A great, great new Nike commercial

[tonysoprano]

Sorry if this is already on here somewhere. And apologies moddy for not putting this in the Olympic thread.

But Nike did outstanding here with this commercial. Enjoy!!

 

[Boognish]

Marvin is my hero.

 

[Write-brained]

No problem with the song, but dude, the entire video is in slow motion.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

A lot better than their HyperDunk campaign.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

**** Nike.

 

[Chef]

Cool commercial.

 

[JackReacher]

Kinda hated it.

Not a big fan of that version of the anthem, or any version in which the singer turns it into a remix. And the basketball footage was nothing special.

Just didn't work for me.

 

[heyabbott]

Would have been better as an Olympic commercial had they used athletes from different sports rather than focusing on the most over exposed athletes in the world.

 

[93Devil]

Decent commercial, but Nike has done much better.

The Tiger Woods commercial with his father during the Open beats this commercial like a French leg.

Heck, Tiger juggling the golf ball on his wedge beats it.

 

[broadway joe]

Fabulous commercial. Ranks among the best that Nike has ever done.

 

[JR]

I don't care if he's Marvin Gaye, singing the anthem is not about YOU. We don't want a soul anthem, a country anthem, a R&B or a hip hop anthem.

Just sing the damn thing in a minute and get off the damn floor/turf/ice.

That goes for O Canada.

Nothing terribly creative about the commercial

 

[mustangj17]

I don't care if he's Marvin Gaye, singing the anthem is not about YOU. We don't want a soul anthem, a country anthem, a R&B or a hip hop anthem.

Just sing the damn thing in a minute and get off the damn floor/turf/ice.

That goes for O Canada.

Nothing terribly creative about the commercial

Agreed. And where was Tay-Tay didn't even see him in the commercial?

 

[Big Circus]

Yeah, wasn't that impressed with the commercial. To be honest, I like the one they've been showing with all the athlete clips backed by that Killers song a lot more. Even if they had to use the ****ing lamest line in the song ("I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier") it's still pretty good.

 

[imjustagirl]

That was 2 1/2 minutes I'll never get back.

Oooh practice video over a REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY long and overrated version of the anthem? No thanks.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Marvin was the only innovator
But nothing can compare
Nothing can compare ...

... When Carl Lewis sings

When Carl Lewis sings, I hear violins
When Carl Lewis sings, I forget everything.

 

[bp6316]

It's much cooler if you know the backstory of Coach K playing this song to inspire the crew recently and their reaction to that. They had a piece about it on sportscenter or one of the other shows recently.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Kinda hated it.

Not a big fan of that version of the anthem, or any version in which the singer turns it into a remix. And the basketball footage was nothing special.

Just didn't work for me.

Agree 100%.

I don't care who you are or how big of a star you are, just sing the song the way it was ****ing written. It's not yours, it's the country's, so don't try and make it your own.

 

[imjustagirl]

Um, everyone makes it their own. It's supposed to be an uptempo song sung to the tune of a British drinking song.

WE have turned it into a drawn out production.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

FAIL!

 

[Big Circus]

Um, everyone makes it their own. It's supposed to be an uptempo song sung to the tune of a British drinking song.

WE have turned it into a drawn out production.

I had heard that before and forgotten it, so I went to go look up the original lyrics. Talk about an awkward song to sing.