[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by sunglow

I didn't want to come and check out The Villages because of that jingle - it was so corny. I think it appealed to an older generation.

Like 55 and older, what a coincidence.

[cquick]

I keep my speakers off unless I really want to hear something!

[Chi-Town]

OK. By popular demand......

https://youtu.be/mL8gYPEawTY

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

OK. By popular demand......

https://youtu.be/mL8gYPEawTY

That's the first time I've ever heard that jingle. It wouldn't have kept us away, but I must say it's a bit hokey/sappy! But I've heard worse.

I guess the developers felt it was time to move on. They probably have a new ad and jingle in the works that's geared for the next generation of 55+.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Worked against??? How do you explain 125,000 folks?

The jingle worked for a lot of people. I was telling you my opinion. That's all.

[glgene]

Originally Posted by tomwed

The jingle worked for a lot of people. I was telling you my opinion. That's all.

The jingle DID/DOES work for a lot of people. Got me here... and puts a smile on my face every time I hear it.

I'm from the school that it's better to view/enjoy a cup as 1/2 full vs. 1/2 empty.

Except at the Villages, the cup is 2/2 full! The jingle portrays happiness for retirees. It's not hokey. I wake up every morning happy.

Gene

[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by glgene

The jingle DID/DOES work for a lot of people. Got me here... and puts a smile on my face every time I hear it.
I'm from the school that it's better to view/enjoy a cup as 1/2 full vs. 1/2 empty.
Except at the Villages, the cup is 2/2 full! The jingle portrays happiness for retirees. It's not hokey. I wake up every morning happy.Gene

That's not the jingle, that's from drinking the Kool Aid!
It's all good.

[NYGUY]

Its that jingle that got us to look at The Villages. Every weekend back in the mid 2000's I heard it during that week's televised PGA Tour Tournament. After a few years of hearing it, in 2006 I said to my wife, "you know, that place is not that far from us" (we lived in Tampa then). We started visiting and bought in 2013. All thanks to that commercial with the jingle!!

Originally Posted by Blessed2BNTV

I love the jingle....it has been my ringtone for the last year.

Before retiring, while I was getting ready for work with Fox and Friends on, I'd hear the commercial and go to the television and watch. Made me happy to think one day it would be our forever home.

Just completing our five months of bliss.....in The Villages!

I've been here coming up on 6 years,I'm only 57 & I really like the jingle. So much for appealing only to "old" people.

[Bonny]

We moved here in 2000 and I was 48. I liked the jingle. I always thought it was catchy and fun.

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by MikeV

When I see The Villages signs I sing that jingle and it drives my wife nuts.

Awww.......don't blame the jingle. Maybe it was your singing

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Worked against??? How do you explain 125,000 folks?

It was a winner! I too don't know why you would change a winner. Of course, I was (I guess) born with the gene----"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

[tomwed]

Take a look and listen to these jingles from the 50's.

Top 10 TV Jingles from the 1950's

They remind me of the villages jingle. The jingle is sung by a choir. It's possible maybe even likely that the jingle was selected to appeal to people who raised their children in the 50's and they bought on the historical side and 20 years later appealed to the children who were raised in the 50's and moved in the Sumter area as the village grew. So it's brilliant appeal is that it's both hip to some and nostalgic to others.

That is unless you are one of those lost souls who rebelled against the older generation and didn't trust anyone over the age of 30. Now I can't swim with anyone under the age of 30 in my neighborhood pool.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by CFrance

........I guess the developers felt it was time to move on. They probably have a new ad and jingle in the works that's geared for the next generation of 55+.

Why move on now? I've read The Village of Pine Ridge (Fruitland Park) is the last stage of building in The Villages. No more new homes so why remove the jingle now?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Why move on now? I've read The Village of Pine Ridge (Fruitland Park) is the last stage of building in The Villages. No more new homes so why remove the jingle now?

Well, hmm... It does make you wonder, doesn't it? I hadn't read that until today. If it's true, maybe they removed the jingle because they're getting ready to quit developing.