Comments on: The Mad Genius of Ray Hudson http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/ Exploring football culture around the world. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Thomas Dunmore http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/#comment-621 Thomas Dunmore Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:25:51 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/#comment-621 Em, I quite agree. His style is certainly high risk/high reward. At first I couldn't get over how loud he was, and hyperbolic he seemed. But then I realised he wasn't one of those commentators who raise their decibels over nothing -- he has a feel for the game, and he's just desperate to match the poetry of Messi's feet with his own exclamations. The fact that it's coming in a thick Geordie accent on an American soccer channel only adds to the wildness of it all. Em, I quite agree. His style is certainly high risk/high reward. At first I couldn’t get over how loud he was, and hyperbolic he seemed.

But then I realised he wasn’t one of those commentators who raise their decibels over nothing — he has a feel for the game, and he’s just desperate to match the poetry of Messi’s feet with his own exclamations.

The fact that it’s coming in a thick Geordie accent on an American soccer channel only adds to the wildness of it all.

]]> By: Em http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/#comment-622 Em Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:07:44 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/#comment-622 tv commentary, I should have clarified. Live text offers a lot more freedom to embellish, and radio relies on it. tv commentary, I should have clarified. Live text offers a lot more freedom to embellish, and radio relies on it.

]]> By: Em http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/#comment-623 Em Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:07:01 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/2007/11/05/the-mad-genius-on-ray-hudson/#comment-623 I think what makes him so appealing (to me, at least) is how unique his style is. There is nobody else outside of radio who uses such colorful descriptions, or lavishes so much attention on individual players. In a world of commentary that is increasingly devoid of personality, Hudson is a madman who remains totally absorbed in the sport, although he might seem the fool for it. I think what makes him so appealing (to me, at least) is how unique his style is. There is nobody else outside of radio who uses such colorful descriptions, or lavishes so much attention on individual players. In a world of commentary that is increasingly devoid of personality, Hudson is a madman who remains totally absorbed in the sport, although he might seem the fool for it.

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