There's always one..The reason that the Tina Turner campaigns were so successful back in the day is because she was a massive super star at the peak of her popularity at the time, and it was basically unheard of for a current international big act to represent what is basically a small local brand back then.
Rehashing the Tina Turner campaigns now is just a blatant appeal to nostalgia, and in a sport which spends way to much of it's time reflecting back on the glory days of the past instead of looking forward to the future the last thing that the NRL needs is more attempts to cash in on nostalgia.
If the NRL was willing to spend the money that it'd take to get Tina Turner interested in doing another campaign they'd be better off spending a bit more and trying to get an artist/celebrity that is popular and relevant now instead, in other words instead of rehashing the old Tina Turner ads that will mainly target people that are already fans, they should try and find the new "Tina Turner" and create new ads that will appeal to younger people who aren't already fans.
There's always one..
And I bet you still complain the years that the NRL tries a new song..Yeah there is always one sensible person that's more concerned about where the NRL is heading than where it's been. . .
That is the problem though isn't it, there's only ever one, if there were more maybe the NRL wouldn't be stagnating and falling further and further behind the AFL.
Getting today's biggest pop star to sing a song isn't going to make people RL fans though.
The reason that the Tina Turner campaigns were so successful back in the day is because she was a massive super star at the peak of her popularity at the time, and it was basically unheard of for a current international big act to represent what is basically a small local brand back then.
Rehashing the Tina Turner campaigns now is just a blatant appeal to nostalgia, and in a sport which spends way to much of it's time reflecting back on the glory days of the past instead of looking forward to the future the last thing that the NRL needs is more attempts to cash in on nostalgia.
If the NRL was willing to spend the money that it'd take to get Tina Turner interested in doing another campaign they'd be better off spending a bit more and trying to get an artist/celebrity that is popular and relevant now instead, in other words instead of rehashing the old Tina Turner ads that will mainly target people that are already fans, they should try and find the new "Tina Turner" and create new ads that will appeal to younger people who aren't already fans.
I actually liked that one lolBring back Wes Carr - 'Feels Like Whoa'.
Can there be nostalgia for something no one remembers?
People love to hear what was successful, and when it is, you just stick to it.
Cricket has “cmon Aussie cmon” AFL has “up there Cazaly” the NFL have kept their Sunday night theme song forever, not sure why rugby league can’t just keep Simply the best as theirs, and change the clip every year.
The “Friday nights a great night for football” was a great lead up to the match too.
Bring back Wes Carr - 'Feels Like Whoa'.
Can there be nostalgia for something no one remembers?
The reason it failed in the first place is because basically nobody knew who he was to begin with.
See that was the difference between Tina Turner and pretty much every other campaign that the NRL has ever done, Wes Carr won a local talent show and was a tiny local act, at the time Tina Turner was e.g. the Beyonce of her time.
The fact that they could get Tina Turner to do it at all made it a massive deal at the time, but those times have long gone so it won't have any impact now except to make some old men like us feel all warm and fuzzy inside as it brings back some good memories.
Even though there's no Titans in the video?
Channel 9, the home of Rugby League lol
Personally I think its great to be reminded of a great campaign but would rather it be an NRL ad rather than Channel 9 trying to boost their coverage.
Channel 9, the home of Rugby League lol
Personally I think its great to be reminded of a great campaign but would rather it be an NRL ad rather than Channel 9 trying to boost their coverage.
Not really, the NRL campaign was always going to be centred on simply the best, ch9 in their typical lazy style have just piggybacked on it weeks before the NRL ad launch.Would have been a good get for the NRL but CH 9 beat them to the punch.