Admittedly, I know very little about the World Cup-- but I can't help but be fascinated with it. It is the one event in this world that brings every nation together.
The commercials for it are amazing. The Super Bowl gets a lot of hype for their commercials, but they are just kitschy and completely consumer based (and, this year, pretty awful) . World Cup commercials strive for a little more. And, yes, I understand they are still commercials and thus, in some way, still selling something. I appreciate them, though, because they don't sacrifice creativity while doing it. They are inspiring, creative, and capture the excitement attached to these games.
"Wavin' Flag" is probably my favorite commercial so far. According to YouTube, this video has been watched 226,106 times at the time of this post. 36 of those views were me. They used this song in a charity compliation for Haiti. The song is truly beautiful.
Pepsi drafted Akon to be part of their commercial. "Oh, Africa" is a fun little commercial. It even makes me think Akon is redeemable as a performer.
Oh... and click here if you want to see Snoop Dogg with a light-saber. It is an old Adidas World Cup commercial that uses the classic Star Wars "Cantina scene." [credit to Graham for the find]
good links all around..however the wavin flag commercial is amazing. anything with mandela=tears..but good ones :)
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