Impossible Task

So I am officially a coach for Isaac's hockey team although this year that is a pretty limited and overstated title. More than anything I am the stats guy and I have the credentials to go onto the ice for the practices so I get the title of being coach without really doing much at all.

Anyways, each player, and coach, on the team was given the opportunity to put forth two songs that they wanted to have as music that would be played in the dressing room before games. This is where the title "Impossible Task" comes into play. How does one go about suggesting only two songs? I have a whole playlist that could take a few hours of music to suggest but I had to limit it to just two and so I'll share with you my logic.

First, I wanted the songs to be lyrically clean and not enjoying the vanities of life such as sex, money, drinking and the like that so many songs revolve around today. I also wanted the lyrics to have no need for bleeps or pauses for when the multiple swears would be blanked out cause I don't think this really detracts from the whole enjoyment experience.

Second, for warm up music you want something that will get your blood pumping! You don't need any love songs or any slow intro's or anything, the song has to get going and quick! There are some great songs that fit into those sleeper categories but save them for a hot date or to fall asleep to, not for the hockey dressing room.

Thirdly, I guess I wanted something that was something new that you didn't always listen to but that still fit especially with my second point. I'm pretty sick of what's  on the radio and I think the kids need to know there is something better out there than Rhianna! (I'm not sorry if I offended you by that statement!)

Lastly, I know that the whole team sees me as "the minister" and so I wondered how my music choices would reflect that. Did I want to be surprising to them and pick something they didn't predict or did I want to stick with the remixed version of Kumbaya?

Well here are the two songs that I chose along with the write up of what I gave to our hockey team organizer as descriptions of my choices.

Ok, so here are my two songs that I get to pick. This was tough to narrow it down to 2 songs but here she goes:

1. From the sweet era of the 70’s comes a great victory song. I hope the kids will love to jam out to something that doesn’t make the radio anymore but that should go down as a forever loved classic. I won’t name it for you but I’ll let you watch this vid with some awesome horn instrumentals in it!

2. I saw another player have a song by POD and it brought back some great songs that they had. I’ll send you the video of a song called BOOM and with a top comment on a different video of the same song reading, “Played ping pong to this song.... the game became a fist fight” how can you not love the song that follows. I’ll send you the video that you have to watch to appreciate the last comment. I think this is a great pump up song that at least gets me fired up! “Is that all you got? I’ll take your best shot!” Enjoy!!

So there's what I chose. What would your songs have been? Do you think I met my 4 criteria well? I trust that I did and I really can't wait to hear these songs in the room while I'm tying Isaac's skates at the next game! Cause that's the way I like it!