Fab Four Figure Skating (JeremEEE's New Music and More)

Sometimes I wonder if those that read “State of the Skate” already hit icenetwork.com or the USFS website as frequently as I do… and when I point out something that has shown up at either site recently, you roll your eyes at the computer screen as if to say C’mon, tell me something I don’t know.

Or maybe you spend all your time on Facebook or Twitter, and actually count on bloggers like me to give you the heads up when there’s something about skating you really need to hear (or read, as it were).

Just in case it’s the former, I try to put my own spin on things whenever I can.

Case in point: a brief interview with JeremEEEEE Abbott discussing his new digs at the Detroit Skating Club and (even more interesting, if you ask me) his new programs/music for the Olympic season can be found here , as an “IceNetwork.com exclusive”. When you’re reading about the work he and Tom Dickson are doing with his FS -- Jupiter (from Gustav Holst's "The Planets Suite") and Pines of Rome (by Ottorino Respighi)—you’ll read also that he’s working with Shae-Lynn Bourne on his SP, which is to Jeff Beck’s version of A Day in the Life.

Which got me to thinking… (cue “my own spin on things”)
What other Beatles music would YOU assign to our top skaters today?

Here are my own starter suggestions. Admittedly, and purposely, I’m not giving this a lot of time or thought—just seeing what comes to mind quickest. Hopefully I won’t inadvertently pick something that said skater has already used as exhibition music. Let’s see…

Yu-Na Kim— Across The Universe

Joannie Rochette— Something

Mao Asada— Yesterday

Evan Lysacek— Revolution

Patrick Chan— For No One

Brian Joubert— Come Together

I just did the singles’ world medalists for now, but if you like this idea I’ll try some more pair-ups soon—or, of course you might want to suggest your own…

For the Clip of the Day I discovered something I hadn’t seen before—a Debi Thomas number from the 1992 cast of “Canadian Stars On Ice” that found her in torn jeans, skating to Oh! Darling.