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Marvin Gaye + USA Basketball = Chills

Posted Aug 07, 2008 12:45PM By Brett Pollakoff (RSS feed)

Filed Under: NBA Videos, USA Basketball

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If you never watch any of NBC's 42 networks, I have a news flash for you: the Olympics start tomorrow. Yeah, who knew, right? Where's all the coverage? Well, in case you're just finding out about this now and need to get quickly pumped up for some USA Basketball, look no further than this new spot from Nike featuring Marvin Gaye's legendary performance of the National Anthem from the 1983 All-Star Game.

The video of Team USA isn't anything that spectacular, but the USA jerseys along with the amazing anthem rendition did it for me. And hey, let's give Nike a pat on the back, shall we? At least this is a bona fide ad for the shoe giant, unlike one of the company's more questionable attempts at putting their brand on the USA Basketball team.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-07-2008 @ 12:58PM

James! said...

Butchered it.

8-07-2008 @ 7:55PM

the other james said...

define butchered its soul but u wouldnt understand that kind of music

8-08-2008 @ 4:29AM

Lakergregg said...

I gotta say it, I'm a Lakers fan all my life and I remember the day this was done, and as a Lakers fan I've seen it at least a million and one times.
Besides Roseanne and Carl Lewis this really is the worst performance of the anthem I have ever seen.
I honestly don't get it when people rave about this performance.
The music, the beat, the delivery none of it worked together.
The guy was dead a year later thats the reason it gets so much love.
Terrible.
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.