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"NC State Narrowly Avoids Third Quarter Rick Roll Music is important to the outcome of sporting events. Look no further than the Boston Celtics, who used Republica’s “Ready To Go” (on the rooftops shouting out!) as their theme in 2007 … and not in 2008. Worked out pretty well for them. So, yeah, entrance music, coupled with a really strong desire to win, is what makes your team a winner. All jokes aside though, NC State is making a huge mistake with the way they are handling music at 2008 football games. 850 THE BUZZ brings the noise that the Wolfpack are having an online poll as to what should be played, and you’ll never believe it, but that dastardly Rick Astley is back up to his old tricks. See, NCSU’s Hip People in Charge of Fun at Football Games (an actual title, mind you) decided to see what the fans wanted to hear in between the third and fourth quarter to keep them in their seats during a blowout get them pumped up. Here’s your chance to help start a new game-day tradition at Carter-Finley Stadium. Whether it is a country hit, classic rock or a beach music song, NC State is looking for something that will stir the passions of fans aged 2 to 92 between the third and fourth quarters of home football games. YEAH! WOO! STEAK! KILL! FOOTBALL! BEACH MUSI … Whaaa? Or worse, Rick Astley, since as Joe Ovies pointed out, if Carolina fans weren’t so busy sucking down their Savignon Blanco, they’d be on the interwebs voting “Never Gonna” up and making ‘Pack fans suffer even worse than they already will be in 2008. But, alas, the draw of the brie was too great and it appears they were too late. And NCSU has already narrowed the list of potential songs to five. Fortunately for anyone who hates the Pack, everyone in charge is stupid and/or has bad taste in music. The five finalists? 1. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel 2. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi 3. Song of the South - Alabama 4. I Won’t Back Down - Tom Petty 5. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones Suite. Jeebus. Does any of that — Stones maybe aside, inspire? And beach music at a football game with the intent of pumping the crowd up is just repugnant enough to make me sell my season ticket back. Just grow up and play “Thunderstruck” already. Or “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Whatever. Same difference. This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm and is filed under Fans Get Screwed, College Football, Football . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Visited 241 times, 241 so far today You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed."

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nc-state-narrowly-avoids-third-quarter-rick-roll-19319

8/12/2008 4:58:21 PM

i dont think this guy gets it


the BAND will be playing this song not over the PA.


but nonetheless thank god for no rick roll

8/12/2008 5:04:10 PM

our band SHOULD play the Astley song AT OTHER TEAM'S STADIUMS between the 3rd and 4th

8/12/2008 5:06:19 PM

totally agree with that

where are those band kids that frequent TWW

8/12/2008 5:08:24 PM

ahahaha that would be hilarious. our band needs to rick roll the other team at every away game
hahaha.

8/12/2008 5:23:22 PM

the only "rolling" that'll go on at football games is the nc state roll. that's where another team is expecting a decent football game, only to get pick6's w/o any sort of effort.

8/12/2008 5:25:01 PM

^ouch

8/12/2008 5:56:47 PM

That blog sucks.

8/12/2008 5:57:29 PM

ahahahahaha rick rolling the other team would be classic as hell

8/13/2008 1:43:07 PM

That might be the funniest idea ever to come out of TWW.

however

I don't think most football fans would get it.. i don't think the geek factor is as prevalent at most of the schools we play.

8/13/2008 2:02:23 PM

Yeah, like 1/3 would think it's funny, 1/3 would be like "oh i remember this song" and 1/3 would be like "what the hell are they playing?"

8/13/2008 2:05:12 PM

I don't know. I think most of the students and young alums at the opposing schools would get it. The Rick Roll is an internet/youtube phenomenon and has been talked about on tv channels like VH1.

8/13/2008 2:06:36 PM

That's still a very small portion of the attendance at a given football game, even assuming that every student would get it.

8/13/2008 2:28:16 PM

play it at halftime and have a rick astley go out on the field and do the dance.

8/13/2008 2:32:33 PM

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"the BAND will be playing this song not over the PA"

Actually I may have it wrong....but I do think they are talking about playing the actual song over the PA. the idea is for the crowd to sing along and it become a tradition like The Boston Red Sox have Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.” Ohio State has The McCoys’ “Hang on Sloopy.” And Wisconsin has Van Halen’s “Jump.”

