"Revolution"

"Revolution" will turn 50 later this year. The Nike ad happened 31 years ago.

We say "Fuck Nike commercials" generally speaking. But they didn't feel the same way between 1987 and 1992. It seemed like there was legit artistry involved in unifying people. Yes, everyone involved was selling stuff, but not in a manner that's anywhere close to egregiously blatant product placements in the past 10 years of rap videos.

Ultimately, Yoko was right...
https://www.rollingstone.com/sports/30-years-after-nikes-revolution-beatles-commercial-w468218



Every kid in our 2nd grade class knew "Revolution" because of this commercial. And honestly, it was a dope commercial. (If you were younger than 13 when the ad came out, you should be allowed to remember a commercial as "dope.")

Every kid in our 7th grade class knew "Instant Karma" for the same reason - because of a dope Nike commercial that was played on MTV a lot.

The version of the "Revolution" commercial that we remember does not seem to be anywhere on Youtube, but "Instant Karma" is there.

David Lynch commercials

Still searching for more excuses to use the "David Lynch" tag... http://www.openculture.com/2012/02/david_lynchs_surreal_commercials.html

Here's a good Playstation commercial he did a few years back...

This Is Serious

I've had this song stuck in my head all day, along with "Dangerous" by Busta Rhymes, for obvious reasons... These have to be the most adorable pills ever.

Fucking Hipsters

Inside of all of us is... FUNERAL BY THE ARCADE FIRE!! In stores NOW!

All You Need Is Fuck

I thought this was Death Cab which would have made me hate them more than I already do. I immediately felt it in my gut the second I first saw this Blackberry commercial they're playing like 400 times a day with an annoying "indie-rock" Juno-friendly cover of "All You Need Is Love" (with a different time signature than the original, probably because most modern "indie rock" bands don't know what the fuck 7/4 is). So whoever does marketing for Blackberry got some band called Daytona Lights to record it in the same style that Death Cab would have, which naturally makes me want to do myself in.

Here's the short version but the one they keep playing on TV is at least 60 seconds long. It feels like 10 minutes.

WTF

soooooooooooo confused