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[-] siv9939@lemmy.zip 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Usually when a sport needs music the athlete or team plan a routine around a song. Some might choose a song that's well known in their country but not universally known. If it's a folk song it might come off as royalty free.

With the breakdancing they had live DJs cutting songs together and the dancers had to adlib their routines. According to this article the Olympics licensed around 400 songs for the DJs to use. Since each battle used multiple songs you're going to hear more tracks that you know and forget about the ones you don't.

[-] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 month ago

Hmmm. A Ukrainian girl used Michael Jackson's Thriller during her rhythmic gymnastics number. I don't think that's royalty free. And the US artistic swimming team used Smooth Criminal, also by Michael Jackson.

[-] Fester@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago

I saw two artistic swim teams in a row use Eminem’s Lose Yourself.

[-] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 6 points 1 month ago

That's because you only get one shot.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Now I'm imaging Olympic Breakdancing to like "Yankee Doodle" or some other public domain song.

I'm not familiar with it, but my guess would be that since the event requires a certain style of music, there probably aren't any appropriate songs in public domain.

[-] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

This is one of those times where agreeing to do something 'for the exposure' is actually probably worth it. Your song is going to be played on a world stage, You really gonna say no?

[-] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Not how it works- licensing will be through a third party agency

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

On the other hand, the Olympics is not a charity. I would not accept exposure credits as payments to artists.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many songs they licensed are by artists that would actually need that kind of exposure.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

If you were the artist/label and Olympics asked to use your music. You'd say, "What?!?!" And the beat would bounce quicker than your ass letting loose of that latest burrito from Taco Bell.

[-] MagnyusG@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

well no wonder you have to shit, why are you ordering burritos at Taco Bell?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Because they’re the only restaurant that survived the Fast Food Wars.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 1 month ago

Some may say it was Pizza Hut that won.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We don’t take kindly to history revisionists in these parts.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

...What?!?!

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Because the Olympics can afford the licensing fees.

[-] small44@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Make perfect sense to use influencial hip hop music for breakdance

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Didn't all 3 podium winners of one of the gymnastics events dance to Beyonce?

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 month ago

Historic hip-hop still comes with royalties.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2024
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