(S10) - PT 2 - Pregame Hype

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[TheDangaZone]

SHL PT 1

[Leafs4ever]

There's nothing quite like a song to get you pumped up for a big game. Music just has this way of energizing me and I always have my playlist ready for game day.

One of the songs on my playlist is by the Ying Yang Twins, Boom! It's On. The chorus hits hard and puts me in the mindset to go out there and get ready to hit and be hit. My playlist also consists of a lot of Drake. God's Plan, I'm Upset, and Ice Melts are played very frequently in my head phones. I love to have that balance of hype songs and songs that are just bangers. Some songs just put you in the right mindset, which is where Drake comes in. The beat goes hard and the lyrics take you to the right place. The balance comes into play because there's such a thing as getting too hype. You want the music to get your blood pumping, without getting your nerves too out of control.

To finish up my playlist, I always listen to I'm The One, by DJ Khaled, Bieber, Quavo, Chance, and Lil Wayne. It's less a selfish thing and more of just getting into the frame of mind that I need to be the one to go out there and bring my all. I need to go out there and be the one that my quarterback can count on. Every song I listen to plays a part in getting me ready to ball out.

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[Aenir]

[pazuzu]

Kif my dearest boy, my confidant, have you finally finished making my music playlist as I asked… Thank Jupiter, I did not think it would have taken you this long to put my favorite songs in a playlist well let us take as listen then and grade you. Kif you started off with a banger, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” by Shania Twain has to be one of my favorites if not my favorite songs. This song just resonates with me, that I am always just looking to have a good time whenever I play, and of course the short skirts, if you know what I mean Kif. Ok now on to the next song. Wow you may not let me down for once private, I think you may have found your calling. Another banger, “All I Do Is Win” by DJ Khaled is one of my go to songs. This song gets my blood pumping, and the song is true, all I ever do is win, even if we lose. And, last but not least “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy, a personal hero of mine. I just lose myself when this song comes on, and I know my compatriots in the locker tend not like me singing this song when we are all showering.

[Esa77]

SHL PT1

[ItsJustBarry]

This one is easy. Anyone who has spent any time with me at all knows what they can expect to find on my playlist. First and foremost, every good playlist has to have some Wilson Philips. This all female trio from SoCal never hesitates to get me going, whether it be before a game or in the gym. Next up, the dynamic duo or Daryl Hall and John Oats gets me hyped up every single time any of their bangers is playing. Between these two groups, I have enough music to keep things lively but sometimes you just have to call the big guns. Sometimes you need that electric music to really bring the energy up a notch. When that moment calls, there is only one man I turn to. Everyone knows who I am talking about, the legend from the west coast, non other than Kenny Loggins. With over a 30 year career, he has hits for weeks. Who can refute the moving power of every wedding’s hit Footloose. When everything else fails, you can always call on the Danger Zone. It’s not just music to hype me up for the field either. My wife knows if Kenny Loggins is playing, she’s in for a long night.

[Zoone16]

Why do you think that Alexandre LeClair signed with the Second Line? Playing time? Roster space? Chance at a championship? All wrong. New Orleans is the only team to allow Jazz, Swing and Electro Swing in their pre-game musical interludes. That was a big sell for LeClair who enjoys the lively beats a lot more than his previous locker room could stand. Bands such as Caravan Palace, and the Funky Panda YouTube channel are always a fun thing to listen to.

Should the excitement from those frenetic beats be too much that day, LeClair falls back to relaxed alternative music from Gorillaz. Their journey through experimental music has produced some of the best relaxed yet lively music that is out there today. Ranging from classics like Feel Good Inc., Plastic Beach, and Old Stylo to some of the latest releases such as Humility and Hollywood. Almost all their songs are a hit in LeClair’s eyes.

Overall, most players will listen to high noise, fast beats to get their game on. However LeClair prefers to keep calm and focused before the game begins. This allows him to keep his objective in sight at all times. Excitement comes at the end of the game after it has been won.

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[Molarpistols]

Gus T.T. Showbiz doesn't generally need anything to get himself pumped up for gameday, but he does often listen to music on the team bus on the way to games and while getting ready in the locker room.

Gus and his best friend, Shawn, have always been big fans of "Shout" by Tears for Fears. The friends even performed their own rendition of it for hit TV show American Duos while working a case for their psychic detective agency.

To keep limber and agile, Showbiz is also an avid tap-dancer. He can be spotted sometimes in an empty office playing some tap music and practicing as part of his pre-game ritual.

During several of their cases, Gus and Shawn have happened across Curt Smith of Tears for Fears. Showbiz and Curt hit it off, and Gus managed to convince Smith to record a couple solo albums for Gus's collection. These albums are some of Gus's most cherished possessions, and he can often be seen jamming to the calming words of Curt Smith.

Overall, Gus T.T. Showbiz doesn't go through all of these rituals to ready himself for pregame, but a keen observer who has been with his team for awhile would have noticed a combination or amalgamation of one or more of these things every game day.

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