That is the way I read it....I am pretty sure the Boston Red Sox do not have a band


http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=1552207

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 3:19 PM. Reason : hg]

8/13/2008 3:18:59 PM

Wisconsin plays House of Pain's Jump Around. It is played over the PA.

Ohio State on the other hand has their marching band routinely play Hang On Sloopy which is the official rock and roll song of Ohio (no I'm not joking it really is legislated by the state's government as the official rock and roll song of the state). They played it a number of times when they visited us in 2004.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF05qTtd1kQ&feature=related

8/13/2008 3:28:17 PM

I too was under the impression this was to be played over the PA system, not by the band

8/13/2008 3:42:44 PM

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"1. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel 2. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi 3. Song of the South - Alabama 4. I Won’t Back Down - Tom Petty 5. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones"

currently the band plays Hey Baby, correct?

8/13/2008 3:47:58 PM

we might as well just start it early and play "I've seen better days" There is a 75% chance it will be played after the game anyways

8/13/2008 3:49:47 PM

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"Quote : "1. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel 2. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi 3. Song of the South - Alabama 4. I Won’t Back Down - Tom Petty 5. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones" currently the band plays Hey Baby, correct? "

correct

8/14/2008 9:29:44 AM

I don't care what any of you people say. This is fine journalism.

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" NC State’s athletic department is currently taking votes for a sing-along anthem to be played between the third and fourth quarters at Carter-Finley Stadium. You can find the article and vote here. Let’s take a look at the 3 songs mentioned in the first paragraph of the gopack.com article. First, “Sweet Caroline” was played at Red Sox games because Fenway’s music director had heard it played at other sporting events and would play it at random late in the game if the Sox were winning. The fans soon began to anticipate the song as a good luck charm and is now a tradition. Second, “Hang On Sloopy” was played at Ohio State because a marching band member convinced the band director to let the marching band play the song. The crowd at the Horseshoe had a positive reaction so the band started to play it at every game and is now a tradition. And third, House of Pain’s “Jump Around” (not Van Halen’s “Jump” as initally stated in the article. Imagine that, sloppy editing on gopack.com although it is now fixed) just happened to be played at Wisconsin in an ugly game against Purdue. It pumped up the crowd and the team and is now a tradition. Notice a theme? None of these traditions were manufactured. A song just happened to be played at the stadium, the crowd liked it, so they played it again next game and now it is played every game. It just happened naturally, there were no polls or votes or anyone telling the fans what song they are supposed to like. So NC State’s athletic department, on the cutting edge as usual, is trying to manufacture traditions because other teams are doing it too (see also the new wolf statue in the tunnel. The Cranberries album “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” must be popular in the athletic department these days). Although, I’m not sure how we were going to naturally create a tradition when the jumbotron is usually playing a Fox 50 commercial, the wacky donkey House-Autry ad, win Chuck’s Truck or reminders to recycle (even though it is a worthwhile cause). Now let’s take a look at the 5 finalist songs. I’m a big music fan, I may not be up on every new indie band but my iPod has a pretty wide range of music. So this is my take on these songs, you may or may not agree, I understand music taste is subjective. First, “Hey Baby” by Bruce Channel. Decent choice, I’m neutral on this song. It’s not on my iPod but I don’t hate it either. Along with the Sugarhill Gang’s “Apache” it seems to have caught on some with the student section. Of course, instead of letting these songs catch on naturally we have to go through the official voting process. Second, “You Give Love A Bad Name” by Bon Jovi. Really? That’s not even the best Bon Jovi option, I would have gone with “Livin’ On A Prayer”. If we have to have some 80s hair metal, why not Ozzy’s “Bark At The Moon” which would at least tie in with our mascot. Third, “Song of the South” by Alabama. I know some of Alabama’s stuff, like the mountain music that grandma and grandpa used to play. But I have to admit I was not at all familiar with this song. Which adds a degree of difficulty for singing along plus are you really going to get the crowd to sing “Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat, They oughta get a rich man to vote like that”? And nothing against country music, but it also plays into the redneck/tractor stereotype. Fourth, “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty. I’ll say up front that I am a big Tom Petty fan, I celebrate the guy’s entire catalog. When you get a packed crowd at Walnut Creek singing along to the chorus it’s actually pretty cool and the lyrics are fitting and pretty easy to remember. But as much as I love this song, it just doesn’t strike me as a football pump you up type song or more of a fun song like “Hey Baby” and “Apache”. Fifth, “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones. Starts off with another classic Stones riff but after the first line can you honestly sing the rest of the verse off the top of your head? Neither can I and I’ve probably heard the song at every Hurricanes game I’ve been to over the past 10 years. In its defense, the line in the chorus “You make a grown man cry” is actually pretty fitting for State athletics. But either nobody in the athletic department bothered to take the time to read the lyrics or Mick Jagger’s sexual innuendos went completely over their head. Just a sample of some of the lyrics are “I’ve been running hot, You got me ticking gonna blow my top“ or “If you rough it up, If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up” and of course “You make a dead man come”. Sounds like a perfect sing-along with your kids at the game doesn’t it? Another problem I have with the finalists is that none of the songs have any sort of connection to the school. For example, as a WVU fan, “Country Roads” is a perfect song for Mountaineer Field, John Denver even played it live when the stadium was dedicated. There may not be a lot of wolf songs but just off the top of my head there are the aforementioned “Bark At The Moon”, Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”, Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like The Wolf”, Metallica’s “Of Wolf And Man”, Whitesnake’s “Still Of The Night” and oldies like Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh’s “Li’l Red Riding Hood” and “Werewolf” by the Frantics (although more of an instrumental). At least a song like one of those would be unique and fitting and not just some song drawn out of a hat. I can anticipate this being a colossal failure with half the crowd not even paying attention that we’re supposed to be singing now and the other half not knowing the words. And sprinkled in will be those of us who will refuse to participate on the grounds that manufactured new traditions like this have a high probability of lame."

