James Brown – Moby-esque cross-media overexposure
Ahhhhhh! (Or should that be “oooowww!”) The joys of summer, the smack of leather on willow, the strawberries, the cream, Wimbledon. But what?s that I hear? It seems the boys in the backroom at the BBC have been having a light-hearted fiddle with their editing equipment. Bless them – they?ve put together a series of amusing out-takes and pratfalls from various sportsmen (and women).
Look! There?s a pigeon on the playing field!
Look, look! Rain stops play!
Now this is good, there are some spectators in Union Jack wigs! Ha ha!
Tim Henman misses a shot, but does the splits!
But best of all, it?s all soundtracked by “I Feel Good” by James Fucking Brown. It puts me in mind of that other hilarious montage of sports stars falling over, accompanied by “Get Up” that I saw yesterday.
What?s on the other channel? Oh it?s a tea-bag advert with those crazy chimps – well bugger me, if they aren?t playing “Papa?s Got a Brand New Bag”. Post-production must be a very incestuous but literal-minded world, mustn?t it? It is not hard to imagine how it happens?
[Fade to:]
Somewhere in Soho, various people in garish YSL shirts and big glasses sit round a glass table. One young hipster is up at the flip-chart mocking out a story-board for an Indian spices ad.
Ad exec 1: Anyway guys, those are the rushes of the first execution of the Schwartz campaign. For the background music, I thought we?d have “I feel good” with the line about “sugar and spice”?
Ad Exec 2: Excellent work Barni! Puts me in mind of that wicked campaign for Slumberland with “Get Up” as the background music. (Continue ad nauseum).