Music at sports events

[Bourne Valley Saint]

Lord Coe was asked last night about the need to play rock music during one of the athletics finals last night and he didn't seem to think it was an issue. Well it is for me. Call me an old fart or something but why the f**k do we have to listen to rock/pop music blaring out when a sports spectacle is being performed/played in front of our eyes. The olympics are a world spectacle and do not need music or a deranged wannabee dj stirring up the crowd - is it not capable of creating it's own atmosphere?

 

It happened at the Johnstones Paint Trophy final when any attempt to get a song started was drowned out by some sh**e that is better suited to radio 1.

 

I went to the Heineken Cup Final in Paris a couple of years ago and despite the best efforts of the Biarritz band dressed immaculately in their Basque robes, they were no match for the blaring lyrics of Murder on the Dance Floor.

 

Do the organisers think that we are too thick to understand the speactacle in front of us, or incapable of creating our own pre-match atmosphere, so need some form of stimulation to ignite our brains? The 1976 Cup Final is memorable for the great atmosphere before and during the game - I can't remember pop music blaring out when Bobby Stokes netted our winner. The Rose Bowl is just as bad - 20 x 20 x 2000 decibels every time someone scores a run!

 

It's bad enough in restaurants or pubs when you can barely hold a conversation with the person sitting two feet away. What next - piped bagpipe music at next year's Open whilst Ernie Els is putting out for the Claret Jug?

 

Who decides on the music? How do they know what, if any, music we would like? None is my emphatic answer.

[Golden Balls]

 

Who decides on the music? How do they know what, if any, music we would like? None is my emphatic answer.

 

I tweeted Justin Gladdis a while ago who has a say in the music at SMS. I begged him not to play any goal music next season.

[Crazy Diamond]

I tweeted Justin Gladdis a while ago who has a say in the music at SMS. I begged him not to play any goal music next season.

 

Not sure how much say Justin would have in it - the media department used to plan all the music to the second. Don't know if they still do but that's how it was, and I believe they chose the goal music.

[ecuk268]

Went up to the Triathalon in Hyde Park on Tuesday. As well as being deafened by 3 helicopters overhead, they felt the need to blast out music the minute the commentary stopped.

 

Seems to be a growing trend. At least Test cricket hasn't succumbed.....yet.

[oldskoolsi]

At the Olympics taekwondo I sat next to a qualified taekwondo trainer and he said the must was the best thing that was going on, although it was the prelims and so, apparently there were not any good fights.

 

I don't know why it's there for all the events but I'd imagine for the minority sports it helps distract people from realising they have no clue what's going on, or that's it's really dull. It's worked for me.

[Ken Tone]

Lord Coe was asked last night about the need to play rock music during one of the athletics finals last night and he didn't seem to think it was an issue. Well it is for me. Call me an old fart or something but why the f**k do we have to listen to rock/pop music blaring out when a sports spectacle is being performed/played in front of our eyes. The olympics are a world spectacle and do not need music or a deranged wannabee dj stirring up the crowd - is it not capable of creating it's own atmosphere?

 

It happened at the Johnstones Paint Trophy final when any attempt to get a song started was drowned out by some sh**e that is better suited to radio 1.

 

I went to the Heineken Cup Final in Paris a couple of years ago and despite the best efforts of the Biarritz band dressed immaculately in their Basque robes, they were no match for the blaring lyrics of Murder on the Dance Floor.

 

Do the organisers think that we are too thick to understand the speactacle in front of us, or incapable of creating our own pre-match atmosphere, so need some form of stimulation to ignite our brains? The 1976 Cup Final is memorable for the great atmosphere before and during the game - I can't remember pop music blaring out when Bobby Stokes netted our winner. The Rose Bowl is just as bad - 20 x 20 x 2000 decibels every time someone scores a run!

 

It's bad enough in restaurants or pubs when you can barely hold a conversation with the person sitting two feet away. What next - piped bagpipe music at next year's Open whilst Ernie Els is putting out for the Claret Jug?

 

Who decides on the music? How do they know what, if any, music we would like? None is my emphatic answer.

 

 

Totally agree. Went to the Olympic park a couple of times this last week. They even pipe music all round the park, never mind in the venues. And at the hockey, if 'they' felt the crowd was a bit quiet they played a clip of "we will rock you" at full blast.

 

 

Why oh why oh why oh why ....

 

And by the way why we did have to have an American commentating in the athletics stadium ...not just with an American accent but with all those awful American sports commentatior habits ?

 

Grrrrr.