Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Friday, March 21, 2014
Labels:
music
,
sports
The 2014 World Cup is very much around the corner, and the excitement and fun is very much in the air. One exciting aspect of the World event is the anthem, this year, rapper Pittbull's new duet with Jennifer Lopez-''we are one (Ole Ola)' was named the official anthem of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Pittbull and Jennifer Lopez alongside Brazilian singer Cludia Leitte will perform the song at the opening ceremony in Sao Paulo in June 12. As expected, the song delivers uplifting lyrics and stirring beats with a slight music twist, Mr. World wide humbly begins with “Its only right that we do something for the world cup” before proceeding to sing-talk his way through the song.
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World Cup: Best World Cup anthems and official songs of all time
The 2014 World Cup is very much around the corner, and the excitement and fun is very much in the air. One exciting aspect of the World event is the anthem, this year, rapper Pittbull's new duet with Jennifer Lopez-''we are one (Ole Ola)' was named the official anthem of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Pittbull and Jennifer Lopez alongside Brazilian singer Cludia Leitte will perform the song at the opening ceremony in Sao Paulo in June 12. As expected, the song delivers uplifting lyrics and stirring beats with a slight music twist, Mr. World wide humbly begins with “Its only right that we do something for the world cup” before proceeding to sing-talk his way through the song.
Can't
wait for the opening ceremony, but before that, lets take a look at
some of the best World Cup anthems of all time.
5. France 1998, “La Cour des Grand (Do you mind if I play)” official
anthem by Youssou N'dour- The Senegalese singer and
percussionist wrote and perfomed the song for the official anthem of
the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Axelle Red titled “ La Cour des Grand
(Do you mind if I play)”
4.
Germany 1974, “Futbol” official anthem by Maryla Rodowicz-
Disco fever! Polish singer
Maryla Rodowixz delighted a lot of people with a Disco rendition of
the World Cup anthem titled 'Futbol (Football)'
3.
Germany 2006, “This time of Our live” official song by Il Divo
ft Toni Braxton-The operatic
pop group teamed up with R&B singer Toni Braxton to record the
official song for the 2006 World Cup official song titled 'The Time
of Our Live' Il Divo with Toni Braxton performed the song at
half-time during the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica and
a month later on July 9th
at the closing ceremony of the 2006 World Cup.
2.
South Africa 2010, “Waka Waka (This time for Africa)” official
song by Shakira ft Freshlyground- the Colombian singer
collaborated with South African group, Freshlyground to record the
official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup win South Africa. The Song
was titled “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” and is based on a
traditional Cameroonian soldier's Fang Song named 'Zangalewa' by the
group Zangelewa. Shakira's Waka Waka is the best-selling World Cup
song of all time. The single reached the top 20 in Europe, Africa,
South America and the top 40 in the U.S
1.
France 1998, “La copa de la vida (The Cup of Life)” official song
by Ricky Martin- The pop
singer wrote the official song of the 1998 World cup along with K.C
Porter and Draco Rosa. Martin performed the song at the finale in
Stade de France on July 12, 1998 with over over a billion views in
187 countries around the world. The song topped charts around the
world and went gold platinum in various countries, the single has
sold over 563,000 copies in France and has sold 141, 000 digital
copies in the US.. “The Cup of life” put latin pop music on the
map, the song topped charts for 6 weeks in Australia, France and
Sweden, 4 weeks in Germany, 2 weeks in Spain and 1 week in
Switzerland and Belgium. In the U.S, the song entered the Billboard hot 100 in 1998, peaking at number 60.
**BEST
Non-official World Cup song- “Wavin Flag” by Somali-Canadian
singer K'nan. The song was originally written for Somalia and
mirroring their quest for freedom of the people. The song gained more
popularity when Coca-cola made it their official song for the 2010
World Cup in South Africa. This is arguably one of the best songs,
period, the message in the song is not only powerful, but also
inspirational.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Labels:
africa
,
goals
,
sports
Former Italian footballer and manager, Marco Tardelli may have made solo goal celebration popular after he scored Italy's second goal against West Germany in the 1982 World Cup final, however, footballers today have taken up solo celebration to a whole new level. During the past week, a-lot has been said about Samuel Eto'o's memorable goal celebration here which has since gone viral (by the way, happy birthday to the Chelsea striker who turned 33 Monday, and not 40 as assumed) but one thing that is true is that footballers, like every other athlete have very unique ways of celebrating or rather, showcasing their talents after making the net. For me, one of the most amazing goal celebrations of all time will be the unforgetable Daniel Amokachi dance; Amokachi after he celebrated his spectacular goal by breaking into the dance.
