gap commercial

[steelegreen]

who is in and sings the gap commercial covering supertramp song "give a little bit"

[andy hughes]

If it's the black guy with the acoustic guitar, it's Seal, who was a major world-wide star in the 80s, but has gone a bit quiet lately - maybe he's on his way back.

[Waterwolf]

Actually, Seal didn't become a star in his own right until the 90s. He had major hits in the UK with the singles off his self-titled 1991 debut, particularly 'Crazy'. But he's famous for taking long gaps between albums, and by the time he released his second (also self-titled) album in 1994, his popularity was waning here. It took an apperance on the 'Batman Forever' soundtrack to make the track 'Kiss From A Rose' a big hit, and Seal's third album, 1998's 'Human Being', raised barely a ripple in Britain. He remains popular in the States, though. http://www.sealfans.com reports that Seal has a new album, called 'Togetherland', provisionally due for release in February 2002. But I wouldn't expect it to set the UK charts alight

[Waterwolf]

Being, as I am, in blissful ignorance of most current adverts, I haven't seen the Gap ad on TV. But sealfans.com has two streamed versions of the ad, one with Seal on his own, the other with Seal, Alanis Morrisette, Macy Gray and Lou Reed -- all wearing sweaters.