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fidlerre
21 Jan 2004, 05:26 PM
My boss is making a "highlights" video for the local high school football team...
He asked me for some suggestions on songs to use as background music, anyone have any thoughts?
655321
21 Jan 2004, 06:09 PM
I suppose the most obvious would be "Doctorin' The Tardis" by the Timelords (might be filed under the KLF).
ESPN has put out an entire CD series called "Jock Jams" that have pretty much every song played at any arena anywhere in America.
skipshady
21 Jan 2004, 06:19 PM
If your boss feels like plagerizing, he can take the music they use on those NFL Films highlights (with or without John Facenda).
But please, for the love of Adu, do not use EMF's "Unbelievable".
655321
21 Jan 2004, 06:21 PM
And I think the use of that SmashMouth song ("Hey now, you're a rock star") is now a legally viable excuse for murder in any court of law.
Waingro
21 Jan 2004, 07:12 PM
At the Holiday Bowl luncheon this year they played highlight reels for both Texas and WSU. Texas' highlights began with a song that worked really well:
Linkin Park's "Faint". That song kicks ass...
oman
21 Jan 2004, 09:53 PM
If they had hair on their balls, they would use "We Had the Time of Our Lives".
Waingro
22 Jan 2004, 02:15 AM
Originally posted by oman
If they had hair on their balls, they would use "We Had the Time of Our Lives".
That's funny you bring it up, because the Texas highlight reel I mentioned above closed with that song by Green Day...
Excape Goat
22 Jan 2004, 04:42 AM
Eminem's "Lose Yourself".... not really a sport song, but it talked about being nervious, "One shot", etc.
sebakoole
22 Jan 2004, 07:53 AM
"Bed for the Scraping" by Fugazi. Not the whole song, just the part where he sings over and over "I don't want to be defeated". Nothing pumps me up for playing soccer more than this song.
Waingro
22 Jan 2004, 11:03 AM
Paul Oakenfold's "Ready, Steady, Go" remix
would be perfect. It was played during the chase scene in The Bourne Identity, among other places. You've probably heard it and just didn't know what it was. It should work great... I can email you the mp3 if you're interested...
sonicdream
22 Jan 2004, 11:23 AM
Then there's also the aptly named:
"The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme" by Colourbox.
dfb547490
22 Jan 2004, 01:11 PM
Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
billyireland
22 Jan 2004, 02:34 PM
What's the name of that song synonymous with the NFL? It's played nearly everytime there's a touchdown and (climaxes with the audience shouting "HEY!")?
Feeder "Just a day" is good - Irish posters that have seen RTE's late night WC2002 highlight video will know what I mean.
"Looks like it's the big toe area"
skipshady
22 Jan 2004, 02:53 PM
Originally posted by billyireland
What's the name of that song synonymous with the NFL? It's played nearly everytime there's a touchdown and (climaxes with the audience shouting "HEY!")?Gary Glitter's "Rock And Roll Part 2"?
655321
22 Jan 2004, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by billyireland
What's the name of that song synonymous with the NFL? It's played nearly everytime there's a touchdown and (climaxes with the audience shouting "HEY!")?
It's "Doctor In The Tardis" by the Timelords (the KLF), a remake of "Rock and Roll, Pt. 2".
spejic
22 Jan 2004, 05:06 PM
A good teamwork sounding song is Queen's "One Vision" (you have to edit a bit, because the song is actually about Jesus), although I much prefer the Laibach cover "Geburt Einer Nation" (although it is in German).
When the clock is running out, you can use the chorus of Europe's "Final Countdown", although again I prefer the Laibach cover.
If you want a fascist celebration of power, use Laibach's "Life is Life", which is far better than the hippie original by the Australian band Opus. (Of course you want a fascist celebration of power! As Clausewitz would have said if he saw the sport, "Football is the continuation of war by other means".)
Laibach is good for everything. People should get married to Laibach.
sebakoole
23 Jan 2004, 09:25 AM
Originally posted by spejic
If you want a fascist celebration of power, use Laibach's "Life is Life", which is far better than the hippie original by the Australian band Opus.
I knew my life was missing something. A fascist celebration of power. Now, where did I put all my brown shirts, hmm...
skipshady
23 Jan 2004, 11:03 AM
Originally posted by spejic
When the clock is running out, you can use the chorus of Europe's "Final Countdown", although again I prefer the Laibach cover. I always thought what really made Rocky, other than the joy of watching an undersized white guy win the hearts of America by beating up bigger, brutish black guys, was the music. The grandness of tracks like "Gonna Fly Now" and "Going The Distance" was the perfect complement to Rocky's working class sensibilities.
When they played those two songs at the NFC Championship game at Philadelphia, I got chills even though I was rooting against the Eagles.
sonicdream
23 Jan 2004, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by skipshady
I always thought what really made Rocky, other than the joy of watching an undersized white guy win the hearts of America by beating up bigger, brutish black guys, was the music. The grandness of tracks like "Gonna Fly Now" and "Going The Distance" was the perfect complement to Rocky's working class sensibilities.
When they played those two songs at the NFC Championship game at Philadelphia, I got chills even though I was rooting against the Eagles.
Correct assesment.
However, us who live around here constantly hear those tunes played to the death so it's no more inspirational than your average elevator tune.
Consider this - there has been no less than a *dozen* times musical bands open their show with the tune "Gonna Fly Now". Last one I recall was Belle & Sebastian. Even a small, lovable band like I am the World Trade Center opened up their Philly show with that bastardized tune....
spejic
23 Jan 2004, 05:20 PM
Originally posted by sebakoole
I knew my life was missing something. A fascist celebration of power. Now, where did I put all my brown shirts, hmm... Laibach isn't really fascist - just the opposite. They use fascist sounds and images for satire and subversively advocating their own political views (which may itself be another satire). The final stanza of "Life is Life" is a real twist on the rest of the song.
But football is closely associated with war. Remember that the NFL itself had ads a few years ago with the Edwin Starr song "War" where they took out the words "What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!" and just kept "War!" and the grunts. That sounds pretty fascist to me. (Oh, and the Laibach cover of "War" is just soooooo awesome. They totally turn the song on its head and 180° around.)