Olympic Soundtrack

NPR had an interesting interview yesterday with Mike Nakagawa about the music that gets played during the snowboarding events.  I only half pay attention to the olympics so I had no idea any sport other than figure skating got a musical accompaniment. 

What I thought was interesting was how the two genders broke down.  The men all leaned toward classic rock and really not a whole lot that is recent.  “Back in Black”, “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, “Kashmir”, and oddly enough “Rockin’ in the Free World” were all mentioned.

The women had a more diverse selection, with songs by the Black Eyes Peas, “Dominoes” by the Big Pink, and “How Bizarre” by OMC all being picked.  Rebecca Sinclair also picked “Eye of the Tiger” which I was sick of hearing at sporting events back in the 90s, but that’s my problem.  Nakagawa mentioned that Kelly Clark supplies her own Christian rock music.

The difference between the men’s picks and the women’s picks were interesting.  It seems like the women gave more thought into what they picked and maybe selected something that was meaningful to them while the guys just used the first song that came into their head.