Music and the NHL - What Do/Don't You Like?

[wrangler 157]

Canucks/Fans share your sympathy about a song being played:

Thanks for sharing that. I, too, would have liked to see Luongo in it.

[RadioGaGa 162]

He definitely does, I just figured it could be enough about brawling that you could slip it under the radar.

I did get a request from a player though...whenener Zach Fitzgerald gets in a fight he wants me to play "Chop Suey" by System of a Down. He also got a kick out of Tricky by Run DMC...not quite as good as JR's bench karaoke...but he was dancing in the tunnel after getting a penalty late in a period.

[goliath_2 0]

Jesus, Nickelback is playing the NHL awards ceremony. Just awful - who the hell makes these decisions?

[dsjunior1388 81]

It is the cool thing to hate Nickelback but I've seen some interviews with respected guys in metal who sing their praises. You have to get past the popular chick songs and maybe you'll find more of a taste for them.

Shouldn't there be a special Admin title of "resident contrarian" under the name here?

[MyBoxersSayJoe 133]

What do the Devils play during the blackout at the opening of games? It almost sounds NIN-ish.

[Chadd 916]

It is the cool thing to hate Nickelback but I've seen some interviews with respected guys in metal who sing their praises. You have to get past the popular chick songs and maybe you'll find more of a taste for them.

It's Bon Jovi for this generation. The thing is, their songs have hooks and melodies, something you can't say about a lot of other acts anymore. I don't go out of my way to listen to it, but it's pretty obvious why it's popular.

[chippa13 1844]

Interesting comparison. Weird sidenote; I actually saw them open for Bon Jovi about 6-7 years ago.

[Gummer12 134]

I'm curious to see where this thread goes. I am the "DJ" for the Hamilton Bulldogs...and we are always talking about what we should and shouldn't play.

I'll be taking notes.

I do the same for my local high school team. Just curious to hear about your setup for game day. What do you use for playing your songs, editing, plug in hookups, where you sit, just all the intricacies and logistics that you deal with and stuff like that.

[goliath_2 0]

I consider the Phoenix "howl" pretty annoying - maybe because it's so repetetive. Also, although this isn't related to musical goal celebrations, I have noticed a lot of people criticizing the Nashville catfish "gesture". Some people contend that this is a rip-off of the Detroit octopus, although I have never seen cute "ice girls" in Detroit picking those up...

[Gummer12 134]

Agreed with the howl.. and it's not even a Coyote howl at that.

[wrangler 157]

I like it that they play the "Jaws" theme in San Jose for the Sharks power play.

[goliath_2 0]

Agreed with the howl.. and it's not even a Coyote howl at that.

You're absolutely right. I wonder if they just assumed an actualy coyote howl (or yelp, in reality) would be laughable.

[RadioGaGa 162]

I think it is probably an appeal to the masses thing. You hear a howl you think wolf or coyote...the average person will not be able to differentiate between the 2. You are in that arena...you hear a howl...you think coyote.

When was the last time you connected to the internet via modem and that series of strange beeps and whirs and things as it did the whole handshake/connect routine...BUT...if you hear that sound (or a fax machine effect) you will automatically know what they are trying to portray. I do it all the time in commercials. I'm even sure I've used the wrong type of bird or bark...but the idea still gets across.

[chippa13 1844]

Reminds me of a funny story about CBS golf telecasts. Well, somebody in the production truck decided that if they added some bird calls here and there into the background noise then the telecast would be more enjoyable to the viewers. It went fine for a little bit until some viewer apparently knew his bird calls and heard one that from a bird who couldn't be in the particular region where a tournament was going on so the guy called the network and blew the whistle on the whole thing.

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/090700/spg_3998936.html

This tells part of the story.

[guffaw 0]

Like-Rock, Funk, Soul, R&B, Blues

Dislike-Rap, Crap, Hip Hop,Newer Pop, Cookie Monster Vocals over Rock/Metal

60's-mid90's has everything you need. Since then the music industry has been a joke.

[Monty22 833]

I miss the Whalers "Brass Bonanza".

[chippa13 1844]

I miss the Whalers "Brass Bonanza".

Ring tone.

[MarsB 33]

I think it's cool when arenas play bands local to the city, like Dropkick Murphys at Bruins games. That said, you have to have a good local band - Pittsburgh would have to play the Clarks or some such dreck.

[chippa13 1844]

To be fair, would the Dropkick Murphy's be half as "good" if they weren't a Boston band?

[Law Goalie 147]

I have to say, the CBC's music-video intros this year have been pretty weak. The Sens-Rangers Game 7 one (Nickleback aside) was pretty well constructed, but most of the others have been entirely forgettable or actually bad.

My wife's a composition student, so I've got kind of an odd shared perspective on this. Her view is that unless there is an absolutely perfect fit between the subject matter of the original music and the subsequent visuals (highlights or anything else), and a subsequent and equal perfection between the video editing and the music, you're generally better off cutting the video and then having someone score it. Given those degrees of perfection, the music and the visual add something to one another; lacking it, they're confused or irrelevant. I think she's a little Draconian about this, but I do see her point. (For reference, she thought the CBC Cup Finals intro last year with Adele was brilliantly done - in part because the musical choice was fairly unexpected - but hated almost everything else.)

[Chadd 916]

I think it's cool when arenas play bands local to the city, like Dropkick Murphys at Bruins games. That said, you have to have a good local band - Pittsburgh would have to play the Clarks or some such dreck.

The predators used to have a stage in the arena and had live bands during intermissions at one point. Not sure if they still do it or not.

[pbhockey4 0]

A lot of his stuff is pretty rock based. But, I'm under a "No Country" rule for now! LOL

I don't get country how does it pump you up for a hockey game? LOL everytime I listen to country its sad and depressing.

[Machinehead2k5 32]

The predators used to have a stage in the arena and had live bands during intermissions at one point. Not sure if they still do it or not.

Went up there for a couple of games this season. They still have them.

[wrangler 157]

I don't get country how does it pump you up for a hockey game? LOL everytime I listen to country its sad and depressing.

Maybe you haven't listened to much country, other than ballads? But I expect you've heard this:

[RadioGaGa 162]

I don't get country how does it pump you up for a hockey game? LOL everytime I listen to country its sad and depressing.

It won't "pump you up" like Rammstein or Metallica. I probably would never use it as an intro/warm up song...but there is LOTS of really upbeat Country that can get a crowd singing along...or at least reacting to make noise. I'm thinking more of the crowd than a specific player....

Having said that I played in a game with a kid who had his iPod going in the room while he got ready. Earphones were damn loud....he had everything going, from Country to Rap to heavy Rock stuff...to each his/her own I guess.

Nashville uses Tim McGraw "I Like It, I Love It" after a goal...that's not even a new country song...that's over 10 years old.