This is the American Anthem at its best in my opinion! Nike features a retro performance of the national anthem from Marvin Gaye mixed into recent images of the US Dream Team. The clip of Marvin Gaye singing comes from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles. This is one of Nike's Olympic commercials and it truly is the best version of the American Anthem I've ever heard!
Usher wants to play the leading role in a biopic of legendary singer Marvin Gaye.
He's no stranger to this role as he already played Marvin Gaye once before during a guest-appearance on U.S. television show American Dreams. He is now desperate to portray Gaye in a movie version of his life story.
He says, “I want to be the person who tells the story of Marvin Gaye because I understand the conflict he had as a man.”
It doesn't seem that he'll be the chosen one for this amazing role, there already is a film about Marvin Gaye’s life in production which stars Jesse L. Martin in the lead role.
Who would you prefer to see in a Marvin Gaye biopic?
Marvin Gaye was an amazing artist and I'm going to start posting a lot more about him. His music can really affect someone and this world doesn't have that many artists of this caliber anymore. "Mercy Mercy Me" is a song that everyone should keep on listening to and remember what we are all doing to our own home... planet earth. Let's start taking care of our home, it's about time, let's make a difference in 2008.
Ah, mercy, mercy me, Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no. Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south andeast.
Mercy, mercy me, Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no. Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas fish full of mercury,
Oh, mercy, mercy me. Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no, no. Radiation underground and in the sky; animals and birds who live near by are dying.
Oh, mercy, mercy me. Ah, things ain't what they used to be. What about this over crowded land? How much more abuse from man can she stand?
