Equine Noise
Round and round the Emerald Downs track the horses galloped on Sunday, stealth fighters with fragile landing gear navigated by homunculi in shiny shirts. (Contemporary hiphop fashion seems to have taken inspiration from the jockey chic line.) If you were of a certain mind and education, you might have thought of the terrible efficiency of De Quincey’s English mail-coach; such was the ecstatic, if ephemeral (races don’t last much more than a minute), reverie many of the onlookers were driven to by the looping proceedings. Or maybe the excitement was owed to the fact that everyone was hammered and betting on the races. It’s so hard to tell the difference between the contents of my Victorian snuff box brain and that which actually happens before my eyes.
Alas, before I could settle the issue, I was violently snapped back into heat of the day and of the reality contained therein by these guys:
And this dude:
And these ones:
And, yup, them:
Besides that GNR should never be played on the Sabbath--a true sin against the Lord Our God--I couldn’t help but briefly consider, before buying a corndog, the place of music during American sporting activities. In the pro leagues not opposed by P.E.T.A.--football, baseball, basketball, et al--the music serves as both hype and filler, a way to keep the howling masses calm when they cut to commercial and remind them to get involved in unison at a particularly charged moment. As such, while the songs often don’t play all the way through, they do play long enough to get the job done, whether it’s to keep the audience sated or excited.
But at Emerald Downs, the songs played for seemingly less time than the races last--which means they’re really, really short. Besides being a musical cock-tease (I don’t know about you, but when “Billy Jean” or “Intergalactic” or “Paradise City” or “Saturday in the Park” comes on, I wanna hear the whole damn thing), the music served no vital purpose. The Call to the Post’s bugle lets you know the race is going to start and music isn’t played when the gates loose the horses, presumably, so as not to spook the beasts. So what gives here? I’ll tell you what: bad DJing. Like this:
16 comment(s)
rbecca says:
i like all michaeljacson song and videos it really good i just want to say i love you and i will remmber you all my life think you
Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 8:37PM
chanel says:
wau eres lo maximo y te tiviste que ir tan pronto te amo
Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 3 2009 @ 3:13PM
marcus says:
u rock micheal jakson
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 4 2009 @ 12:09PM
laura nancy says:
hola michael jackson los voy a tener tus carteles ya el del tigre
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 4 2009 @ 2:50PM
Nomawethu Nelana says:
Hola King of Pop i will always remember you all my heart.You were the best.
From: Nomawehtu
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 6 2009 @ 1:59AM
sai says:
hai
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 12 2009 @ 11:54PM
Anonymous says:
i am so sad he died
michael jackson rules I LOVE YOU . .
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U
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 29 2009 @ 9:36AM
kameisha says:
I love u micheal jackson and will always remeber u R.I.P
Posted On: Friday, Dec. 11 2009 @ 8:57AM
Anonymous says:
I love michaeL Jackson so much
Posted On: Wednesday, Dec. 16 2009 @ 7:07AM
MARKAISIA says:
IN LOVE OF MJ SO SO SO SAD HE DIED AND EVERYBODY LOVE HIM AND EVERYBODY GAVE HIM MORE ATTITED WENT HE DIED AND I LOVE HIM AND YOU LOVE HIM JUST LIKE ME AND MJ LOVES US AND WHO DIDN'T LOVED MJ ,MJ LOVED YA'LL
Posted On: Wednesday, Dec. 16 2009 @ 3:24PM
Anonymous says:
I love Michael
Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 17 2009 @ 9:47AM
ladeyo says:
yeur sing
Posted On: Wednesday, Jan. 6 2010 @ 9:08AM
Anonymous says:
R.I.P i miss u michael ull allways be in my heart
Posted On: Wednesday, Jan. 6 2010 @ 7:37PM
ladysouler says:
luv yahh..we missed yahh..
Posted On: Tuesday, Jan. 26 2010 @ 4:44PM
Anonymous says:
hi
Posted On: Friday, Jan. 29 2010 @ 11:53AM
Anonymous says:
hi
Posted On: Friday, Jan. 29 2010 @ 11:53AM