Pop Evil endorsed by Michigan Players?

I actually love the song. It is a bit cheesy and Nickebackish, it pumps me up for Michigan. Crank it up on a nice speaker system, it sounds great!

If you look at Mike Martins youtube channel he likes the song a lot or just acts like he does.

Really? Which players? Does Denard really want to hear it as much as say, Taylor Lewan? I can't imagine there's much real enthusiasm among the black players on the team to hear warmed-over lite metal/hair band crap with juvenile lyrics a not-very-precocious ESPN-watching 12-year-old might have written, but then I'm an old white guy who hates any sort of metal so what do I know. Get off my goddamn lawn.

My little sister loves Pop Evil.  That told me I didn't want to listen to them.

I sit in Section 6, I have down in front-ers around me, and one of them remarked "Oh no, not this again" when Pop Evil started playing before the team took the field.

I already hear enough complaining in that section about standing, please for the love of God DB, put an end to the Pop Evil experiment PLEASE.

This thread proves, once again, that the only reason panties exist is for people to look for reasons to get them in a bunch.

I'm pretty sure we'll never get Radiohead or Wilco to pen a version of Victors or some other Michigan-centric tune.  We need to chill.  Different strokes, etc.

the song is cheesy at best and sucks at worst. the fight song...however...is the best ever and should be played at every opportunity...esp when the team takes the field

I really can't imagine the players liking the song for anything more than the fact it is referencing the team, the school, etc. However, I have wondered about what the players want to hear, and if it ever gets annoying to hear certain songs before a play starts, etc. They probably just block it out, but who knows.

So, why is half of this thread in bold?

Anybody else have a problem with the statement  "our core customers- the players"?  I guess I always thought the fans were the core customers.  Obviously the players are fans too, but they are part of what is being marketed, not part of what the marketing is directed at.

For me, football and RAWK go hand in hand.  It doesn't work with hip-hop, indie or country.*(some work but not as well as Rrock)  I grew up in the mid 90's with AC/DC playing in our lockerroom along with a good dose of GnR mixed with some Scorpions.  I would much rather hear a newer version of some rock that is taylored to our Wolverines versus TNT...oy..oy..oy. 

The song is not that bad.  For how that band looks, it could be a lot worse.

*Funny enough 09 and 10's hype videos were Indie and Hip-Hop.  Hip-hop is probably my favorite genra and the Hype Video for 2010 is by FAR my favorite. However, during a game for adernaline reasons, I think rock works the best....seems to bring out the mean.  Hip-Hop brings out the swaggar.

Just cause I like it and I am too lazy to imbed:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CG5XGeB-84

After the ND game, it's grown on me.  Every time I hear it, I associate it with that game.

I'm ok with the song as long as these two things stop happening and/or never happen:

1) We stop playing it so that it's conveniently overlapping when the players are running onto the field i.e. drowning out the victors

2) I never want to see Pop Evil in the big house playing the song and/or straightening their hair and/or putting on eye-liner. If they want to come in maize that's ok

If you in any way like "In the Big House" by Pop Evil (other than on some ironic, perverse, or maybe even a sadomasochistic level), then you are a "Walmart Wolverine."  So let it be written. 

We're "core customers" now?

The brand, the brand, the brand...

I am 47 and like In the Big House because it is unique to Michigan (and because I otherwise like it). Although I like the song Seven Nation Army and the chant that goes with that, are we not just copying of what Penn State has been doing for some time. Maybe we should copy Wisconsin and do the jump around between the 3rd and fourth quarters?

I am glad to see a band of some renown writing such a song and certainly don't think we should go out of our way to express hatred for it. I think this should be encouraged.

We have a very intelligent fan base and should have a unique game day experience and should not go about copying what other fans do.

One thing we do that is unique in a bad way, however, is chant "you suck" after every failed third down attempt by the opposing team even when we are losing (which hopefully is not often at home). Don't people understand what that says about our team by yelling that an opponent sucks that is beating us? Does that mean we suck more? I guess I just find that to be something that is not very classy ... something that you would find at Ohio or MSU.

This whole "the players like it" thing is getting old and silly. What do you expect them to say? Of course they won't publicly say that Pop Evil sucks, RAWK doesn't belong in Michigan Stadium, or the throwback uniforms were stupid and disappointing.

These kinds of claims mean nothing.

I'm 32, male, raised on Varsity / Temptation / Hawaiian War Chant, and I like it.  But, as I've gotten older, I've become equally as likely to listen to Lady Gaga / Katy Perry as I am to try to find new indie / alt rock.  If you're listening to music and worrying about how it will make you look or what other people think about your tastes, you're doing it wrong.  Listen for something that you enjoy and makes your day better.  There's no need to make it so complicated and important.

What with Maryland's uniforms (and new FUKKIN WARRIORZ uniforms all over the country really), Pop Evil and other rawk music, and whatever else is going into college football these days, I think we've basically established that all you have to do is throw a bunch of flashy shit into the eyes of 17-year-olds, whether or not it's classy or tacky as fuck, and 4 out of 5 will like it as long as it's different than the flashy shit that was thrown into their eyes last week.

This has always struck me as an issue about which people will differ and it's not really worth getting het up over. Sure, I'll chuckle over a few funny comments about how dreadful some of us find it, but it's not the kind of thing I'd draw a line in the sand over. Or dedicate a lot of main page entries to, either.



Start a petition about having crushed ice rather than cubes in the stadium drinks, I'll quit my job and start a foundation over THAT issue! But a song? No.