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Largehearted Boy found this 8/19/2008 on www.pastemagazine.com [flag]
Mavin_Gaye_Nike_Commerical.jpg Since the advent of the DVR, sports are about the only thing I watch live on TV. So the Olympic Games have reintroduced me to the TV commercial, something I've managed to avoid outside of college football season and the occasional Braves game. And the quality of music has been a pleasant surprise (even a crappy beer like Bud Light—or Bud Light Lime—has the sense ... [link]

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Published 8/19/2008 by david (boy@largeheartedboy.com) at Largehearted Boy
... Paste lists the best songs in commercials during the Olympics. ReadWriteWeb considers what the perfect streaming music service would look like. Stream the new Brian Eno & David Byrne album, Everything That Happens Will ...

10 Best Songs In Commercials During Olympics
Published 8/19/2008 by Steve Henderson at AbsolutePunk.net - News
... Here is a list of the 10 best songs featured in commercials during the Olympics. Any others that should be added?

10 Best Songs in Commercials During The Olympics
Published 8/19/2008 at OH NO!!
... until I saw this ad... 1. Marvin Gaye - Star Spangled Banner - Nike Abu Ghraib tempered my patriotism. Time and Michael Phelps have helped revive it. But only Nike has so adeptly taken advantage of it. Also an honorable mention goes out to Liberty Mutual's use of Hem's "Half Acre." The ad is about a year old, but I never tire of Hem interrupting my regularly scheduled programming. So, what great music have you been hearing in commercials lately? Source

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