Are they still restricted to classical music?

I don't think so, because Kim Yu-na danced to James Bond in her short program. But I think only the ice dancers can have vocals.

Are they still restricted to classical music?

No, they're not and more's the pity. It's just a case of people going for the familiar since the unfamiliar tends to be met with deep suspicion in ice skating. When Torvill and Dean used "Bolero" it was practically considered heresy because they were using a piece of music that maintained one rhythm and tempo throughout, depending solely on the intensity of the music and their own movements to build the emotion and show their skating prowess and even tell a story. Freaked people right the hell out.

I don't think so, because Kim Yu-na danced to James Bond in her short program. But I think only the ice dancers can have vocals.

Oh, right! Duh.

msbelle, I'm sorry you are in a tough spot with aftercare. I hope you find a relatively easy solution.

OMG, looking for something about skating music, I found this site: [link]

Apparently, the most successful pieces of music have been:
Carmen
Rachmaninoff (PC 1 & 2)
Malaguena (Offhand I didn't know this and it didn't sound familiar when I played it)
Don Quixote
Swan Lake

It also contains this gem:

And the winner of the Kiss of Death is "Slaughter On 10th Avenue" (No skater has ever won a gold medal with this music)

Based on the title alone, why would you pick this? But apparently 15 people did.

My favorite individual choices are Katerina Witt using "The Muppet Show TV Soundtrack" for a short program and Tonya Harding using this medley (Batman Movie Soundtrack/Send In The Clowns/Wild Thing [Tone Loc]) for a long program.

Malaguena (Offhand I didn't know this and it didn't sound familiar when I played it)

Ernesto Lecuona-- beautiful piece of music, although I haven't heard it in years.

And I LOVE Slaughter on 10th Avenue but I didn't know that about the music with relation to skating. It's been very successful in drum corps.

Tonya Harding using this medley (Batman Movie Soundtrack/Send In The Clowns/Wild Thing [Tone Loc]) for a long program.

Urk. I remember that routine. That's when she landed her triple axel in competition at the U.S. Nationals. It started out so majestic with Batman, then went into Send in the Clowns, which was a serious WTF moment, the really went into WTF??? with Tone Loc. Individually, I can deal with all the songs, but as a medley? It was really musical whiplash.

But then again, I'm a pain in the ass and well do I realize it.

tommyrot, damn youuuuuuuuuuuu!

You had to link to Questionable Content, didn't you? And it's Friday, which I still have off as part of my company's attempt to not collapse financially. So I have nothing better to do than go back to the first QC strip and start reading them.

THERE ARE OVER 1600 STRIPS.

Damn youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Not that I really liked any of the music last night (it all sounded pretty generic), but it still bugs me that they don't consistently tell you what it is.

tommyrot, damn youuuuuuuuuuuu!

Heh heh.

But I'm surprised you haven't read QC before, as it's been discussed here once or twice....

Not that I really liked any of the music last night (it all sounded pretty generic), but it still bugs me that they don't consistently tell you what it is.

I seem to remember a time when they actually put the music up on the screen under their name and country.