The Jamaican Bobsled Team’s 8-Bit Music Video Is World Class
February 17, 2014 | Andy Cush
The very bad Jamaican bobsled team has a very good promotional video courtesy of their country’s tourism board and the legendary music producer Sidney Mills, who has worked with the likes of Steel Pulse and Boogie Down Productions. Set to a bouncy reggae-flavored tune by Mills, we see 8-bit versions of the team cruising down the track and celebrating victory as fans dance and cheer on a Jamaican beach. It’s really too bad the Jamaicans are in dead last place.
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