What's On Your Nationals Playlist?

Ah, the wonders of technology! With every electronic leap forward that society takes, forensicators reap the benefits. Internet newspapers make extemp files a bit lighter and mobile phones with built-in stopwatches make oratories a bit shorter (or longer, as needed). Perhaps the most welcome advancement comes in mp3 players. Can you picture the prehistoric days when competitors had to drag cassette tapes or CDs along with bulky players and cumbersome headphones onto bus rides to tournaments? Or even before that? When all speechies could do on rides was actually *talk* to each other? Gross.

As hundreds of competitors descend upon DC this weekend, those indispensable mp3 players will surely get a work out. Motivational speeches and vocal warm-ups can only do so much. Sometimes you have to crank up the volume to get properly pumped up for that next round of debate. Therein lies the Nationals playlist - the songs that get you ready to compete.

What’s on the SpeechGeek staff’s playlist this week?

1). We Are the Champions - Queen

2). Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

3). You’re the Best - Joe “Bean” Esposito

4). Stronger - Kanye West

5). Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey ( or the ‘Glee’ cast)

6). Champion - RuPaul

7). The World Should Revolve Around Me - Little Jackie

8). Under Pressure - The Used

9). Bulletproof - La Roux

10). Waka Waka - Shakira

11). We Are Golden - Mika

12). Defying Gravity - Wicked Soundtrack

Eh, so maybe our taste in music is a bit dated. (We prefer the term ‘classic’.)

So tell us, what songs are on your “Speech Pump-Up Playlist”?