Olympic Tribute!

 Holy god, this song is bad. Like, super bad. But not in a funny way like the movie, Superbad. Like, legitimately bad, bad. But apparently the International Olympic Committee deemed it worthy of being the official theme song of these 2012 summer games. Jeesums, are they deaf? I mean, they are a bunch of old white dudes, right? Did they actually listen to this song in its entirety? Was there any debate at least over holding out for something (anything) better? Coldplay couldn't step in here? Couldn't they have just stuck with Sir Paul and called it a night?

I have no idea who Muse is, other than the singer being Kate Hudson's baby-daddy (she likes the musician types, doesn't she?) but honestly the song Survival makes me want to punch them in the face(s). It's terrible. Just terrible. And Kate helped pen it! Good lord, girl, what have you done? Then again, there have been other questionable choices in the past. Gloria Estefan, Bryan Adams, Bjork? Look, I'm a Bjork lover, but what the hell is going on here? A reasonable Q&A from Time explains it thusly:

1. Is this song about eternal friendship, the indomitable human spirit, or the competitive drive within us all? None. It’s an ocean singing about human evolution.
2. So Björk went and flipped the script on the whole Olympic theme song with “Oceania”? I mean, when she sang “Every pearl is a lynx is a girl” we think you could hear the world collectively sigh, “Where’s Celine Dion?”
3. Björk’s dress is a: Humongous piece of fabric that stretches across the floor of an entire stadium then has a map of the world projected on it, obviously.
4. If it weren’t for the fireworks at the end of the song: I’m legitimately unsure if people would have cheered.
5. But is this the best Olympic theme song? Yes.
6. Choice YouTube Comment: “I like it and I don’t like it. It kinda is the kinda song that plays in a schizophrenics head.” —ForeverPassionate2
7. Relevant Olympic Moment tied to this song: Iceland won exactly zero medals in 2004 Summer Olympics.

Anyway, enjoy the horribleness of this year's selection at least once. The lyrics are truly inspirational. I hope your ears stop bleeding soon.