannyN420 Před 7 lety +9

    NICE KUNG FURY RECORD!!!

    • @vinyleyezz
      @vinyleyezz  Před 7 lety +2

      thank you! I really enjoy it haha :D

  • @Sythorize
    @Sythorize Před 7 lety +5

    I got a McDonald's ad lol

    • @VonTwoTone
      @VonTwoTone Před 7 lety +1

      Silly Llama no you didn't they aren't playing their ads on CZcams anymore.

    • @Sythorize
      @Sythorize Před 7 lety

      ClickbaitDetector 3000 yeah I did actually, remember they put back a little of there ads back

    • @VonTwoTone
      @VonTwoTone Před 7 lety

      Silly Llama no it's not that

  • @stvnixrcks
    @stvnixrcks Před 5 lety

    Omg I remember this when I was younger!!!! You would get so excited waiting to see if the song would finish!!

  • @l.salisbury1253
    @l.salisbury1253 Před 4 lety

    The song itself is a rewrite/parody of the 1974 hit "life is a rock but the radio but the radio rolled me" by REUNION. (Also used as a jingle for the Tyson Mall in VA). It is on CZcams!

  • @pancudowny
    @pancudowny Před 8 lety +51

    I wonder how many idiots saw the $0.69 Big-Mac ad in this vid & took-off to their nearest McDonalds?

  • @kennoquick
    @kennoquick Před 8 lety +3

    This is the first video I've ever seen of yours, consider yourself subscribe

    • @kennoquick
      @kennoquick Před 8 lety

      I think you're great and didn't knew that this kind of channel existed which is great for you! I hope for you 100k success

  • @writtenaxis3389
    @writtenaxis3389 Před 4 lety +1

    Imagine selling this dude the record for 8 bucks and it turns out to be the winner

  • @ericcook5745
    @ericcook5745 Před 4 lety

    Just wanted to throw it out there this is probably my favorite video of yours

  • @GothicKittyMadness
    @GothicKittyMadness Před 7 lety +3

    This kid is so fucking game!

  • @bluetv2585
    @bluetv2585 Před 7 lety +11

    The only one who could do this is parappa the rapper

  • @chillysantiagold8153
    @chillysantiagold8153 Před 6 lety

    That jingle laid dormant in my 12 year old memory until now.

  • @BCT611
    @BCT611 Před rokem +1

    This is a cover of 70s one hit wonder 'Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me' by 'The Uinon'