Posts Tagged ‘Ice skating’
Ice Dancing made fun
So with the 2010 Winter Olympics wrapping up last night, I thought I’d take a look back at one of the highlights of the games.
And before I begin, I readily admit that I did watch some of the ice dancing on television. Hey, the girls are generally hot and wearing skimpy outfits, so sue me.
The thing with most ice skating events is that the music tends to be really similar, generic stuff. The skating rink is not really the realm of risk-takers when it comes to musical choices.
That’s why I almost jumped out of my chair when I heard the opening notes to Great Britain brother-sister duo Sinead and John Kerr’s ice dance routine. You see, I’m a huge Linkin Park fan so I knew immediately that they had chosen “Krwlng” as their music. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the choice of Linkin Park was undeniably risky in such a setting, even drawing a remark from the commentators for the adventurous decision.
But you know what? It actually worked – really well. The song comes off the band’s Reanimation album, which is full of remixes, and the song features mainly electronic elements as opposed to guitars, lending a more ethereal tone to the song. There’s some screaming on there too, and I have to believe that caught more than a few audience members off guard.
Ice skating needs more people like the Kerrs who are brave enough to step outside the boundaries of traditional musical choices and embrace some newer ideas. I know it got me more interested in what I was watching.
Here’s a video of the Kerrs performing the routine back in January:
Also, after the jump I’ve included a hilarious Metallica-inspired re-imagining of Evgeni Plushenko’s routine from the Olympics.
