Curling

In honour of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. this month, CHARTattack scoured the interwebs for some music about some of the games sports. After hockey, we Canadians are probably most proud of our dominance in curling. According to the online version of the Canadian Encyclopedia, the first reference to curling in song is The Curling Club Polka by a Mr. Stevenson in 1871. There isnt a single version of this song anywhere on the web. It is probably much like any other polka tune. Too bad Walter Ostanek hasnt covered this song for posterity. As with any sport, curling has a specific set of unique nomiclature for its elements. Along with the use of words like rocks, house, sweep, slide and expressions like hurry! and hard! most recent songs about the sport focus on curling terms and the sports humourous terminology in satirical settings.