http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/2008/08/20/carter-finley-karaoke/

8/20/2008 4:46:14 PM

8/20/2008 4:51:54 PM

^^Pretty much sums up every competent person's feeling on this whole "manufactured tradition" crap. Everyone should send that to the marketing department pronto.

This whole idea is absolutely retarded. Just play apache or hey baby (songs that already get a good response) and be done with the damn thing.

[Edited on August 20, 2008 at 5:31 PM. Reason : ]

8/20/2008 5:29:18 PM

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"[the] problem I have with the finalists is that none of the songs have any sort of connection to the school."

amen

8/20/2008 5:55:13 PM

should've just stuck with apache

8/20/2008 7:21:29 PM

DID SOMEBODY SAY APACHE?

8/20/2008 7:25:47 PM

OHHHH SHIT

8/20/2008 7:26:19 PM

song of the south. definitely.

or... rebel son's Redneck Piece of White Trash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI-ir5ZVWxc

[Edited on August 21, 2008 at 2:39 AM. Reason : ]

8/21/2008 2:38:10 AM

Enter Sandman would work too

8/21/2008 3:19:32 AM

But then we'd be Virginia Tech wannabes.

8/21/2008 9:29:10 AM

this could be the worst idea yet...

I thought traditions were born not manufactured.

Isn't enough that we have that stupid new wolf statute for the players to rub as they run out of a plastic cave?

jeebus

8/21/2008 9:46:11 AM

just skew the heck out of that poll till tom petty isn't winning please

8/22/2008 3:57:00 PM

just when i think the other ACC schools couldn't laugh at us any more............ just when I think we can't do any worse............. we do this

this is by far the GAYEST FUCKING THING NC STATE ATHLETICS HAS DONE SINCE CHANGING FROM BODIES TO HERE COMES THE BOOM

8/22/2008 4:05:06 PM

Okay, I've looked over my collection of frat rock. I picked that genre because it appeals to folks of all ages. It is also upbeat like whoa.

Here's my nomination:



One of you band nerds need to pass "Farmer John" along.

Cause my opinion should matter.

8/25/2008 2:42:09 PM

Who in the hell keeps voting for Tom Petty? seriously.

8/25/2008 8:44:17 PM