Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Secret Asian Man, OR Secret Agent Man ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Secret Agent Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 .................................................. is there a difference ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 The Song, or ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Duffield, SASS #23454 said: The Song, or ????? The song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: Secret Agent Man. Kroger commercial says Asian man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 ..... maybe he's an Asian Agent with a secret, ..... man ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, Singin' Sue 71615 said: Kroger commercial says Asian man!!! Kroger ad is doing a play on the words from the 1960’s song by Johnny Rivers,“Secret Agent Man” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Singin' Sue 71615 said: Kroger commercial says Asian man!!! Isn't that racist? Everything else seems to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Just now, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Isn't that racist? Everything else seems to be. Right? That is why I was taken aback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Listen to original recordings by Johnny Rivers (search YouTube) and they all sound the same as the commercial. It's also on many lists of "misheard lyrics". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 The first is racist and bigoted and the second smacks of white priviledge. So we should cancel Kroger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 The words to the song could not be Asian, as that word was not used when the song was written. Back then Chinese / Japanese / Korean / Thai / whatever were called Oriental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Alpo said: The words to the song could not be Asian, as that word was not used when the song was written. Back then Chinese / Japanese / Korean / Thai / whatever were called Oriental. Maybe on the Redneck Riviera.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 13 hours ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: Listen to original recordings by Johnny Rivers (search YouTube) and they all sound the same as the commercial. It's also on many lists of "misheard lyrics". Like "you give love...a bandaid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 That first song came out during the '60's during the fascination with spies/secret agents sparked by the James Bond movies and the TV programs like I Spy and The Avengers( Diana Rigg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Four-eyed Buck nailed it. The song was definitely about spies and not about Asians. Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Well...if you see the Kroger / Smiths ad...listen, and let me know!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 ...... I'd suggest that the singer is half asleep (or something) and slurrrrrrring his singing ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Chev Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 I'd put a hundred on it's the original by Rivers and it says "Agent" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Chev Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Same like "The preacher likes it cold" or "The preacher's eyes are cold" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 There's a bathroom on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Alpo said: There's a bathroom on the right. I thought that was a baboon on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Chev Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 I'm blaming it all on the beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 14 hours ago, Alpo said: The words to the song could not be Asian, as that word was not used when the song was written. Back then Chinese / Japanese / Korean / Thai / whatever were called Oriental. I grew up in a college town with students from all over the world since 1951 . It's been "Asian" as long as I can remember. Even has an Asian Political History class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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