The Orange

I blogged yesterday about 5 songs that have become sporting anthems.

Which got me thinking about songs we’d like to hear at sports stadia.

Beck – Loser

What a great song.

What a great song to play for any Aussie sporting team.

Check it out here.

T-Rex et al – Get it On (Bang a Gong)

Think Tua and Cameron.

Bugger the posing.

Get it on. Bang a gong!

While the original is pretty good, Power Station’s 1980’s cover is the recommended version.  I should mention that Marc Bolan/T-Rex are responsible for some of the best songs that have been covered – Bauhaus Telegram Sam in particular.

Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk

Play it for the terraces around the world.

Just make sure your mum’s not at the ground.

Split Enz – I See Red

I’m sure it’s been done but what a great way to celebrate a cheating Aussie receiving a red card.

And we get our 20% Keeping it Kiwi quota too!

Korn – Blind

Perfect for those Aussie cricket umps!

I saw bits and pieces of various UK SuperLeague games last weekend.

You knew when a try was scored when Blur’s Song 2.

Sadly, it was all a little underwhelming.  10,000 pasty faced Poms sitting there being told to get their mojo out.  Woohoo indeed.

Don’t get me wrong.  Great, great song.  But when the crowd is struggling to get excited, it just doesn’t do justice to the song.

Which got me thinking about a list of sporting anthems that (to be fair) risk being over exposed, over used, and frankly a little over it.

So here’s the Orange’s list of over-used sporting anthems:

Gary Glitter – Rock and Roll – Part II

I bet you your next year’s wages or salary that most people wouldn’t know what I’m talking about.  Especially the yanks.

Yet it is now one of the most hackneyed over-played sporting anthems ever known to mankind (and the Americans too).

Here it is in all its Glam Glory:

And I bet you the same people who’ve got no idea of the song have got no idea of the Gary Glitter story.  Just as well eh!

Blur – Song 2

Woohoo.

See above.

Queen – We are the Champions

Yet again, something to cherish the first time it’s done but less so the zillionth time it’s done for a D Grade competition no one really cares about.

And what is it about sporting anthems sung by blokes with a dodgy story?

Gary Glitter – I’m the Leader of the Gang (I am)

And what is it with Gary Glitter?  Did he sit down and right songs to be sporting anthems?  I mean every time someone makes a comeback, we get “Hello, Hello, it’s Good to be Back“!

It must have had something to do with the admittedly endearingly repetitive choruses.

As does Leader of the Gang … “c’mon, c’mon”.  Think the Warriors at Mt Smart working their way out of their half.

And if you’ve checked out any of the Glitter videos, thank God for punk, rap, reggae and all the other form of music that rescued us from 1970’s glam.

How Bizarre

NZ gets an honorary mention through OMC’s “How Bizarre”.

It was a brilliant use of a pop song – I remember it being used in NFL games.

Problem was, it pissed off the officials who didn’t need to be reminded about their strange officiating.

I wonder if the Aussie umps get their own song played when they walk out onto the park?

[I was tempted to go for Queen's We Will Rock You but needed a 20% NZ quota!]

Edit:

I’m not the first to have thought of this!

http://au.askmen.com/top_10/fitness_60/67_fitness_list.html

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/417227/616197