"Sweet Caroline," which is a big fan participation song during games, is being cut because of the lyrics, more specifically the line "touching me, touching you."
Wonder what we'll do when we host Penn State in a couple of years.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/sweet-caroline-no-longer...
Wow
Yeah, I can sort of see that
Yeah, I can sort of see that as being a little overboard, but that song is creepy in and of itself. It was written about an 11 year old girl. Ew. Catchy melody, though.
Well... that 11 year old girl
Well... that 11 year old girl part sums it up then...
One of the creepier things I learned today.
Also creepy, Neil Diamond
Also creepy, Neil Diamond wrote that song two hours after driving down a dark road and hitting a kid.
Neil Diamond Storytellers by JimGoodwine
Let's eat Grandpa.
Poseidon help me I love it so
So much that I've had that skit on my Ipod for the last 2 years. Nice work Still in AA!
You make it sound like it was
You make it sound like it was romantically about an 11 yr old, and left out the part that is was Caroline Kennedy (JFK's daughter).
Um... in what way isn't it
Um... in what way isn't it romantically about an 11 year old?
I'm ok with PSU doing a
I'm ok with PSU doing a little overboard after so much underboard for 13 years.
Ummm, no its not
they are coming off the worst pedaphile scandel in college football history, every media outlet will be on them this season, almost all of their athletic leaders are under indictment, under investigation or already in prison, and the NCAA just hammered them. I don't blame them at all for erring on the side of caution with frivolous things like Sweet Caroline.
Every little thing at Penn
Every little thing at Penn State will be the butt of all jokes, sadly...
No, what transpired in the locker room was sad.
Having people (and I include myself) with warped or morbid senses of humor rain insults upon you is part of the pennance for not standing up and doing what was right.
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
I don't think you got the
I don't think you got the joke.
CoE Class of 2007
Everything at PSU is going to be looked at in a different light
Everything at PSU is going to be looked at in a different light. I feel rather sorry for them. Not the people involved but the students and all the other innocents that will have to deal with the fallout of the sickness and dearth of values that occurred there.
Please no
Penn State butt jokes.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Thank god!
Man...great move. Whew. About time, huh?
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Oh...it's the lyrics.
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Not that Neil Diamond sucks?
Neil Diamond does suck
But I will defend the hell out of that song (though not drunken frat boys singing it).
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.
Ummm, these guys would
Ummm, these guys would probably disagree with you:
who are those guys?
who are those guys?
Diamonds in the rough
Apparently they kidnapped one of the member's girlfriend so he wouldn't marry her and so he could reunite with the love of his youth who was just about to take her vows to become a nun
#runonsentence
Neil Diamond, Darren
Neil Diamond, Darren Silverman, Wayne LeFessier, and J.D. McNugent.
Amazing +1 for you good sir
Amazing +1 for you good sir
Kind of looks like a mix
Kind of looks like a mix between Tom Cruise/Steven Seagal, Jason Biggs, Jack Black, and Steve Zahn.
The gap-toothed dude kinda
The gap-toothed dude kinda looks like Flea also, if Flea wore a purple 70's tuxedo shirt and played a shitty Ovation.
Or the fact that is one of
Or the fact that is one of the corniest songs of all time? One thing that I thought about is how Herbert on Family Guy is going to be handled. As PC as we've become, I can't imagine that he isn't going to ruffle some feathers if he's featured on any episodes from here on out.
"It's the only place to get the inside story on Wolverine football, so blee bluhh tahh!" - Bo
wow that's sad.
wow that's sad.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
Surprising
I'm inclined...
To believe they never would.
I see you
Gerald.
Honestly, someone was
Honestly, someone was thinking ahead on that one, but its sad where you have to live in a world without Neil Diamond
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
Quick
Somebody edit the lyrics to In "The Big House" to have something potentially maybe risque.
In the Big House
Somebody should edit "In the Big House" to have a duration of three seconds.
"You will suffer humiliation when the team from my area defeats the team from your area." -- The Onion
It's probably not a bad decision
But PSU isn't doing any itself any favors by openly discussing it and drawing more attention to themselves.
