Nobody appreciates a good rant more than I do. Especially when it covers sports and music.
But music can be tricky. One person’s irritation is someone else's “that’s my jam!” Taste is completely, utterly subjective.
Take “Centerfield.” Overplayed? Sure. But every baseball team with a video board must play the video for the song -- not just the song -- before every game. There should be a rule for that.
Or “Jump Around.” Wisconsin Badger fans (myself included) will tell you it’s not just a song, it’s part of our lore – it’s become as much a part of the Camp Randall Stadium experience as the 5th Quarter.
Or “Seven Nation Army.” It IS a great song. An absolute classic. But, come to think of it, the best in-game version I ever heard was performed by the Cuba City (Wisconsin) High School pep band in 2005, so … yeah, um, wait, maybe it’s past its prime.
“Start Me Up” and “We Will Rock You” can and should be retired permanently -- not because they’re overplayed at sporting events, but because they’re overplayed EVERYWHERE. And, yeah, the master tapes/files for “Gangnam Style” should be deleted and/or shredded, burned to ashes, taken out back, and buried somewhere nobody will ever find them.
Let’s hope “Pump It Up” and “Blister in the Sun” – alternative/new wave touchstones that reached small audiences when released, but are somehow developing into big-arena sports anthems decades later – avoid the same fate.
Anyway, when I need to get fired up – REALLY fired up – there’s no substitute for this.
Rock on.
But music can be tricky. One person’s irritation is someone else's “that’s my jam!” Taste is completely, utterly subjective.
Take “Centerfield.” Overplayed? Sure. But every baseball team with a video board must play the video for the song -- not just the song -- before every game. There should be a rule for that.
Or “Jump Around.” Wisconsin Badger fans (myself included) will tell you it’s not just a song, it’s part of our lore – it’s become as much a part of the Camp Randall Stadium experience as the 5th Quarter.
Or “Seven Nation Army.” It IS a great song. An absolute classic. But, come to think of it, the best in-game version I ever heard was performed by the Cuba City (Wisconsin) High School pep band in 2005, so … yeah, um, wait, maybe it’s past its prime.
“Start Me Up” and “We Will Rock You” can and should be retired permanently -- not because they’re overplayed at sporting events, but because they’re overplayed EVERYWHERE. And, yeah, the master tapes/files for “Gangnam Style” should be deleted and/or shredded, burned to ashes, taken out back, and buried somewhere nobody will ever find them.
Let’s hope “Pump It Up” and “Blister in the Sun” – alternative/new wave touchstones that reached small audiences when released, but are somehow developing into big-arena sports anthems decades later – avoid the same fate.
Anyway, when I need to get fired up – REALLY fired up – there’s no substitute for this.
Rock on.
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