Swimmer Theme Songs
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Some swimmers are so larger-than-life that they require theme songs. Here's one I thought up for @Sharko, a fellow member of the South End Rowing Club. Feel free to loudly sing it to the tune of Rawhide!
Swimming, swimming, swimming, keep that Sharko swimming,
Swimming, swimming, swimming - Sharko!
Headed to the buoys
To check the temps daily
Might seem kind of scary - Sharko!
But he is acclimated
He is refrigerated
He's chilly but invigorated!
In all kinds of weather
Sharko's tough as leather
With mustache and goggles on his side
Bubble caps - put 'em on!
Cam-er-as - in your pants!
He is ready to swim - Sharko!
Swimming, swimming, swimming - SHARKO!
Swimming, swimming, swimming, keep that Sharko swimming,
Swimming, swimming, swimming - Sharko!
Headed to the buoys
To check the temps daily
Might seem kind of scary - Sharko!
But he is acclimated
He is refrigerated
He's chilly but invigorated!
In all kinds of weather
Sharko's tough as leather
With mustache and goggles on his side
Bubble caps - put 'em on!
Cam-er-as - in your pants!
He is ready to swim - Sharko!
Swimming, swimming, swimming - SHARKO!
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Let's turn this thread into a contest. Best swimmer theme song wins a bubble cap, courtesy of the Marathon Swimmers Forum!
We'll keep the contest open for a while...
Can I win a Grammy for this?
(to the tune of 'Immigrant Song')
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
I come from the land of the fog and dunes
Where marine mammals spawn and
Sharks eat you
The bearded in the surf,
Whose swim suits scare children away
To swim through kelp,
Avoiding seals
Morro Rock I am coming
On we swim with
Flailing arms
Our only goal will be Del Monte Beach!
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
[photo credit: Allison B. via Rob Aquatics]
It must be my swim, it's sinkin' in
It must be for real, my armpits can feel
Goggles by Hind, that's not my kind
I'm not finished on time, try not to wonder why
Everything's gone numb, everything's grey
Now you're here, now you're away
I actually want this, remember that
I'll never forget, where we're at
Don't let the swims go by
Vaseline, vaseline
I'm never alone, friends on the boat all the time
Have you puked on one, or do you lie
we lube up our wheels, where everyone feels
But when waves rise, I'm on adventures like seals
If I treated you bad, paddle'd bruise my face
Couldn't love you more, GU has a beautiful taste
Don't let the swims go by
Could have been easier on you
I couldn't change though I wanted to
Should have been easier by three
Our old friend fear and you and me
Vaseline, vaseline
Don't let the swims go by, vaseline
Don't let the swims go by
Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Vaseline, vaseline
Oh, vaseline, vaseline
Don't you whine again
Don't you whine again
As waves roll around me
I needed you more, you wanted me less
Could not piss, just regress
The coast is clear, simple, and plain
Well that's just fine, my spot tracker gains
Don't let the swims go by
Could've been easier on you you you
vaseline, vaseline
vaseline, vaseline
(Sung to the tune of The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour"):
Swim on... swim on in the mystery current.
Swim on... swim on in the mystery current.
Swim on (no matter what the weather), swim on in the mystery current.
Swim on (you don't need any cal'ries), swim on in the mystery current.
The magical mystery current is waiting to sweep you to shore.
Waiting to sweep you to shore!
I had a few keeping me company last weekend, but this one stayed with me the longest. Set to the tune of 'This is the Song that Never Ends', from Lambchop.
This is the lake that never ends
It just goes on and on my friends
Some people started swimming it, not knowing what it was
And they'll continue swimming it forever
Just because....
Repeat (for a few hours)
Bump
Roger Alan Wade "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough."
Frightened Rabbit, "Swim Until You Can't See Land."
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
So I bumped this post as a bunch of us sat around in VT this weekend and the musical re-telling of @gregoc 's experience at the Lake George event came up. We wound up adrift into the early morning, far from the rest of the boats, after the swim had been called and our boat engine died.
Selected verses, to the tune of 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald', in vague chronological order and as composed by Greg and the crew:
THE GALES OF SEPTEMBER CAME EARLY
"The legend lives on from the Mohawk on down, Of the big lake they called "Andiatarocte"
"Poor Greg plowed ahead although he felt dead, with the wind and the chop and the rain
He said with a grin, 'this lake may just win... But look! Up ahead! There's Elaine!"
"Ole Phil had to pee so he said 'Kellie please'...Will you please take a turn at the wheel?
The boat took a spin and turned Phil to the wind, and Phil swore and he cursed a great deal"
"When the clock struck one we knew we were done, and the engine died without warning,
When the clock struck two we knew we were screwed, and stuck on the water 'til morning."
"Phil smuggled some scotch in the crack of his crotch, as the boat drifted south of the narrows"
"And, smuggled aboard, the whiskey adored, by the crew of the Great Greg O'Connor
The dance that ensued, was nothing but rude on the night of the Lake George Fandango"
"Does anyone know where all the spirits do go, when we've drifted from minutes to hours?
There comes a time when you're to tired to rhyme, and your love for the water f-ing sours."
"The mariners say they'd have made still bay, If Greg put five more miles behind him
The church bells chimed, they rang five fucking times
For each one on the boat called O'Connor"
[Photo of the crew upon rescue by a local sheriff's deputy, basking in the glow of the police blues]
I'll have to go with the Spanish, hip-hop song "Nadando libre " (swimming free), sung by Hector Ramirez - who in 2013 became the first person to swim the Strait of Gibraltar butterfly.
Below is the link to the video with lyrics for those that read Spanish - enjoy!
I can usually associate a swim with a song. Here are a few:
USS 25K Nats (1995): Bin Jovi "Keep the Faith"
1996: Van Halen "Unchained"
1997: Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart"
1999: Metallica "Master of Puppets"
2000: Slayer "Reign in Blood"
1999 and 2000 Tampa Bay MS: offspring "Pretty Fly For a White Guy"
2001: Metallica "Sad But True"
1999 Lac St Jean: Rolling Stones "Monkey Man"
2001English Channel: Motley Crue "Same Old Situation'
2008 1500 pool WR Age Group swim: Judas Priest "The Ripper".
These were just the good swims. 2000 Key West: "Closing Time" Semisonic. That was a slow day.
The creativity out there is AMAZING! swimmer25k - I love the musical taste.
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
"Oh, the North Sea sings
"Won't you come to me baby?
Oh won't you come to me?""
I've no hard plans to swim the north channel, but this song by one of my favorite bands makes me think about it every time for obvious reasons.
Yesterday morning, thanks to my 3 year olds current tv preferences, it was the theme some from paw patrol