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11 most memorable and stylish goal celebrations of all time
Former Italian footballer and manager, Marco Tardelli may have made solo goal celebration popular after he scored Italy's second goal against West Germany in the 1982 World Cup final, however, footballers today have taken up solo celebration to a whole new level. During the past week, a-lot has been said about Samuel Eto'o's memorable goal celebration here which has since gone viral (by the way, happy birthday to the Chelsea striker who turned 33 Monday, and not 40 as assumed) but one thing that is true is that footballers, like every other athlete have very unique ways of celebrating or rather, showcasing their talents after making the net. For me, one of the most amazing goal celebrations of all time will be the unforgetable Daniel Amokachi dance; Amokachi after he celebrated his spectacular goal by breaking into the dance.
Here's
top 10 list of some other memorable and stylish goal celebrations:
11.
Garathe Bale, in case you are thinking of imitating this goal
celebration, the Welsh player is way ahead of you, the Real Madrid
player trademarked all 11 of his hearts'logo goal celebration.
10.
Peter Crouch, the English player celebrated his pre-2006 World Cup
Friendly goals against Hungary and Jamaica by contorting his tall
body into a mechanical harmony, the 6ft 7ins Stoke City player did
the robot.
9.
Robbie Keane, the Irish player who captains both LA Galaxy and the
Republic of Ireland national team performs a very unique routine of
cartwheels and tumble after scoring each time. Keane won a bronze
media at the Irish Under-9s Gymnastics Championship for this very
same routine.
8.
Lomana Lua Lua, the DR Congo and former Colchester, Newcastle,
Portsmouth, and Olympiacos player created his own unique goal
celebrations which includes a series of somesaults, back-flips and
cartwheels, all following each other. Try this at your own risk:-)
7.
Temuri Ketsbaia, the former Georgian midfielder and manager of the
national team became more popular after his bizzare goal celebration
during his time in New Castle. Ketsbaia aggressively kicked the
advertising hoadings (McDonalds and Addidas ones specifically) after
he scored a late winning goal against Bolton Wanderers in 1998. He would later reveal that his action was done in frustration after being
left out of the starting line-up of prior games.
6.
Daniel Amokachi and Finidi George, now both former Super Eagles
players, the pair scored the winning goals in the 45th
and 90th minute respectively against Greece qualifying for
the knockout stages in the 1994 World Cup. In celebration, Finidi
George mimicked a urinating dog while Amokachi performed a very
memorable dance step that will go on to become very popular.
5.
Jimmy Bullard, lets just say Eto'o is not the first player to get
back at managers who sometimes put their foot in their mouth. Phil Brown,
former Hull City manager embarrassed by his team's performance, they
were down by 4-0 before halftime, stopped his players from going into the fitting
room, instead, gave his half time talk on the pitch at
Ethihad stadium. One year later, at the same venue, Jimmy Bullard
equalized and mimicked Brown as he recreated the same scene with the
rest of his team-mates.
4.
Rashidi Yekini, the late Super Eagles player scored the first ever
World Cup goal for Nigeria against Bulgaria during the 1994 World
Cup, Yekini scored first in the 21st minute and had a
well-deserved long celebration. With a simple tap-in-set, the ball
went straight into the net, and Yekini went with the ball into the
net gripping the netting as he let out tears of joy, throwing his
fists in the air to enjoy his moment in history.
3.
Mario Balotelli, never a dull moment with the Italian and AC Milan
striker. Super Mario lifted his jersey revealing the question: “why
always me?' after scoring the opening goal at Old Trafford.
His message was prompted after fireworks were set off from the
bathroom of the 23-year-old's home following Manchester City 6-1
victory over Manchester United.
2. Samuel Eto'o, the 33-year-old Cameroonian international and Chelsea
player made fun of his manager Jose Mourinho after footage of
Mourinho making uncomplimentary comments on Eto'o's age was released
via a French T.V. Eto'o mimicked as old man by going to the corner
flag and holding his back after putting his side ahead in their 4-0
victor over Spurs.
1.
Roger Milla, aside from being fellow compatriots, Milla, like Eto'o
made straight for the corner flag each time he scored, although, his
was a little more dynamic than Eto'o's. The legendary Cameroonian
striker celebrated four goals during the 1990 FIFA World Cup in
Italy by dancing in front of the corner flag. Milla's goal
celebration has inspired a generation of footballers, especially
African footballers to create unique goal celebrations of their own.
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