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Post by jonathan on Feb 24, 2013 21:47:53 GMT
DJs please, I am begging you, don't ever play, 'Simply the Best' again at any time during the match.
Rightly or wrongly it is a song associated with a part of the Old Firm and to have the Flyers leaving the ice to that wasnae the best for me.
Sorry!
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Feb 24, 2013 21:55:48 GMT
I agree, it has been adopted by another team that has nothing at all to do with Ice Hockey, and will always be associated as such, bin it.
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Post by kdd on Feb 24, 2013 21:57:38 GMT
Yep. Bin anything used by either side of the old firm.
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Post by ferryflyer on Feb 24, 2013 21:59:05 GMT
Agreed
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Post by zamboni on Feb 24, 2013 22:01:25 GMT
I agree, it has been adopted by another team that has nothing at all to do with Ice Hockey, and will always be associated as such, bin it. Oh dear Tina Turner is linked to the old firm how sad . Its a free world chaps
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Post by RedBird on Feb 24, 2013 22:07:07 GMT
And the award of most pointless thread goes to....this one!
It's a song, a great song, so what if a football team use it. Tonight Flyers were 'Simply The Best' so why not use it?
And before anyone asks I support Liverpool!
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Post by zico on Feb 24, 2013 22:12:11 GMT
I don't see any problem with playing it tonight. It's only a song.
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Post by finchy on Feb 24, 2013 22:16:44 GMT
Could they not have played Geordie Munro or The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond?- I hadn't heard either for at least 5 minutes... :-)
Thought STB was a strange choice but I'm sure someone must have requested it ... And it was from the 80's.
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Post by neebur on Feb 24, 2013 22:36:36 GMT
Only in Scotland could a song be associated with/tainted by one half of the Old Firm. It's NOT a Rangers song - just happens to be one played by them. Big difference.
Anyone in FIA making that link rather than enjoying it as a song about celebration maybe needs to a long hard look at themselves first.
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Post by kdd on Feb 24, 2013 22:56:07 GMT
Only in Scotland could a song be associated with/tainted by one half of the Old Firm. It's NOT a Rangers song - just happens to be one played by them. Big difference. It's also a sh1t song
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Post by jonathan on Feb 24, 2013 23:15:06 GMT
I should clarify that I'm not a Celtic fan with sour grapes AND I totally accept that it's ridiculous that a song can taint someone's enjoyment of the night, but it just does.
I accept it's not a Rangers song, but it is 100% associated with them and it makes me cringe whenever I hear it.
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Post by ross on Feb 24, 2013 23:27:14 GMT
haha every song gets panned on here for being cringe-worthy! it's a night at the ice hockey, it's hardly going to be Mozart's greatest hits, a lot of the songs at all hockey games can be quite cheesy.
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Post by jonathan on Feb 24, 2013 23:33:58 GMT
haha every song gets panned on here for being cringe-worthy! it's a night at the ice hockey, it's hardly going to be Mozart's greatest hits, a lot of the songs at all hockey games can be quite cheesy. There's a difference between cheese and this song though.
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Post by finchy on Feb 24, 2013 23:47:05 GMT
haha every song gets panned on here for being cringe-worthy! it's a night at the ice hockey, it's hardly going to be Mozart's greatest hits, a lot of the songs at all hockey games can be quite cheesy. I think the thing you have to accept is that in modern ice hockey it's part of the match night experience. Choice of music and the timing of when certain stuff is played is important as when something doesn't seem quite right folk will notice. Same with announcements. I'd never heard any complaints about music or announcing at FIA until this season.
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Post by shootermcgavin on Feb 25, 2013 0:10:28 GMT
shoudlnt play scottish national anthem as scotland football team use it.
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