JOCK JAMS VOLUME 1 COVER PLUS
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All professional male sports has a healthy dose of homoeroticism, dating back to the Greek days when Olympics and marathons were competed in the nude, dongs flopping this way and that. Commercial sports are almost exclusively about watching very macho men perform very macho feats, sometimes clad in tights, others in tank tops, muscles oscillating between states flexing and rippling. In a way, this makes it the absolute perfect Jock Jam. The word вЂњbodyвЂќ is said 52 times in a little over five minutes, by a man, talking about his own or other menвЂ™s, which, again, was and is a tremendous rarity in the Jock Jam lexicon. But it was also a stadium song about how alluring the male body can be. It was, in fact, just another stadium song. ItвЂ™s historically inaccurate to say that вЂњMacho ManвЂќвЂ™s widespread acceptance, blasting in AmericaвЂ™s stadiums as dads pumped their fists enthusiastically, was a landmark moment for the gay rights movement. Marquee Music (1-5): How likely is the song to be played when they show someoneвЂ™s name in lights, either when theyвЂ™ve just come through on a clutch play or run out of the tunnel? Stadium Allure (1-10): Does this song feel at home over the loudspeakers? Would you be OK with hearing this song every time you go to a sporting event for the next 20 years? Pump-up-ability (1-20): Does this get you pumped? If you were the head point-getting person and your team was down by one with seconds to go in the big game, would this song elevate you to the level where your performance would increase and youвЂ™d lead your team to victory? Songs were ranked on the following criteria: We removed the many announcer clips, cheerleader chants, and various other garbage they peppered into them to make the sticker price seem at Sam Goody worthwhile. Recently, NoiseyвЂ™s Dan Ozzi sat down with Vice SportsвЂ™ Aaron Gordon to listen to every single Jock Jam in an attempt to provide the definitive order.

Some make you say, вЂњOh, yeahвЂ¦ I think I remember this song?вЂќ And some flat-out couldnвЂ™t pump up a pair of fresh Reebok Pumps if they were the only sneakers left at Foot Locker.

JOCK JAMS VOLUME 1 COVER PLUS

Across five volumes-yes, there were five of these things, plus an All-Star edition if weвЂ™re being technical- Jock Jams provided us with over 100 tracks harnessing the raw, explosive musical power of the day-glo 1990s.

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