Remember back in the early Rock n’ Roll days, where there
were lots of songs that started new dance crazes, like “The Hop”, “The Twist”,
etc.? Well, all these Olympic gymnastics events have the announcers talking
about one-tenth and three-tenth hops, and that reminded me of the dance “The
Hop”. So I was thinking maybe some band could write a new song about the
three-tenth hop and start a new dance craze for the gymnastics fans. And the
song would be called “The Three-Tenth Hop”, and it would be about some Olympic
gymnasts who were doing the winning routines of their lives, about to win gold,
and at the end, they started getting nervous, or over-confident, and they just
barely blew their dismount enough to have to take the dreaded three-tenth hop,
and they lose the gold medal. And the dance could be where everyone spins
around, does a back flip, and then they all take the three-tenth hop, do the
ending presentation stance, and act all mad at themselves.
The song could go something like this (The chorus could be
like “Jailhouse Rock”):
He was winning for his team, with his clean routine,
He thought he had it in the bag, won the gold for his flag,
That’s when he did the hop: the three-tenth hop,
Yeah, he took a hop: a three-tenth hop!
Well, he lost the gold medal on the spot,
When he had to take the three-tenth hop!
His heart was full of passion, to hear his national anthem,
But I’m afraid he didn’t count, on his clumsy dismount,
That’s when he did the hop: the three-tenth hop,
Yeah, he took a hop: a three-tenth hop!
Well, he lost the gold medal on the spot,
When he had to take the three-tenth hop!
Everybody let’s hop, the three-tenth hop!
Yeah, Everyone hop, the three-tenth hop!
(Three, three, three-tenth hop, you flop!
Three, three, three-tenth hop, scores drop!)
(Three, three, three-tenth hop, you flop!
Three, three, three-tenth hop, scores drop!)
