Better songs for Michigan Stadium this season
Last year was the first time music over the PA has been played at Michigan Stadium.
Fact, the music did get the crowd more into it, which is what the goal was.
Fact, some of the music was a good choice (I remember them playing Shout by the Temptations)
Fact, most of it was the same stuff they play at Minor League baseball parks)
I've gone ahead and come up with a list of songs that I can't ever remember hearing anywhere else, or very rarely heard. Please take a look and tell me if you could see them playing any of these songs in the Big House this fall. I've even listed some songs from singers from Michigan.
Aerosmith- Livin on the edge (start at 2nd chorus)
Anthrax- Madhouse
Boston- Foreplay/Long Time
Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
Derek and the Dominos- Layla
Dire Straits- Money for nothing(intro)
Iron Maiden- The Legacy
Led Zeppelin- Kashmir
Muse- Uprising
Muse- Supermassive Black Hole
Muse- Hysteria
Scorpions- Rock you like a Hurricane
Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
Van Halen- Humans Being (Song from Twister)
Singers from Michigan:
Alice Cooper- Sanctuary
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
Ted Nugent- Stranglehold
Ted Nugent- Free for all
Ted Nugent- Crave
Fact, bears eat beets.
Bears, beets, battlestar galactia.
Michael!!!
how about "the victors"
As long as they don't play the White Stripes every five minutes like they did last season (which it seemed, anyway), I will be happy. Also -- they need to invest in a new sound system. Was this addressed with the new additions? I didn't see anything on it.
In fact they did. You will hear it this season.
half of it done for the spring game (built into one of the two score boards.) It sounded so much more glorious than the god awful distortion they said was the white stripes last year.
Actually they had it built into the scoreboard by the spring game but didn't have it hooked up in the new press box yet so they used Portable Speakers for the Spring Game so what you heard there will not be the same as Gameday. I am sure it will be better. The portable speakers for the spring game were on tripods in the handicap seating area in the North Endzone stands.
more Led Zeppelin sounds amazing, but the band already plays some (which is sweet). Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold" would be great, as he is from Michigan like you said. The Blackhawks used it a for their playoff entrances and I thought it was sweet. Ultimately, anything but the absolute crap that was played last year (please no Journey and no Sweet Caroline)
I'm on board with your last sentence.
Some Zeppelin does sound sweet. Kashmir playing during our game would equal goosebumps if this season goes how I think it will.
Also, if you are looking for more Michigan made music, try "Won't back down" on Eminems new CD. I think that'd be bad-ass.
Well time to get off the pooper and get back to work.
"Valhalla, I am coming!"
How much more badass does it get? Throw in Ufer's "Yost in football Valhalla" before or after for maximum pre-game RAWWWR-ness
...song for consideration.
Andrew W.K. - Party Hard
I should have thought of that one...
Any Bob Seger would be good...Kid Rock is from Romeo...would be an improvement over the Penn State White Stripes copy.
On the other hand, how about just more MMB?
Iron Man after Defensive plays are sweet... but it's good when the band does it. I wouldn't be opposed to a loud speaker version as well though.
I also thought "Welcome to the Jungle" worked for the defense coming out.
I'd like to see the PA be a little more serious when needed (get loud/exciting stuff) and have a little more fun when games are out of hand (like the crowd doing the wave).
If we have to have the piped in music, let's still give the band it's due and make sure that what we do pump in works
totally agree, the band's "Iron Man" is amazing
I'd go with Hello Operator.
...that any White Stripes song has been appropriated by any other fanbase, but since Seven Nation Army is a fait accompli, another of their songs needs to be adopted by Michigan.
Let's make it happen.
Can you get me number nine?
Intro to "Killing In The Name"
or
Intro to Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage"
would be nifty.
And now ya do what they told ya
I almost added that to the list in the first place, but I wasn't sure.
..."FU, I won't do watcha you tell me" refrain instead?
the intro and first couple bars of Ghost of Tom Joad would be awesome.
If I cared.
..Boss/Rage twofer which is win. Which reminds me: The Boss has some great twofers including the aforementioned and Boss/Patti Smith, Boss/Manfred Mann.
August 1st, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
But how about "There'll be no shelter here!" It's a rockin' tune, plus it will remind our opponents where they are.
I love the Boss like nobody's business. When Floyd Money came out to Born in the USA against Ricky Hatton I had goose bumps. It was the perfect song at the perfect moment. I think most American fans were planning on rooting against the cocky Mayweather but the combination of the British fans booing our national anthem, their loud support for Hatten, and the Mayweather entrance shifted the crowd's support. Now if only he would man up and fight Pacquio
EDIT: Found the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Hd8k_FUsU
DOUBLE EDIT: the video only shows the national anthems, not the entrances. It gives you a good idea of how obnoxious the British fans were being though. Then imagine the first few notes of Born in the USA coming over the loudspeaker as the Americans in the crowd went nuts
There is not a single song on that list that I would agree with. But that just goes to show how much of a 'no win' situation this task is because everybody has different tastes and opinions. I respect your strategy to come up with original stuff though.
it is an impossible task because the age range/taste vary so much because michigan football touches all ....
many college aged kids wouldnt be down for almost any of those songs ...
honestly the first time eminem came on for the nd game, we went ballistic, for instate kids the guy is our fricking hero (they then overplayed it) but i seriously think they should break out some "Not Afraid" this yr
my fav michigan singer is segar but i dont think his music qualifies as pump up music
No, please God, no.
As long as there isn't any more AC/DC before the team runs under the banner. Yeesh.
We collected a whole list of songs for the Big House the other day.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-what-your-secret-favorite-cheesy-song
Oldies blow
I don't really care what's played, so long as it's played by the MMB
No disrespect to the band (I married a drum major) but the MMB when seated is not effective in getting the rest of the crowd into the game. The echo is so bad that people in the South end of the stadium usually give up trying to join in the songs. If they were somehow amplified through the speaker system, then I would be all over it.
However, until that time, I am open to the same proportion of music being played through the speaker system.
No disrespect to the band, I love them. But when they try to play rock songs, it just doesn't work. It wasn't hard to mix the band and the PA music last year. It can be done.
I don't know... I really love their Zeppelin renditions
Kashmir at Yost
Bears, beets....Battlestar Galactica
incredibly irrelevant/wrong, but how much does it cost to get a song over the PA. are there any fees or anything like that?
Fact, some of the music was a good choice
In fact, not a fact. Only e-pinion.
Which bear is best?
FACT: Brown Bear
I'm definitely down for Muse. Been listening to Absolution a lot lately. Lots of good songs on there that would fit well in the OMG RAWK category to pump people up.
Good list... I would add
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills and Fear of the Dark
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Hear
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction and Countdown to Extinction
Metallica - Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets and Orion (I imagine the crowd chanting during the beginning part and then the team running out when the guitar really starts)
Rage - Wake Up
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
Ozzy - Crazy Train
AC/DC - Hells Bells (do not remember hearing it before, usually its Thunderstruck)
AC/DC - Hells Bells (do not remember hearing it before, usually its Thunderstruck)
c'mon guy. osu uses it
we need to think outside
the box
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