1987 - Nike - Revolution

[bluegrassreb1]

LONG LIVE THE BEATLES

[crabapple1776]

That's Sabonis at :05 and :36, right?

[nilajalove]

I see people are still engaged in the God-Like worship of the original pop band, lol! I remember in 1987 when this commercial came out and was quickly taken off the air as if some sacrilege had been committed. I was just a kid then but it's still a dumb issue today. If Paul felt so strongly about his works, why didn't he out-bid his competitor? He was certainly FAR wealthier at the time! And please, you can't be the greatest SELLING artists of all time and NOT play the corporate game. Grow up!

[MrBurgundy76]

Oh please GTFO with the commericialism complaints the beatles were the fuckin highest selling group of all time and appeared in many movies and did a commericial for cigarettes for Christ sake

[Wymiar1]

0:52

those were the golden age.....

[JBAWAKZ]

I think it was a good idea to use this song in a commercial . The only thing this commercial is doing is making John Lennon / The Beatles more famous. I see nothing wrong with it.

[kanistre]

Hmm. Sorry; I just don't think Lennon was thinking about a pair of crappy fucking shoes when he wrote this song. He was 7 years dead when this commercial came out...and Yoko was (and still is) a complete asshole.

[jivetome]

wow whats with all these fucking haters on this video? its a good commercial get over it.. >_>..

[oHelmslyo]

Thank you Nike for reducing a great song and its message to a new pair of shoes. I suppose it was cool to have it in a commercial in the late 80's for a change, but having a song like "Revolution" in this ad seemingly attempts to cheapen it and rob it of its edge.

[LMCEFC]

I think that it generally reflects that at the time (and arguably still today) Nike was one of the most forward thinking and revolutionary companies that the world had ever seen. The advert itself is brilliant and is one of the best for a company/product etc ever made, the song makes it 10x better, and doesn't really lose any credibility at all in all fairness.

[Blendeture]

Michael Jackson sucks, Yoko Ono Sucks. They never wrote any songs a billionth as good as this one.

[RobNike76]

If you're going to slam Nike, you better slam EVERY SINGLE OTHER SHOE COMPANY as well because unless you have seen some that say 'made in the USA' on them, guess what....THEY'RE NOT! That goes for Reebok, adidas, New Balance, Asics....the list goes on and on. Get a fucking clue people! Or go barefoot.

[LMCEFC]

The majority of New Balance shoes are made in England, America, Canda and Japan

[Cairoram]

Not a brilliant video.

Revolution is not about corporate companies selling overpriced shoes

[hphater]

damn right

[tmacblue22]

yeah well michael jackson outbid paul mccartney for the rights to the beatles music so paul couldn't really do much could he?

[OurBoyJake]

fuck mj

[Alb3rt207]

Paul McCartney was pretty pissed abut this ad and said that a song like Revolution is about a revolution and not a new pair of sneakers.

[Prix21]

this same year the remaining beatles sued Nike and Capitol Records

[K4TEK4NE]

No the facts before you talk about the shoes being manufactured in swear shops! Did you ever go to the factory and see for yourself?

[MeTaLLiCaT8282]

Well, I understand where everybody's coming from. But, at the same time, it gives the artists more money to get the resources to enable them to make the music they want to make. Think of it not as making music to make money, but rather making money to make music!

[StudentCambodia]

Nike sucks - Sooman Rokah

[blupita08]

if John Lennon ever saw this commercial, he would've been pissed.

they are using a song that is about ending fighting ,and stupid Nike uses it in their commercial for shoes!

[Dreadedraven]

Yeah, shoes produced in sweatshops. Not only is it a misuse of this song it almost mocks the people behind it. Lennon would have been pissed alright.

[hphater]

Children+Shoes=Sweatshops

[risimas101]

@blupita08 he did and the beatles sued nike and capital records!

[mbeckchs]

@risimas101 Good try but the beatles didnt sue Nike, Apple Records did. Also, John Lennon couldnt have been pissed off because he wasnt alive to see the commercial. His wife (who was a shareholder and director of Apple) even supported Nike using Lennon's song in the commercial and let Nike use another John Lennon song in a later commercial.

[ryanskatesbath]

Moron. It has nothing to do with that. Clearly, Nike is using the song to state that they are bringing a "Revolution" to footwear.

[Wast3dYouth027]

fuck nike jackso and yoko

[CaptainSiberia]

Thanks for bringing this controversial piece of history to YouTube. Shows you can't cheapen things.

Wasn't it a car company a while back who was using Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers"? Same concept.

But when Dell used The 13th Floor Elevators, that was just cool.

[SpamNapkin]

"Songs like Revolution don't mean a pair of sneakers, they mean Revolution."

- Paul McCartney

[TheBronx123]

exactly! thats what i said. revolution is about ending war with peace instead of guns. NOT about shoes.

[PussyTumor]

That doesn't mean it can't be in a shoe commercial. I love this song and I also love shoes... especially when it's cold outside.

Right on, Beatles! =D