Weave Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thought it corny at first but the idea has grown on me. I like the idea of the Springsteen version on the jumbotron playing the chorus after goals. And the whole thing playing after wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 During some commercial break, rather than the Jumbo playing its usual dreck, I want it to lead the crowd in singing the Erie Canal song. Local, awesome, proud, and everything can only go right. Thoughts? uh, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 uh, no. Constructive post. Thanks for contributing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Constructive post. Thanks for contributing. He was directly answering the question. What's your problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) I guess if I were to be critical, it is a slow song. Something like that but upbeat would be perfect. The Springsteen version comes close. Edited October 7, 2014 by weave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 He was directly answering the question. What's your problem? :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 In all seriousness, Eleven, it's a great idea. I just wish the Sabres employed people who were clever and bright enough to enact ideas like this. Hell, I wish the Sabres' owners and their team of accountant advisers were bright enough to know that the arena experience has to be totally rejiggered. They've had three years and what have they done? One of my ideas was to have an anthem singer who sets a different tone than Doug Allen, and I was ripped to shreds. Doug Allen has always been the anthem singer at the Overlook Hotel and always will be! Why can't the atmosphere be better in the arena? As usual, follow the money. I guess I really never thought of the Anthem as entertainment, but something that should be done well. I think Allen does it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I guess I really never thought of the Anthem as entertainment, but something that should be done well. I think Allen does it well. Lots of people do it well. It's a freakin' hockey game. Think about what anthem singers have meant for setting the home-ice advantage tone historically in places like Montreal, Boston and of course Philadelphia and Chicago. Would someone like Allen have really worked in those situations? I guess I want some fat broad to waddle out, belt it out and make Chet and Terry's glasses of Chateau de Poof Poof explode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Chateau de Poof Poof LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted October 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I guess if I were to be critical, it is a slow song. Something like that but upbeat would be perfect. The Springsteen version comes close. Yeah, but imagine the crowd yelling "FIFTEEN MILES ON THE ERIE CANAL!" That would pick it right up. I'm going to talk to someone w/ the Sabres about this when I have the time. That probably means January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 They do it at the Ralph and I believe every stadium/arena in North America. Don't let it bother you. Perhaps every stadium/arena that doesn't employ anyone with any creativity. Among arenas I've been to in the last few years, I can report that it doesn't happen at any of the NYC arenas, or at Flyers games in Philly, or in Montreal. I've also never heard it at a Blackhawks game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 OK, never heard the song, or even heard of it, so I went youtube browsing. If it is as well known in Buffalo as it seems to be, it is absolutely perfect. But what you need to do is get somebody to cut a rocked-up but not too fast Celtic pub version. Like Eleven says, when a joyous crowd belts out that chorus during a drubbing of the Bruins, it will be hell for the other teams and magical in the FNC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Perhaps every stadium/arena that doesn't employ anyone with any creativity. Among arenas I've been to in the last few years, I can report that it doesn't happen at any of the NYC arenas, or at Flyers games in Philly, or in Montreal. I've also never heard it at a Blackhawks game. Looks like MSG stopped playing it in 2009, but played it all the time before then: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sweet+Caroline+at+Flyers+game&oq=Sweet+Caroline+at+Flyers+game&aqs=chrome..69i57.8736j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=sweet+caroline+site:http://rangers.nhl.com/club/&start=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 OK, never heard the song, or even heard of it, so I went youtube browsing. If it is as well known in Buffalo as it seems to be, it is absolutely perfect. But what you need to do is get somebody to cut a rocked-up but not too fast Celtic pub version. Like Eleven says, when a joyous crowd belts out that chorus during a drubbing of the Bruins, it will be hell for the other teams and magical in the FNC. Ed Zachary. The Springsteeen version is ** this close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I nominate my friends from local band Stone Row. I could best describe them as Celtic folk meets Rush. http://www.stonerow.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) I nominate my friends from local band Stone Row. I could best describe them as Celtic folk meets Rush. http://www.stonerow.com/ Oh yeah? I'm going to nominate *my* friends in McCarthyizm. :-p http://www.mccarthyizm.com/ I thought about this during one of the world cup matches, but I was thinking about how cool it'd be to have the crowd belting something fight-song-esque during play. I'd think it'd get into the players heads, but who knows. Erie Canal song would seem to work, I know I learned it in grade school. Edited October 7, 2014 by MattPie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 It's threads like this that make me think this forum should run the Sabres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 It's threads like this that make me think this forum should run the Sabres. Thank you. Finally someone agrees with me about Pegula and Doug Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thank you. Finally someone agrees with me about Pegula and Doug Allen. We are waiting for the trial of Doug Allen. Time to fry that slappy baldheaded, city-mission, tux-wearing, camera pointing when I sings HOME OF THE....slippery bastard. That guy has been wrapping himself in the flag for far too long. I won't stand for it. Wait. It's a trap. We have to stand for it. We have to! RATS! TARNATION! JUMPING LAND CRABS! Just makes me so mad... (thought I'd try to work up some outrage for something.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Cool thought elf, but like has been brought up, the song is a bit of a dirge. How about instead going w/ the best song by Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls? It's a beautiful day, I heard everybody say the sun shines down for all of us. Just the same, you know I like the rain, that ain't so obvious. It's a beautiful sight, I guess everybody's right, this day belongs to all of us. Even still, I like mine with a chill, that ain't so obvious. We are the normal. We live and we die with no reason why. We are the normal, we live and we die with no reason why. ... Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Cool thought elf, but like has been brought up, the song is a bit of a dirge. How about instead going w/ the best song by Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls? It's a beautiful day, I heard everybody say the sun shines down for all of us. Just the same, you know I like the rain, that ain't so obvious. It's a beautiful sight, I guess everybody's right, this day belongs to all of us. Even still, I like mine with a chill, that ain't so obvious. We are the normal. We live and we die with no reason why. We are the normal, we live and we die with no reason why. ... Just my 2 cents. The Goo Goo Dolls ###### suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 The Goo Goo Dolls ###### suck. The current version has evolved quite a bit from the guys stomping around barefoot at the Library. Superstar Carwash was excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 The current version has evolved quite a bit from the guys stomping around barefoot at the Library. Superstar Carwash was excellent. Nope. No way. I won't hear it. Better Days was the worst thing they ever did to the Sabres and the City of Buffalo. I won't allow a history to repeat itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Nope. No way. I won't hear it. Better Days was the worst thing they ever did to the Sabres and the City of Buffalo. I won't allow a history to repeat itself. No one is saying that Better Days isn't absolutely ######. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Embrace our heritage. Not the GGD who gave us the worst entrance song in the history of hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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