Thursday, August 10, 2006
Warring athletes?
Today WFIU played John Williams' Summon the Heroes. I was struck by the martial nature of the theme. In fact, it sounded incredibly similar to themes from Glory and Gettysburg. Is that our image of athletics, that it is civil warfare? Or is the trope of war really an adaptation of friendly gamesmanship? Which came first, wrasslin' or KILL NOW?
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Yes, I also was thinking about the NFL war themes. But again, I wonder whether the music of athletics came from athletics evolved from warfare, or if the music of athletics came first, to be emulated on the battlefield.
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