Dad Rawk and Michigan Stadium

"We Built This City" is 30 years old, was literally played to death within a year of its release, and was written for SAN FRANCISCO.   Why would any other city play it for any reason?  It isn't really even a rock & roll song.  

but I would love to hear "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears.

1. minor threat: sometimes good guys don't wear white 2. Descendants : Hope 3. Johnny cash: ring of fire 4. smells like teen spirit - nirvana 5. you and whose army - radiohead

But would pass out if i heard Lets Have a War by Fear.

The problem is the volume. One thing that would be interesting to know is the mean, median and range of ages of fans in attendance. My assumption is that the athletic department knows this information and this may be guiding the music selection.

 

 

The Victors. Temptation. Hawaiian War Chant. That is all.

Being from Chicago, I've heard a bunch of these at Bulls and Blackhawks games.

That's just it - they're songs that pro sports teams use. Why should Michigan copy the pros? I haven't heard a good explanation as to why it's necessary to play this stuff now. I graduated a little over a decade ago. We had zero RAWK played in the stadium and we were fine. Our home field advantage was good. In the time I was in school, I think we lost three home games in four years.

How about we listen to the marching band play?

I had never paid too much attention to what comes over the speakers, other than, "God that Pop Evil song is horrible". Because of that and the fact that the first time I heard the term "dad rawk" was on this blog, I came to associate the term with newer, Nickelback/Buckcherry-type stuff that plenty of dads my age (33) through early 40s listen to, as opposed to just the less timeless forms of classic rock. Now I'm kinda bummed I can't think of THAT stuff as "dad rawk" anymore, because goddamn do I despise it hahah. 

the band should play Blues Brothers the entire time.

Old Time Rock and Roll should be kept as far away from Michigan Stadium as possible. Here Comes the Boom is essential to any game day atmosphere though.

Nix Jump Around - it is a tradition at Wisconsin games and it is one of the most annoying things I have ever listened to.  Rock and Roll Part 2 is also something that should be reserved to the pro arena.

It would be a tough choice if I could choose between getting rid of the TV timeouts or the piped in music.  I think I would choose getting rid of the TV timeouts because that would take the piped in music with it.

Calamity Song by The Decemberists, but only when we play Nebraska.  I'm still waiting to use the line about "setting the lay of Nebraska alight" after we kick their corn-husking asses.

the rawk in half I think most of us would be happy.  Its ok to have a moment or two to talk to the person next to you without having to raise your voice.

 

I found the selection clean but surprising there was hardly anything from the last 2 decades.  How can a school 45 miles from Detroit not play a little Eminem?

Beep bop Bo by the skull monkeys just to see the look on everyone's face.

Edit: either of these would be hilariously fantasitc during replay timeouts.

I give you "round and round" which rhymes "round" with "around" and "enough" with "enough", includes a gratuitous Shakespeare reference, and a completely nonsensical guitar solo.  Also "boys are back in town" which is so grating to the ears that even a verse or two in one's head threatens to shatter the little bones that allow hearing.  Lastly "every rose has a thorn" where the thorn  on a rosebush is kin to dawn after night and a cowboy' s song.  These are the worst songs ever.

Can I SIt Next to You Girl Hard As A Rock - ACDC Animal (F$&k Like a Beast) - Wasp Anything Steel Panther

I live the commercial where the guy is microwaving his lunch as Europe plays in the office lounge. Cracks me up every time. Anyway, We Will Rock You and Eye of the Tiger are quintessential Dad Rawk songs (37, father of two). And I think more band would be nicer at the Big House. For pro stadiums you can never go wrong with an old-fashioned organ player.

All RAWK songs should be banned in the stadium unless the band wants to play them.

I never thought I was a "Get off my lawn" type,  but I do not like all this shitty music during games. The majority of it is overused, predictable and cliched. And my reaction is not to 8 years of bad football. I remember the days before stadium rock and they were just better. 

If they're going to pipe in music of the stadium rock kind, let it be AC/DC or something similarly hard. Zeppelin would be good. Someone said Immigrant Song - yes. But no more Journey. No more pro team music. And for the love of God, no more Seven Nation Army. I love Jack White but I really have come to hate that song. 

I don't want to hear any music other than that played by the MMB in Michigan Stadium.  The band can play whatever it wants, but we don't need to have every minute of game day filled with piped in noise.

/I spend a lot of time and money taking care of this lawn, please get the fuck off of it kid.

Don't mind some music but would like to avoid copying and replaying the popular stuff like 

• Let's get it started
• In the air tonight
• Seven Nation Army - PSU 
• Welcome to the Jungle
• Whomp (There it is)
• Start Me Up
• The Final Countdown
• Who let the dogs out
• Jump Around - Wisconsin
• We Will Rock You
• I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night
• Old Time Rock and Roll
• We Built this City 
• Sweet Caroline 

I'd prefer the band mostly but otherwise newer or different stuff. How can we be the Leaders when we play the same old music as everyone else? I don't know shit about Hip Hop but would be up for some.

More Dad Rawk that might work

"Bad to the Bone" George Thorogood

 

 

 

If I never hear that song again, for the rest of my days, I will be so happy.

 

But I'm a young guy and I'd rather there be NO music of any kind besides the band. Any music that gets played at a stadium is going to probably be stuff I don't like to listen to in my personal life, and I don't really think anyone is going to want to hear a playlist off my iPhone either. So let's just listen to the band together.

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I still love the song, though.

non-stop by the MMB, except when the MMB does game-related music (varsity, the victors, etc.).

The Jock Jamz are terrible.  Terrible.  We don't need to play Journey, Bob Seger, Neil Diamond, Baha Men or any other overplayed and boring stadium hitz.  Folks need to start thinking outside of the box here!

If Jock Jamz are here to stay, let's do it the Michigan way.  We can be leaders and not followers.  We can create our own entire genre of stadium music.  Detroit is Rock (and techno...and rap) City.  Without favoring garbage like Pop Evil (did one of them blow Dave Brandon? I'm still unsure how that even happened), we can get local and creative.

Seven Nation Army works because the beat is good for simple crowd participation.  It's the same thing with the BOOM BOOM CLAP of We Will Rock You.  Some of the best crate diggers anywhere are just down the road from A2.  Some of the best beat makers work just down the road (including Dr. Dre who often records in Ferndale).  If Michigan can work with Michael Jordan on uniforms, we can also try to work with top talent in the field of making beats.  Can you imagine how much more hype the players, recruits and fans would be with a customized Michigan music program?  Whose music would be better to get the crowd going - an aging prog rock band or that of someone who can customize the beat for the experience?  The fact that we haven't already taken this route is unfortunate.

[note ** I'm a staunch supporter of the MMB and wish that's the only music we ever heard played in Michigan Stadium. My 3-year old daughter has been singing The Victors since age 2.  What I want might not match up with the modern gameday experience and so I'm resigned to thinking of ways to do it better]