IU Canned Music: D+
So, against ND I was pretty apathetic to the piped in music. Some good, some eh, but nothing terrible.
Today was terrible.
Kid Rock? I like Kid Rock, but that seriously was painful to hear. It was way too loud with those terrible speakers which made it sound like something slightly worse that two-year olds crying while scratching their fingernails on a chalk board while listening to the OSU fight song.
They played Seven Nation Army approximately 6 times, which, GOD GET SOME ORIGINALITY!!!! Eminem was probably played 3-4 times.
Several times they played a song for no more than 15-20 seconds. Really, if they are going to do this they need to know what is going on and when they should start playing and when they should just wait. Hint: Playing Seven Nation Army for 15 seconds before IU's 1st and 15 is unnecessary. This resulted in the fans, especially students, being distracted and not getting loud for the defense.
Bob Seger: Yes.
Twist and Shout: Yes.
Piped in music between every play b/c the band is moving to the field: No.
Save it for TV timeouts, PLEASE!
September 26th, 2009 at 4:34 PM ^
Please stop playing Metallica. It doesn't pump anyone up. It just needs to stop.
September 26th, 2009 at 4:44 PM ^
Enter Sandman didn't do crap last week and it didn't do anything this week, either.
Overall this was the worst week so far for the canned music. It was played way too much and not at good times during the game IMO.
September 26th, 2009 at 4:36 PM ^
If you cut it right, Shout is great on defense: "a little bit louder now, a little bit louder now" ...
September 26th, 2009 at 10:54 PM ^
It's bad when Purdue does it, too.
September 26th, 2009 at 5:48 PM ^
Watching the OSU game. It would appear that Seven Nation Army is OSU's "adopted" pump up song, ala Jump Around at Wisco and Zombie Nation at PSU.
Shouldn't that be enough reason for us to not play it? We've, fairly obviously, avoided the other two, so I would prefer to axe it and find something of our own.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:15 PM ^
Seven Nation Army HAS to stop. Jesus Christ, that is an embarrassment. We might as well play the Penn State fight song.
I'm a Mets fan, and last year someone decided to play Sweet Caroline during the 8th inning. The fans booed mercilessly until it stopped. I hate to say it, but the students have to take matters into their own hands here. Start booing if you have to. This is your team - make your voices heard.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:33 PM ^
It may be up to the alums. The students have probably been conditioned by pro sporting events to expect this type of stuff.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:52 PM ^
You know, I don't really care for it either, but is it really fair to complain about it being PSU's song when the White Stripes are from Detroit?
September 26th, 2009 at 7:03 PM ^
It's Penn State's song because they have played it 12 times at every home game for the past 4 years. They chant it on the street after they win. They chanted it on College Game Day this morning. Yes, they stole it from the Brits, but still, are we really gonna play Seven Nation Army at home against Penn state next month? Amateur hour.
Our football program is 130 years old. We have the best fight song in the history of sports. Stealing canned music from a team that stole canned music from some English soccer team should not be necessary at this point. Again: students, take control here.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:35 PM ^
Again: students, take control here.Dream on. They'll be too busy belting out the bass riff to hear you.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:38 PM ^
It sounds bad in the stadium and it sounds bad on TV. I was willing to give it a shot heading into the season, but now, it's just really not a good idea.
September 26th, 2009 at 7:18 PM ^
sing "Never walk alone"
September 26th, 2009 at 7:33 PM ^
Had to coach my kids soccer games, unfortunately not in the Big House today. I agree with comments about not making the opposition feel too comfortable in our stadium.
I do disagree with the comment 7 Nation Army does not sound cool in the stadium, or on TV. If you can get 100,000 (OK 30,000?) people to say anything in coordination it sounds cool. (Agreed, all 108,000 singing the Victors would be awesome) If SNA was played more than once, it is probably too much.
There are too many cool songs out there. With that many people, a wide selections of songs, some one will always complain. (Heck, we are 4-0, vastly exceeding most of our own expectations and we are still finding things to complain about on this blog.)
(I think Any Given Sunday Al Pacino Inches Speech over the Jumbo Tron would be cool, if done properly, Bo's "The Team") Ufer? Blutto's Animal House Speech?
Bo's speeches would be unsettling to opposition. Plus they would be our own.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:45 PM ^
"The Team" speech was part of today's opening hype video.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
cool. I have been lobbying for it.
September 26th, 2009 at 7:43 PM ^
Uh Oh, I keep hearing the Kentucky Band play Seven Nation Army
September 26th, 2009 at 9:19 PM ^
The Bose speakers suck (IMHE).
I think with time, they will get the piped in music selection, timing and sampling right.
Right now they are just throwing pickles on the window (or cupcakes against the wall, if you prefer) to see what sticks.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:29 PM ^
if you want to keep it local (and old school) they need to play (and take ownership of) Iggy Pop.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:04 PM ^
Seven Nation Army is used by Penn State AND Ohio State, correct?
And it absolutely baffles me that no one has put two and two together that MSU has been using Thunderstruck to come onto the field for over a decade.
We're the leaders and best. This canned music is absolutely horrendously bad.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:09 PM ^
the music has been horrible, but the sound system is flat-out embarrassing.
September 26th, 2009 at 11:33 PM ^
Today was terrible on music, I would like for them to try and change songs every week. I just can't deal with The White Stripes, Journey, and Metallic for the rest of the season and by that I mean I'll deal with it but I really won't like it.