One Bank!

  •  November 7, 2006

This may very well be one of the most unintentionally funny video clips I’ve ever seen.


Seriously. I wasn’t even the one up there getting all emotional about a bank merger and I felt embarrassed.

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  • http://Array Steve

    Yeah it was hugely stupid. But, that guy’s voice is pretty good, and the musianship is pretty good. I agree with the last comment. Give ‘em some credit. Plus, this could be huge in the viral world. I never knew BofA and MBNA had become one.

  • Chukkee

    Come on now…

    Cut the cat some slack, y’all. It takes a lot o’ brass to git up and do yer thang. It takes a little more to git up and do it with a lil’ mocksey. Yeah I know… it’s BofA, it’s big bidness, it’s “the enemy”, it’s f_ckin’ brain-deadening sappy as all get-out, but still… he had to be somewhat of a U2 fan at some point; so it caint all be bad…right? Right?

  • Jen

    thanks, rob. now i feel icky and need a shower.

  • http://vdvfamily.com/ Sphagnum

    HAHAHAHA!!!!! I can’t believe how embarrased I would have been just to have been in that crowd knowing he represented me in some way……

  • http://thirdlinecreative.com/ James

    I really have to raise this issue…because so far, no one has. This video clip is disgusting, it should never have been done and (in my opinion) has pissed off a lot of people. It’s a (half-assed) parody (that’s probably violating copyrights) of a great song by one of the best rock bands in the world…which happens to have arguably the most loyal fanbase in history…that really doesn’t appreciate a video like this (which is bad enough in itself) being connected with a world-class brand (BOA). Whether you agree with this or not (if you don’t…you probably get your paycheck from boa, you must recognize that this was NOT a good idea…cute, maybe…creative, not really…but NOT good for boa’s brand. I really mean no offense…just my gut reaction:)

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd
  • http://www.vocalabs.com/ RR

    For whatever its worth, I’m responsible for the dissemination of an ongoing customer satisfaction study comparing the major banks head to head, and over the last 18 months Citibank and BoA have been in a race to see which provides the worst service. BoA is usually the champ.

  • Ed Perry

    Makes me want to stop on the way home tonight and sing a serenade to a BofA machine. If they get enough cam clips, they’ll turn it into a movie.

  • KPB

    Does anyone besides me think he looks EXACTLY like what I expect a banker to look like?

  • mrclarke

    sick corporate behavior.

    “of the Japanese style too.”

    now i know why i don’t use that bank,

    ugh!

  • http://www.thelizlibrary.org/ Elizabeth Kates

    This is one of the most ridiculous displays of emotion and misdirected talent I’ve ever seen. Meanwhile, as a customer of both MBNA and Bank of America, this latest takeover by Bank of America of yet another institution with better customer service and rates is a depressing loss of choice and diversity for consumers. Bank of America has gobbled up far too many small institutions over the past decade. I am moving my former MBNA business elsewhere.

  • one music teacher

    It’s actually rather creative. And yes, it takes guts to get up in front of one’s peers and sing

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    You might enjoy this one.

  • http://anthroblogogy.blogspot.com/ DirtCrashr

    So if I go to work at BofA I can pretend I’m Bono? Do I get to sing the phone-machine ditties??

  • http://www.houfeldenkrais.com/ divamover

    This would have been extra-special with interpretive dance added.

  • Pedroman

    Oh, man…. oh, man….

    He’s not that bad, but I wonder what Simon Cowell would say!

  • wtf

    ummm…hate to rain on parades or burst bubbles, but this was a nicely produced viral advertising spot. At least three cameras, flawless guitar, good vocals and lyrics…how many business meetings have three cameras set up?

  • BBQ Bill

    Guy carries a tune well. Excellent delivery.
    I really don’t don’t give a rat’s patoot about the subject matter of this song–this man’s a damn good singer.

  • survived Kool-aid detox myself

    Yes he drank the kool-aid desperately… yes he and the guitarist look exactly like stereotypical bankers…heads have to have rolled for this one, tragically….yes he can sing darn well, too bad he wasted it (and all his dignity) on such soulless content…Thank God there is more than this to live for, but it’s really scary to see people who honestly don’t seem to know that.

  • http://www.red-bean.com/kfogel Karl Fogel

    I’m not so sure that was “unintentionally” funny — seemed like those guys knew exactly what they were doing. And they were good, too!

  • John

    This dude can sing and he has a CD out too!!! Nice job man!

    http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ethan

  • Bruce

    1) He’s got a good voice

    2) Which leads me to suspect that this is a VIRAL marketing campaign.

