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Lance Armstrong - the best musical taste in professional sport?
Posted by hermon hermit on 30 May 2009 - 4:57pm.
Recent tweets by Mr Armstrong highlight a taste in music that falls well within the remit of the massive, with recent mentions for Ray Lamontagne, Jose Gonzales, Elvis Perkins, Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Buckley, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Miles Davis, Great Lake Swimmers, Garden State Soundtrack, Conor Obest, Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, Calexico, Cat Power & Beth Orton.
Would be interested to know if there's another professional sports person with as Word-friendly an ipod playlist as that?
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perhaps it explains why he
perhaps it explains why he split with Sheryl Crow?
A bit more prosaic
The problem his ex-wife and Sheryl had is apparently that Lance Likes The Ladies, and doesn't find them in short supply.
Human
dynamo
Lance Armstrong...
spokes man for a generation.
Derek Pringle...
Into his roots, reggae, the Soft Boys, PJ Harvey-apparently has some 1,200 singles and hundreds of albums. A man of eclectic tastes...
Take the point re Derek
Take the point re Derek Pringle, but by my recollection he hasn't played professional cricket for 20 years and is now a journalist for the Torygraph?
He was also a crap cricketer
He was also a crap cricketer who always seemd to wear a blazer.
I doubt there are many
similarly Word-friendly sports-people out there. The Guardian's "What's Rocking Sport" column is usually the stuff of nightmares, with the likes of Snow Patrol and U2 featuring heavily.
The Thing is...
his musical taste might well be unimpeachable, but jeez, you read "It's not about the bike' and it REALLY puts you off him. Respect, yes, but empathy....
Lance
He's an.. interesting.. character, that's for sure.
Steve "Interesting" Davis
Has apparently an encyclopedia knowledge of all things Soul inc. a vast collection of 7" singles
And even more interestingly…
… was/is a huge fan of Magma, and back in the Eighties actually paid for them to come and play in Britain or something.
And talking of cyclists…
… isn't Bradley Wiggins a bit of a mod? (Or even a lot of one.)
Is Bradley Wiggins a mod?
Yes, I think he is.
Also, is Lance Armstrong's musical taste 'Word-friendly' or just plain dull?
The
latter.
mmm...
RGD Willis
Bob Willis whose bowling action was once memorably described ss if running to the wicket with his trousers on fire while trying to put the fire out - changed his name by deed poll to include that of his hero the "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" hitmaker.
Opinions may vary as whether this marks him out as a man of taste or not.
So Lance
likes the ladies, is a pro cyclist, and has good taste in music - Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll!
Just kidding about the drugs Lance, obviously!