It’s one of those times when the tone of Bob Costas’ voice doesn’t annoy me; when it’s drowning out the shit (some would call music) that they’re playing in Turin as each nation’s athletic delegation is introduced during the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Some 35,000+ people paid anywhere from $400 to $1000 a ticket to watch these ceremonies live and they’re being subjected to aural torture (no EC, that’s not an open invite to hijack this thread). I even feel more pity for First Lady Laura Bush than I normally do. Being married to the W is bad - being subjected to the crap I’m hearing at this very moment is inhuman.
At least back here in the States, the mute button is a mere thumb’s length away. I tell you this, if I was attending the ceremonies today in Italy, I’d probably be stealing the first pair of earmuffs I saw, hoping for a terror alert, running out to find that Sacred Shroud so I could stuff it into the arena’s loudspeakers or throwing the olympic torch into into the broadcast booth.
Who picked these tunes? Did the Italians get duped into hiring the programming directors of Z100 Morning Zoo radio? Did Rhino Records give the event’s organizers payola as an underhanded way of plugging their Disco Years boxed set? Did the DJ from my wedding finally get released from the hospital?
I feel like I’ve time warped back to Lake Placid for Christ’s sake. Let’s see, so far we have:[ol][li]Belgium introduced to Michael Jackson’s 'Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’[/li][li]Canada coming out to Chic’s ‘Good Times’[/li][li]Macedonia waving to the audience with Donna Summer’s ‘Hot Love’[/li][li]France entering the arena to ‘Relight My Fire’[/li][li]Japan & The UK’s entrance highlighted by the Bee Gee’s ‘You Should Be Dancing’ [/li][li]India boogie-ing on in to Lipps Inc’s ‘Funkytown’[/li][li]Norway introduced to The Buggle’s ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ Norway[/li][li]Netherlands coming out to Milk & Sugar All-Star’s ‘Love Is In The Air’[/li][li]Romania entering the arena to The Communard’s ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’[/li][li]Slovakia looking like they really are enjoying The Village People’s ‘YMCA’[/li][li]Taiwan highlighted by Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ [/li][li]Turkey strutting in to Barry White’s 'You’re the First, My Last My Everything’[/li][li]Uzbekistan entrance highlighted by ‘Disco Inferno’[/ol]In case you’re wondering; yes, I do take music too seriously - and am often guilty of hyperbole. Anyway, enough of this lame ranting…now on to the “Help” part of this submission. What I want from you Dopers is to:[/li]
Recommend some more appropriate (and less puke-worthy) songs for each nation’s delegation.
Take the ridiculous route or the more sublime, I don’t care. I just need to read some musical recommendations that will purge this awful playlist from my memory.