Agree. Why didn't PSU just
Agree. Why didn't PSU just drop the song but not make any mention of it? They do Seven nation army so much, the students would never notice that "Sweet Caroline" was even missing.
Go Blue! Always!
Wow, sensitive people
Wow, sensitive people twisting lyrics. That's way overboard if you ask me. But I guess they are in a derperate situation trying to fix their image. Don't want immature people making a big deal about it. meeeh whatever.
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
This isn't
This isn't OT: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mgoboard-faq
Wu Tang
maybe bust out some of the Return to the 36 Chambers sing along. Id go to every game
Billy Ocean?! Holy shit!
Dude, whe the hell have you been man! You were the shiznit in the mid 80's. Carribean Queen, Love Zone, and Mystery Lady are great, but Get Out of My Dreams Get into My Car...not so much.
"It's the only place to get the inside story on Wolverine football, so blee bluhh tahh!" - Bo
Outside of Fenway Park, where it was "originated,"
and a Neil Diamond concert, why is this being adopted as a Penn State/Michigan/anything tradition? Since when did we get into the business of copying the Red Sox?
In NO WAY is this overboard...
People have the right to be offended, creeped out, or whatever by this song at Penn St.
I commend the University, particularly the Athletic Marketing department on doing the due dillegence and catching this AHEAD of time. Granted, it was probably some intern out at the bar when the song was on when it hit him/her that it would be inappropriate at football games, but a good catch nonetheless.
Penn St. ignored, avoided, etc. the comfort of so many people for so many years...even if this may seem overboard, I'm glad they're doing everything in their power to reverse that culture.
The last thing I'll say is that it is smart from a PR standpoint. The last thing you want is people coming into your stadium making fun what happened by singing that line louder than the others or making gestures. And when you're talking about a bunch of drunk fans, dignity will certainly be beneath many of them. I'm sure there will be opposing fans doing something to poke fun at the situation...I pray they aren't wearing Maize and Blue!
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
Well it has never been
Well it has never been "welcome" at the Big House but they still play it.
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
It's overboard but completely
It's overboard but completely understandable and the right thing to do. Hearing those lyrics in that stadium would be so creepy.
Reaching outttttttt.....
Reaching outttttttt.....
Touchdown Michigan!
Sweet Caroline
They should probably have just quietly stopped playing the song, instead of publicly announcing their decision to stop playing it. Penn State gets +1 for incompetent PR.
"You will suffer humiliation when the team from my area defeats the team from your area." -- The Onion
I think it should be banned
I think it should be banned from UM games as well.
Is it not welcome at our
Is it not welcome at our games now too? I hope so.
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
It should be "unwelcome" in
It should be "unwelcome" in every stadium...because it's terrible and has no place in sport. It's a fine song for an Irish pub, but shouldn't be played in a football stadium. You listening, DB? You can clear out Pop Evil while you're at it.
The Last Waltz
Levon Helm was critical of the inclusion of Diamond, not discerning any musical connection to The Band. Reportedly, when Diamond came off stage he remarked to Dylan, "Follow that," to which Dylan responded, "What do I have to do, go on stage and fall asleep?"
Replacement
Can they replace it with Another Brick in the Wall?
Oh boy, people need to just
Oh boy, people need to just accept the penalties, appologize profusely, and move on. Does anyone here think that students singing a song which may or may not have questionable lyrics will have any bearing on anything in the world? Do you really think that banning a damn song will make the victims lives' better, or discourage other sickos, or really do anything other than to serve as a cheap public relations stunt for an obviously idiotic university administration? What's next, banning "Beat [Team Y]" because it could be interpreted as offensive for abuse victims? Or hell, why doesn't Penn State take out the showers from the locker room? Boy, that would really show the world how serious PSU is about stopping future abuse.
Take real action, Penn State, not this garbage that only furthers the notion that your university's leadership is a bunch of out-of-touch grade-A assholes. Give me a break.
~Herm
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Good. I don't care what
Good. I don't care what anyone says, it's a terrible sports song. Zero pump up factor. Also, the band doesn't play it, which pretty much settles the matter.
Now with 100% less South Bend, 100% more Washington DC.
The only place this song should be used
is at the Joe during the playoffs. Case closed.
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That's a little overboard. Yeesh.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."