Reply With QuoteYour absolutly right Brian. This is the perfect time to re-release this track especially as its pretty unknown to most. Lets hope something comes of it.
Apparently the following video is beginning to pick up momentum on various TV channels, including Sky Sports:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ld-Cup-ad.html
It could be an opportune time to re-release Elvis' version of this classic track. I have informed SONY (UK).
Brian
Last edited by Brian Quinn; 04-19-2010 at 08:03 AM.
Your absolutly right Brian. This is the perfect time to re-release this track especially as its pretty unknown to most. Lets hope something comes of it.
Brian
The Sun has unveiled its World Cup advertisement, featuring a minute-long rousing rendition of the Elvis hit ’If I Can Dream’, fronted by the paper’s football columnist and former England Manager Terry Venables.
The ad, which had been kept under wraps until Saturday, aired during ’Britain’s Got Talent’ and showed the star football pundit singing his heart out to the classic track. The ad was filmed at Wembley stadium and is backed by the 60 piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a full backing choir.
The paper’s other star football columnists Ian Wright and Harry Redknapp make guest appearances in the choir - as the three columnists became the Three Tenors. The ad wascreated by agency WCRS and Venables underwent several weeks of intense training with a professional vocal coach to enable him to perform the stirring gospel-inspired hit to a professional standard.
News International’s Rob Painter, who has led the campaign in his role as interim marketing director for The Sun, says: “This advert is just the start of a truly inspiring World Cup campaign from The Sun.
“When Terry Venables agreed to sing this rousing anthem we knew this was the start of something unique that only a brand like The Sun could convincingly deliver.
“With our advert standing alongside our outstanding editorial content, exciting digital activity and our best-in-class offers and promotions, The Sun is set to capture and ignite the mood of the nation like no other brand during this summer’s tournament. Who knows? Maybe, just maybe, 2010 might just be our year…”
The ad includes a second star appearing over the Three Lions England badge - something that the England team would add if it was successful in winning this summer’s tournament. The stars will remain a key feature of the paper’s campaign alongside the end-line ’Maybe, Just Maybe”, daring fans to back the England team and dream that 2010 might just be England’s year.
A series of TV ads will be complemented by a mix of Press, Posters, PR, DM, online advertising and social media, all as well as supporting exciting promotions and editorial features which will roll out over the next three months.
The campaign will be supported digitally with a Facebook hub featuring all kinds of exclusive content including behind the scenes footage of Terry’s journey as he goes through voice coaching and training to recording with the Royal Philharmonic through to the shooting of the ad itself. The online aspects of the campaign will be managed by Glue London and i-Level.
If the UK, still a superpower in every way, decides to choose this track for the world cup anthem, they'll be the envy of the world, no doubt!
all the goons I left behind,
memories still linger..
Another classic tune sullied by a tacky association with sport.
My only comfort is that it's too complex to catch on; British soccer fans don't have sufficient intelligence to memorize this one and sing it in the terraces.
And Terry Venables murders it in this version. He has about as much expression as Joan Rivers' forehead.
Terry Venables singin` "If I can dream"???..... my head hurts...I need to lie down.
If the concept alone hurts I don't recommend the experience.Originally Posted by SleepyJack
Terry Venables singin` "If I can dream"???..... my head hurts...I need to lie down.
Blasphemy in action, no less.
'Taking Care of Beaulieu'.
So...what will make it onto the album?? Hmmmm.....
1. "Your cheatin` heart" by John Terry.
2. "The Fool" by Ashley Cole.
3. "The Impossible Dream" by England World Cup Squad.
4. "Confidence" by Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard (Everly-style duet)
Any to add to that Tedster?
If you examine the lyrics to Song Of The Shrimp they actually relate more directly to the plight of the England team than If I Can Dream.
Not really... the little shrimp actually found the net!!!
My curiosity got the better of me.... I just watched it. Very Saturday night karaoke down the local pub.I`m numb now.
See how I set up your goal there?Not really... the little shrimp actually found the net!!!
Actually, I was referring more to the travel references, free rides, grand hotels and complete emotional dependance on their parents
Whatever one thinks of the Terry Venables version, if SONY re-releases the Elvis version as a single around the time of the World Cup it should be a big hit.
Brian
I can see your point... it would be a good way to promote the song and everything,and it might even be a big hit.... but,to my way of thinking,that would only be a "novelty" hit and wouldn`t really do Elvis any good.What I would prefer would be to see a good,strong single released for its own merits...there is already enough of the "novelty" factor surrounding the public image of Elvis... I don`t think Elvis` musical credibility will ever be increased when it is tied in to some large advertising campaign, it would just be another cheap,opportunistic attempt at making money. I`d love to see an Elvis single succeed in todays music charts because it is a great track and can stand alone without any gimmicks or any of the usual tacky rubbish surrounding it....and I think that is about the only way to even begin undoing all the harm that`s been done to Elvis` place in music history by all the cheapness and money-making schemes.
I agree- that's why this Venables monstrosity is such bad news, Jackie-boy. Any soccer tie-in is always going to be naff and place Elvis in a novelty context.
The year is 2010. Without a major boost e.g. duet, remix, or TV promotion (ALLC) etc. Elvis will not get played. SONY have already acknowledged this and that is why they have been waiting for the 'Viva Elvis' CD so they can evaluate suitable tracks for single release prior to the album debut.
Oh dear, I hope that is a 'tongue-in-cheek' comment. Otherwise it is an un-educated, ignorant one, not to mention insulting.
That aint tactics honey....that's just the beast in me.
Elvis PRESLEY:The most important, most influential artist of the 20th century. b. 8 Jan 1935, Mississippi, US, d. 16 Aug 1977. He holds, or has held, almost every chart-related record including perhaps the most important: more No.1s than any act in chart history.
Sony (UK) state they are not going to release Elvis' version of 'If I Can Dream' to coincide with the World Cup but if the Terry Venables version is a success they will monitor what they can do.
Brian
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