  • John Dellinger

    I didn’t think it was very funny. They used to call this type of guy a “screw” because he would screw everyone to get ahead. I didn’t need a shower, but I wish I worn a Depends. It’s a freakin’ bank, man, just a freakin’ bank.

  • Bob

    Great Song wonderful singer and outstanding guitar playing. It was so good it’s the hottest video on Yahoo.com, they did a piece on it and has over 169,000 views. Pretty cool check it out

  • http://dolfzone.blogspot.com/ Dolf M

    Where did the video go? I watched part of it a few days and didn’t finish! It was hilarious… Did they make you take it down? Later, Dolf

  • http://www.beer.com/beer.com-Content_C-trackerFrame_trackerframe.html?type= Seriously

    At least he has pride in what he does. How many of you hate your jobs? Think of the last time you were exited about something. Doesn’t sound like it is often.

  • dave coulter

    just remember that Bank of America was taken over by Nations Bank (NCNB) back in 1998. It is a shame what they have done to all the institutions they took over….corporate greed at its finest!!

  • Molly

    I want to know what they washed their brains with. It would surely get the soap scum off my shower. This was not funny, it scared the heck out of me.

  • ZackJack

    That was the most amazing video I have ever seen. Down with U2, and up with those guys! It wasn’t that these guys knew what they were doing; it was that they knew precisely what they were doing. And you are darn tootin’ right they got promotions. The only way that video could have been better is if at the end those guys ripped off their banker outfits to reveal superhero suits underneath, and then flying drop kicked the camera.

  • Hazz

    Christ! I didn’t think you could lose your soul to an evil company to this degree… I don’t remember anyone doing anything this gay for Hitler…

  • pistol

    It would have been great if he got fired at the end.

  • http://www.whitecomb.com/ Matt

    wa wa we wa! very nice…

  • Jay Ost

    You have to admit though…that guy can SING.

  • Still Laughing

    Folks, this was funny. Stop acting like you are above having fun and showing off. Yes, this was a conference…and yes the big wigs were there…but this guy will get the next promotion because he was willing to do what the big wigs probably told them they needed to do, to some degree. A song or a speech, this man got his point across and his bosses probably appreciated the passion! But it was funny as heck at the same time.

  • http://www.defunctlife.com/ Justin Frydman

    Wow,

    Corporate culture has really gone to shit. On another note though, that guy actually has a good voice. For a banker.

  • Dork-bobba

    Difficult to stomach but he still got a standing ovation. My guess is there must have been a high ranking, corporate officer in the room. I haven’t heard anything so heinous since the first time I heard an elevator-music version of Whole Lotta Love playing over my insurance company’s intercom system. :-þ

  • Vandal

    that guy has nice man boobs

  • http://www.wyzguys.com/ WyzGuy

    Yikes – he drank the kool-aid. Way too much kool-aid. If he’s hoping for a promotion over this, I hope his manager is gay.

  • jimmy james

    David Brent lives.

  • optimist

    I think it’s awesome. I’m sure those guys are well aware how funny this is.

  • Crusty

    Had me pissing all over myself. I’ve got my job app just about finished…

  • geoff

    Sadly, the rest of the world doesn’t have BoA as yet, but we will strive to be worthy of the magnificent concepts enshrined within this song.
    With humility and reverence I recorded the audio track and can offer a bootleg copy to all fans of this inspired talented artist.

  • charles

    Hey, I like the guy and his message. Having worked for McDonald’s while in grad school and realizing how important internalizing the corporate culture is to success of any business, the chap made a great contribution to morale at BoA. Remember his audience is full of believers who already subscribe to the BoA way. Decades after my stint at the gold arch I still remember that a McDonald’s man —–(insert corporate value here)

  • clairedog

    Scary corporate lemmings do a Bob Roberts…ug…how can any of us sleep now? I also need a shower.

  • Dee

    “When good hippies go bad.”

    (Is he saying, “One bank, one con?”)

  • Rose

    That was beautiful-almost a religious experience. In fact, and perhaps creepiest of all, it really kinda felt like a Christian worship song towards the end. I was kind of waiting for the upraised hands and onset of glossolalia.

  • jm

    In the words of Flavor Flav…
    “Wooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww!!!!!”

  • ejc

    Nice viral marketing

  • electnixon

    Is this song available on iTunes yet?

  • http://www.willisms.com/ Zsa Zsa

    Uh oh!… HA ha ha ha. Bless his heart, he really was into it. OH my gosh that is too funny! Ha…

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    Let’s get down and boogie woogie woogie woogie!

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