There's a long tradition in American sports of athletes creating questionable music videos. The 1985 Chicago Bears gave us "The Super Bowl Shuffle", Shaquille O'Neal was guilty of several "classic" musical moments and sadly the sport of soccer hasn't been free of this kind of special kind of brilliance either.
MLS All-Stars battle it out with 1990 US World Team for worst rap video ever
If you’ve ever seen the 1990 rap video featuring the US World Cup team you know it’s bad. This year’s MLS All-Star team has followed in that “tradition” with a video of their own...and it’s as bad as you might expect, but that makes it great.
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Clint Dempsey had the infamous "Don't Tread" video and the 1990 US World Cup team participated in a song by Def Jef and DJ Eric Vaughan. I guess it was only a matter of time before MLS players joined this glorious fraternity and created a particularly bad video of their own.
The big difference though is that the All-Stars weren't trying to make a serious song. They were having fun and that makes the video great. Before I say anymore, check out the video as Funny or Die got together with Graham Zusi, Jack McInerney, Omar Gonzalez, Kyle Beckerman, Chris Wondolowski, Mike Magee and Brad Davis to give us, "We're Better than the Best".
Yes this video is terrible, yet it works because unlike the ‘90 World Cup video and Dempsey’s attempt at rapping, it’s meant to be a joke. They aren’t taking themselves seriously at all and that makes it fun and endearing.
They’re also clearly mocking previous rap attempts by athletes which just adds to the fun and genius.
That fact makes “We’re Better Than the Best” better than the rest because these guys weren’t trying to make a good music video, they were having fun and trying to make people laugh. It proves that athletes should always try to keep an element of humor when they delve into the musical world.
Just in case you’ve never seen the other “fantastic” moments in the history of American soccer fusing with music, here’s some more videos for your enjoyment.
You’re welcome. You can thank me later.
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