The Stills’ Tim Fletcher writes song about Alex Ovechkin

April 23rd, 2010

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Anyone who watches hockey or has even the slightest knowledge of the sport can attest to the electricity that Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin brings to any ice rink his yellow-laced skates touch.

Tim Fletcher, singer/guitarist for The Stills, feels the same way. Even though Ovechkin is pretty much single-handedly killing Fletcher’s home team – the Montreal Canadiens – in the first round of the playoffs (and could eliminate them tonight), the songwriter decided it was time to release a song dedicated to Alexander the Great.

The song, simply titled “Alexander Ovechkin,” is a straight up ode to just how amazing the guy. Speaking with ChartAttack recently, Fletcher explained why he felt the need to immortalize him by song.

“About a year ago Olivier [Corbeil, bass] in the band had gone to Cuba for a couple weeks and I got all my recording gear and I just set up in Olivier’s fifth floor apartment overlooking the city and I just started writing tunes and recording anything.

And the day before Olivier came back I caught a Washington Capitals game on TV and The Glory was f**king intense. He had a hat trick and was smashing everyone and just jumping all over the place and the whole building was going crazy… and I couldn’t stop thinking about how glorious it was and how inspiring and awesome it was. And I was just like, ‘I’m going to write a song about it,’ f**k it.”

While he was raised as a Canadiens fan, Fletcher says that even though Ovechkin and the Caps are on the brink of sending the Habs home for the season, he’s sticking with his man over his team.

“When you watch the game, every time he touches the puck they boo him really loudly and with great distain,” he explains. “But I have to say, growing up in Montreal and having lived in this great city [supporting the Canadiens] is sort of compared to growing up in New York with the Yankees; I think I’ve sort of irked a lot of people. In any other situation, I’d be like, ‘Go Habs Go!’ But I’m going for the Capitals. I’m going for Ovechkin. Sorry.”

You can download “Alexander Ovechkin” right here.