“I know the Oasis song, I really like it. “That’s the risk you take,” said Fentz, whose free skate set to music from Game of Thrones ought to win back some skeptics. That’s what German skater Paul Fentz thought he was doing when he asked his choreographer to find a 1950s-style jazz tune, and wound up doing Paul Anka’s version of the Oasis hit Wonderwall.įentz performed to it during his short program for the team competition last week, and he quickly became a trending topic on social media as fans debated whether it was cool or cringe-worthy. We try to veer off the path and pick obscure versions of songs.” “ With or Without You is a popular song,” Duhamel said, “but we always try to find unique versions of things. to South Korea and watch Duhamel and Radford perform to her rendition on Olympic ice. An anonymous donor provided funds for her to travel from the U.S. “April’s version just has more ebb and flow, and it just works better for us.” “There are people who are like, ‘Why aren’t they skating to the original?’ But if you listen to the original, it doesn’t lend itself well to a figure skating program,” Radford explained. Their choreographers unearthed a little-known cover by singer-songwriter April Meservy that worked better for their routine. Two-time world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada wanted With or Without You for their short program, but they decided U2’s original was a bit monotone. They may like the lyrics or message of a song but they also want it to have a different rhythm or feel. Many skaters, such as James and Cipres, wound up choosing covers over an original. You have to choose your music carefully.” “At the beginning, people were just choosing random music,” Cipres recalled, “but after some time I think people realized it didn’t work.
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