Irish radio ads/jingles done in american accents

tech77

Probably done before but just reading the other thread here about annoying ads, and someone posted about this phenomenon (Phantom are particularly bad for it).

This also perplexes me- so just wondering- wtf is that actually about?
Maybe someone can offer a good explanation.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Phantom is probably one of the best radio stations there is imo.

In All Fairness

tech77 wrote: »

Probably done before but just reading the other thread here about annoying ads, and someone posted about this phenomenon (Phantom are particularly bad for it).

This also perplexes me- so just wondering- wtf is that actually about?
Maybe someone can offer a good explanation.

Maybe someone can

Kalashnikov_Kid

I thought American was the default middle-class Dublin accent of the youth these days.

Diarmsquid

Dates back to pirate radio stations in Britain.
A lot of American's were brought in to help set them up and their voices were used for the jingles. So it's kinda like 'the way it's always been'.

Also, it bypasses class distinction in Ireland. It's a neutral non-culchie, non-Dublin, non-Southside/Northside thing.

Joliegood

Kalashnikov_Kid wrote: »

I thought American was the default middle-class Dublin accent of the youth these days.

That is, so, like, true.

thorbarry

Luciano Rancid Lap wrote: »

Phantom is probably one of the best radio stations there is imo.

yea buy fook some of their ads are probably the worst on any station... even tho their all bad really

Mossy Monk

2FM have an ad that uses this type of accent. It really does not make me want to tune in.

Kipperhell

I think an important thing to note is they are bad fake American accents. It is as bad as hearing Angela Lansbury doing an Irish accent.

The ones I find annoying are the ones where you can tell it is one of the main voice over guys putting on the accent and was probably the voice of the previous ad.

genericguy

have you ever heard an american ag labhairt as gaeilge? it's waaaay worse on the ear than irish people with american accents.

chin_grin

Yeah, this is really annoying like you know? They're taking over like.

Now I'm, like, off to, like, McDonalds and then on to like Starbucks to meet up with my, like, friends who like, like, Fiddy Cent and like, Beyonce and that you know?

Bob_Harris

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Not if you are in a non coverage area you stupid yank.

pistonsvox

A lot of phantom dj's do the ad's themselves with their own accents.

faceman

Yeah Ive noticed this too. Although its a refreshing change from listening to the aussie accents we were subjected to for a long time.

brettmirl

faceman wrote: »

Yeah Ive noticed this too. Although its a refreshing change from listening to the aussie accents we were subjected to for a long time.

GO HARVEY GO!

Kipperhell

brettmirl wrote: »

GO HARVEY GO!

Again it is obviously an Irish person putting on the accent. Harvey is not a real person but the joining of two names a bit like Mr Sparkle

soundbyte

Kipperhell wrote: »

Again it is obviously an Irish person putting on the accent. Harvey is not a real person but the joining of two names a bit like Mr Sparkle

Gerry Harvey used to do the VOs for the Harvey Norman ads, dunno who does them now, but I think they're sent via ISDN from Oz last I heard.

IronMan

Bulmers have an advert for their Bulmers light swill with some American yoke salivating over the amount of calories it has. I really hate the ad. More than most things.

captain caveman

pistonsvox wrote: »

A lot of phantom dj's do the ad's themselves with their own accents.

to be honest, most stations do this, not just phantom.

This_Years_Love

captain caveman wrote: »

to be honest, most stations do this, not just phantom.

That's right. FM104 have a particular annoying one on during every single ad break lately. The boss always has this station on in work everyday. The ad does my head in everytime I hear it. It's for jellies and it's got an annoying song that sounds like the crazy frog theme. Anyone else heard it??

Rented Mule

You'll find plenty of ads in every country with 'foreign' accents.

It's just some clown in the advertising department of making something sound cool/exotic.

brettmirl

Rented Mule wrote: »

It's just some clown in the advertising department of making something sound cool/exotic.

That's probably part of it, but another fact is that American voice over artists are generally cheaper than Irish ones, especially with the currency difference too.

IvyTheTerrible

There is one particular VO artist who does loads of the "fake accent" (not just American, everything) ads and it's blood annoying because he's rubbish at all of them and you always know it's him.

Porkpie

All things American are exciting, glamorous and best of quality. That's what they want you to think. Hence the accent. Somehow I don't think it would work quite as effectively in a Mexican accent. "Hey hombre, get your broadband today. You'd be loco not to sign up!"

Mossy Monk

brettmirl wrote: »

but another fact is that American voice over artists are generally cheaper than Irish ones, especially with the currency difference too.

But it is usually not americans doing the voice overs.

3qsmavrod5twfe

They should all enlist Sean Connery to do the ads. He has a vast array of accents he can do

Spanish (Highlander) - Yesh
Russian (The Hunt for Red October) - Yesh
English (All the James Bonds) - Yesh
Irish American (The Untouchables) - Yesh
Saudi Arabian (The Next Man) - Yesh

The list goes on and on...

brettmirl

Mossy Monk wrote: »

But it is usually not americans doing the voice overs.

Yes it is. What ads have you heard with an Irish person doing an American accent.