track & field songs

[dl]

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Track Star sucks (and no I didn't see them just because of their name).

[Jon]

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Some songs where specific athletes are mentioned:

"Oh yeah" by Foxy Brown:
"When Fox come through she have a gun in the place
I'm like Marion Jones, what, who the f*ck wan' race?"



"Shine" by Aswad:
"Linford Christle, say nobody alive can catch me
Moving like lightning with enough energy
Shine, shine your light, yes we're badder than bad
Shine, shine your light, yes we're badder than bad
Him a floating like a butterfly, the hurdling man
Yes, me a chat about Colin Jackson "



"100 Miles and Running" by Dr Dre:
"Archin' my back and on a straight rough. Just like Carl Lewis I’m ballin' the fuck out"


"Funky Child" by Lords of the Underground:
"I hurdle over rappers just like Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Watch me flip the script,"



"Get off the Corner" by Lil' Wayne:
"One time they say what you mean, I gets the green
Break up the block like Maurice Green, ya feel me?"



"Thievz Theme" by Pace Won
"with funds I'ma stick 'em and run like Jackie Joyner-Kersee,"



"And in This Corner" by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince:
"I'm def cause I just transformed it like jeff does Fast like flo jo"

[trackstar]

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And of course, "Baby Got Back" mentions Flo-Jo by name.

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Anyone got the words to the Dianabol Blues from the movie "Personal Best"

Here's a song for the skinnys

Iron Maiden
The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner Lyrics:The tough of the track
With the wind
And the rain that’s beating down on your back
Your heart’s beating loud
And goes on getting louder
And goes on even more ’til the
Sound is ringing in your head
With ebery step you tread
And every breath you take
Determination
Makes you run never stop
Got to win got to run ’til you drop
Keep the pace hold the race
Your mind is getting clearer
You’re over half way there
But the miles they never seem to end
As if you’re in a dream
Not getting anywhere
It seems so futile

Run on and on
Run on and on
The lonliness of the long distance runner

I’ve got to keep running the course
I’ve got to keep running and win at all costs
I’ve got to keep going be strong
Must be so determined and push myself on

Run over stiles across fields
Turn to look at who’s on your heels
Way ahead of the field
The line is getting nearer but do
You want the glory that goes
You reach the final stretch
Ideals sre just a trace
You feel like throwing the race
It’s all so futile

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A favorite college pre-race psych-up was Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell". It captures the feeling well.

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How about the song "Run" from Collective Soul?

Are these times contagious
I've never been this bored before
Is this the prize I've waited for
Now as the hours passing
There's nothing left here to insure
I long to find a messenger

Have I got a long way to run
Yeah, I run

Is there a cure among us
From this processed sanity
I weaken with each voice that sings
In this world of purchase
I'm going to buy back memories
To awaken some old qualities

Have I got a long way to run
Yeah, I run

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I think Manfred Mann's hit was "Runner in the Night", and may have been written by Springsteen?
Supposedly Midnight Oil's lead singer (about 6-5 tall) was a 3:50 - 1500 runner.

[gh]

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>Triple Jump: the Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack
>Flash">>

Actually, Willie Banks's headphones song of choice (and he was, after all, the man who pretty much invented crowd involvement with the field events) was indeed the Stones, but it was "Start Me Up."

<<If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop

You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up.........>>

[Jon]

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>Actually, Willie Banks's
>headphones song of choice was indeed the
>Stones


If I remember correctly, the guys who were commentating at the 88 US trials said that Willie Banks listens to Whitney Houston... (quite eclectic taste: Whitney + The Stones!)

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Bob Seagers "Runnin against the wind"

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One of my turns (The Wall, Pink Floyd)

.....Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?

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can't leave out "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"

[hammer forever]

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Why does Randy from his September 17th posting and many others perpetuate the colloquial reference to the 16 lb. hammer implement, which consists of a ball, a 3' long thin WIRE, and a triangular handle, as ball and "chain"?
In unrelated pet peeves, it is not Grand Central STATION but Grand Central TERMINAL. A station is a mid point, where trains go either direction. The building on Park Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City has on all its official literature and carved in marble over the entrance the correct term- Terminal!
And I see many mistakes with useage of "complement" and "compliment".
To return the discussion back to track and field, I would be grateful for any advise on housing for the Athens Olympic Games. Does anyone know if the neighborhoods around the stadium, "Marousi" or "Kifissia", would be likely places for reasonable housing?

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stick to the subject !!

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In the 1980 movie about multi eventer lesbians trying out for the olympics, there was a song
" Dianabol, why do we need it at all" I think its called the dianabol blues.