Lexus - John Legend - Nina Simone commercial
Summary: John Legend listens to Nina Simone in a Lexus.
Video:
None listed
Music in the commercial
Editor's note: Based on user feedback below, the version in the commercial is from Nina Simone's "The Great Show - Live in Paris 1968" album, which is linked in the second amazon listing above. As of May 2007, that album isn't in stock at amazon, so the iTunes link and first amazon link still point to another version that is available.
Lyrics used in the commercial
All you got to offer
Is your mean old white backlash
But the world is big
Big and bright and round
And it's full of folks like me
Who are black, yellow, beige and brown
Mr. backlash, I'm gonna leave you
With the blues
Description
Legend describes how the music makes him feel, and how the energy gains momentum. "She's not going to take it any more."
Text:
This is music you can see.
This is Lexus digital sound imaging, found only in the Mark Levinson system.
Credits
- Director: Peter Thwaites
Cast
- John Legend ... Himself
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Comments
The "Backlash Blues (2005 Remix)" at iTunes from Forever Young, Gifted and Black doesn't match the commercial either. For now I'm leaving the above iTunes and amazon links pointing to the version from The Very Best of Nina Simone.
the vocal pacing on the lexus commercial version is clearly very different then the Forever You... album on iTunes in the 2005 remix while both versions are similar we still have not found the Lexus Commercial version of Backlash Blues
http://www.boscarol.com/nina/html/album/lp_great.html
Happy listening
dcADscout, thanks. We now have a entry for the Elvis Costello ad. http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/973-Lexus-Elvis-Costello-Beethoven
raulzzz, "The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972 - Sugar in my bowl" is the album that we already have linked for both iTunes and amazon. It's a little different than what's used in the commercial.
rudebwai, thanks for the info about "Live in Paris". I have no way of confirming that is the song in the commercial, because Amazon doesn't have a sample, but I've added that album above.
http://www.myspace.com/backlashbluesparis
Cheers!
I'd suggest people listen to the The Live in Paris version that rudebwai included in the myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/backlashbluesparis
We have a winner with Live in Paris!












