Our friends at Chances With Wolves radio show reminded me of this Marvin Gaye cover version of the Star Spangled Banner. Last year, Nike created a commercial spot to honor Team USA representing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics — Kobe, Le Bron, and J-Kidd are beautifully edited in. You can count on Nike to create substantial, inspiring, and uplifting advertisements — and this is one of their best.
To see the original version (the night Marvin sang this at the 1983 NBA All Star Game), go here: Marvin/NBA/1983. This recording is definitely worth a watch simply because you could feel the intoxicating energy from the crowd on the night Marvin made sports history with this track.
J
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Love the guys at Chances With Wolves. We documented those guys a few times. Also check out this video I did mixing the same Marvin Gay performance and Raphael Saadiq’s warmup routine.
http://blog.thenewpop.com/2009/07/24/anthem/