I Just Wasn't Made For These Times on Mad Men

[metal flake paint]

The U.S. version had the Cat. # ZT-2458 (Duophonic), the U.K. version, TA-T 2458.

[monicker]

Well i'll be damned, i didn't know that. For some reason, which i can't remember right now, i could have sworn that it was first issued on reel to reel tape in the 70s, not upon initial release in '66. Woops. Thanks for the correction.

[runnersdialzero]

'teh hell is Mad Men? I'm way too young to be so clueless about this sort of stuff. Oh well.

[I. Spaceman]

'teh hell is Mad Men? I'm way too young to be so clueless about this sort of stuff. Oh well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men

Close to the best television show of all time.

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

I never really wanted to try acid until seeing that scene.

[guitarfool2002]

Thanks for the info on the reel tape, I also assumed for some reason that Pet Sounds didn't get released on reel-to-reel by Capitol until after '66. But now we know, and thanks again for the clarification!

[37!ws]

To the prior poster...you sure that was the stereo mix??? Sure sounded mono to me....even had the tape rewind sounds at the beginning that aren't present in the stereo version....I could be wrong though.....

[guitarfool2002]

I also just thought of something ironic - not sure if it is actually irony or just coincidence - but how about Brian's Pet Sounds collaborator Tony Asher and how his true-life history fits into all of this with Mad Men featuring that song, which he wrote with Brian?

Remember that Tony Asher was working at the ad agency Carson Roberts at nearly the same time as Mad Men has been set in history for the past two seasons, 1965-66, and he took a leave of absence to work on lyrics with Brian.

Consider that Tony as a copy writer was working in the same kind of atmosphere as Mad Men, and had he been at the fictional firm in NYC, he'd have Don Draper as his boss as the creative director and he'd probably be working with Peggy and her team of creative copy writers and designers.

If he would be willing, it would be neat to pepper him with a few questions *unrelated* to Pet Sounds for a change of pace, and unrelated to Brian for a change, and ask him what he thinks of Mad Men, if he even watches it, and how his experiences working at an actual advertising agency in 1965-66 compares with the impression people are getting from watching Mad Men. If I could do it I'd ask him!

Tony Asher - Brian's collaborator and one of the original "Mad Men". Pretty neat.

[Lowbacca]

Was the company Asher worked for as high profile as the company in Mad Men?
Only seen a few episodes of that show, until I lost interest in the characters. Pretty well done show, though.

[guitarfool2002]

Was the company Asher worked for as high profile as the company in Mad Men?
Only seen a few episodes of that show, until I lost interest in the characters. Pretty well done show, though.

Yes, Carson Roberts was *very* high profile, and was described as the biggest ad agency in Los Angeles. Asher worked there alongside future Monty Python filmmaker Terry Gilliam. They produced some very progressive and very slick ad campaigns. Here is a link to one of their "psychedelic" 1966 TV ads for Life Savers candy, of all things: http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/1966_psychedelic_life_savers_tv_commercial_by_terry_gilliam

And here is the obit for one of the founders who died in the 80's: http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-09/news/mn-38_1_roberts-advertising

They were a pretty big deal and are still remembered even though the company name "Carson Roberts" hasn't existed for decades.

Think of Mad Men and their fictional firm, then place Tony Asher into the real thing, the only difference being Tony was in LA and Mad Men is NYC. But it's the same ad agency culture playing out every week as Tony lived at that time - which is why asking him a few questions would be a neat thing.

[Lowbacca]

[...] which is why asking him a few questions would be a neat thing.

Oh, definitely! Unfortunately he's not in the focus of interest right now. Means we might have to wait some time until somebody related to this board has a reason to interview him.