Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this idea for a while now, you know, those killer entrance songs for football players? I finally decided to put my foot down and get it all sorted out. It was a bigger job than I thought, I’ll tell you that.
First thing, I spent a good chunk of time just brainstorming. I made a huge list of every song I could think of that had that pump-up vibe. My living room looked like a madman’s lair, papers everywhere, music blasting. My neighbors probably hate me now.
- Started with the classics, you know, the ones you always hear at games.
- Then I dug into some old-school hip-hop, the kind that makes you want to run through a brick wall.
- Even threw in some rock anthems for good measure.
After I had a mountain of songs, I started the painful process of elimination. This is where it got tricky. You gotta find that perfect balance, you know? Something that gets the crowd hyped but also fits the player’s personality. I spent hours, I mean hours, listening to each song, imagining the player running out, picturing the crowd going wild.
I even tried to match songs to specific players I know. It’s not easy to pick the perfect song for everyone. Like one player was known for his speed, so I thought something fast and intense would be perfect. Another was like a gentle giant, so I went with a more uplifting tune, like that one song about happy things from Tom Eames.
There was this one time, I was listening to “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits and this part came on where Mark Knopfler was just going to town on the guitar and I thought, whoa, this would be amazing. But then I had to get the image of these delivery guys out of my head, which is how he got inspired in the first place. This whole thing was like that, a lot of weird stuff popping into my head.
Finally, after days of this, I had my list. It’s not perfect, and I’m sure some people will disagree, but I’m pretty happy with it. It was a lot of work, but hey, someone’s gotta do it, right? And who knows, maybe one day I’ll hear one of my picks at a game. That would be pretty sweet.
And you know what else was a pain? Making sure these songs were actually okay to use. I had to look up stuff about FIFA 19. I don’t even know what that is but it’s some football game. I read about Bryan Adams, this guy who sings all these love songs, and some song about a woman. It was crazy, I fell down this weird rabbit hole of music facts.
I even stumbled upon this dark story about a rapper named Mo3 who was killed. Apparently, the guy who did it just got sentenced. That was a downer. Then there was something about a serial killer, which really freaked me out. I was just trying to find some good tunes, and I ended up reading about all this depressing stuff. Anyway, I got it done.
