Back in October, on a Thursday night, I went down to Drexel to check out the US Open.
My friend Shad and I were sitting in the stands watching a match. It was in between games so we were chatting, probably discussing how you should never trust a man with two first names.
Now when they’re between games at the US Open, they play music to get the crowd pumped up. Sometimes they also play ads, which blare on the speakers and play on the giant video monitors all around the US Open facility.
Anyway Shad and I were talking and all of a sudden we both abruptly stopped our conversation to listen to a song that was playing in the arena. It had been playing in the background but we’d been ignoring it because it was probably a song or an ad or whatever.
We looked at each other, awestruck: “Is that a Squash Gear Song?” And it WAS a squash gear song. The song lyrics were clearly about squash gear, and the SquashGear.com logo was displayed on the giant video monitors.
But this wasn’t just a song, and it wasn’t just an ad.
It was a hip-hop-themed advertising jingle for Squash Gear.
Squash Gear is one of my affiliates, so I emailed Natalya to see if I could she could provide a copy of the song to share with you all. And she just did! So without further ado, here is the Squash Gear Song:
Now I’m not saying this song will clean up at the Grammys, and granted, there are some glaring errors in the squash facts presented in the song, leading me to conclude that the artist behind this jingle is not suffering from realness. However I think we can all agree this is far more entertaining than your average hip-hop-themed squash gear advertising jingle, and it deserves to be heard by more than just me and Shad.
My best stab at the lyrics
I know we all had a couple drinks into the late night
But I got the court reserved at 8 am, we playing right?
When my boys step in the function, everybody smells the fear
Fresher than a pillow with a mint, up in my squash gear
[chorus]
My squash gear, my squash gear, all the boys are decked out in my squash gear
My squash gear, my squash gear, all the boys are decked out in my squash gear
I rock, ain’t never sleeping
Asics got me on the ceiling
My serve ain’t Gaultier but my rally got the ladies screaming, just like
Squash gear, my squash gear, decked out in my squash gear
John (Holland) says
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Ohhh, Noo …. “we all had a couple drinks … got the court reserved at 8 am, we playing right?”
No you F****** don’t !!!!
Squash isn’t f***** bowling !!!
Are u out of u’re socks?