Great thread. This is fun. It's kind of crazy but after seeing all those fan music videos for the Seahawks the last couple years (some of them quite good) I now can't help but try to visualize every song I hear and determine if it fits the Seahawks or not.
Best recommendations so far:
Radioactive and
Can't Hold Us. Every time I hear Radioactive though I think of
the Johnny Manziel video that was just perfectly done. It's hard to think "Seahawks" with that song for me because of that.
Can't Hold Us is a song that is so obvious it's tempting to overlook, but it just FITS. The song carries a ton of optimism, energy, and new wave feel to it.
Saliva is a badass song and I seriously watched the Wilson highlight video to that song from his 2011 college season 300+ times, but it doesn't really fit the Seahawks for me.
Here are a few I'd add:
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Played to death on top 40 stations, but it works much better than I thought it would. The song starts fast and is unrelenting. The song caries of tone of resilience and optimism. It bubbles with energy. A lot of particular lyrics match the individual members of the Seahawks very well.
The core message is about rising up from obscurity into national prominence, while still suggesting that the ride is just beginning. If there is a song that fits "the future is so bright, you're gonna need shades" type theme, it's this one. Well,
other than the actual song of that title.
Finding the right song is all about matching the emotion of the team with the emotion produced by a song. I think any song chosen for the Seahawks needs be at least a little epic, and I think
Written in the Stars captures that while coincidentally hitting on several other levels as well.
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Another Erik Turner song. I was kind of amazed how well this song fit
Spencer Ware's highlight video and his bruising style of play. Again, this song is high energy, builds up as it goes, and has a theme of growth and resilience.
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McElmore is a proud fan of both the Seahawks and the city of Seattle, but it's just a coincidence, because I think this song really works. High energy, builds up, optimistic, chest-puffing and like the other two, it carries a theme of journeying from the small time to the big time.
Bigger and
I Made It were perfect choices for Russell Wilson. I really like Eminem's
Cinderella Man for Marshawn Lynch. The strong clap beat just works. Tech N9ne's
I'm A Beast was a great fit for Lynch too.