If you've been watching the basketball coverage of the games, you've probably seen that Nike commercial with Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem interspersed with clips of the Redeem Team trying to live up to the hype. Having never seen the original performance, I thought, "sick beat and dramatic. Good job, Nike."
Then, I came across this:
The drum machine. The screams in the audience. All Marvin.
It's a huge hype, the idea of the local band. Usually, I only find out about local bands after they get huge and I hear them say, "I grew up in the dirty projects of Los Angeles," on MTV. Even if someone says they're from LA, they're usually from some shithole part of LA - like Upland or something. I Wiki-ed the Great Northern but found minimal information about their exact birth place. I digress.
So the Great Northern. The guy on Indie 103.1 told me I'd hear them on commercials more. As soon as he said that, I liked them a little less. They do sound like they'd be on a fucking toothpaste or Dentine Ice commercial.
I'll choose to like them for the next day or so. I might change my mind tomorrow, but as of today, I'll forget about that whole commercial comment and go back to my initial opinion that they sound like Death Cab with a little bit of Savage Garden with a chick. Like I said, I'll like them for the next day or so.
On a side note, why are the Olympics so goddamn addicting? I never cared so much about synchronized diving.
Yo. Enoch claims I spend too much time wasting time on Youtube. But come on. You gotta love it when it keeps on keeping you mesmerized with the same shit, better and awesomer.
