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Monday, 29 July 2024

Snapshots Spillover: More Olympic Sport Songs

Even with 20 tunes in this week's Snapshots, I couldn't cover all the different sporting events in the Olympic Games... so here are a few silver medals...

Townes Van Zandt - Talkin' Karate Blues

Ben Folds Five - Boxing

The Brazen Hussies - Climbing the Wall

The Beach Boys - Surfin'

The Wildwood - Swimming

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

Mickey & The Soul Generation - Football

Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting

Heartless Bastards - Marathon

Paul Robeson - Canoe Song

The Godz - Cross Country

Air Traffic - Shooting Star


Even then, I couldn't find all the sports. Perhaps you can help, if you know any songs about shot put, luge, curling, pentathlon, discus, et al...

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Just the humble witterings of a middle-aged music fan from the north of England. I don't claim these lists to be definitive, I haven't heard every record ever produced (though I have heard a good number of them), I don't believe my opinion to be any more valid than yours.

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