I'm done with Beav. My streak will stop at 50 years.
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Bon Jovi is also crap.
I don't really know who "The Band" are (I've heard the name, but couldn't name any of their songs...and I'm class of '95, so it's not like I'm a young kid).
OldiesAtTheGaff
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I've heard that song I guess, but sounds too much like country for my rock and roll sensibilities.
OldiesAtTheGaff
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Perhaps, their "Last Waltz" Concert is a classic though. I enjoy their live performances with Dylan and also Van Morrison on YouTube.
OldiesAtTheGaff
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If I learned on thing in life, it's that we all "vibe" to different music. A song either strikes a "chord" with a person or it doesn't. Evidenced by the billions upon billions of songs that can inspire each of us.
This is very true and to each his/her own.
But circling this back to the original conversation, the music in Beaver Stadium should cater to:
a) the players (i.e. if there are certain songs that actually pump up the players, e.g. Mo Bamba from a few years ago)
b) how fired up it gets the crowd (i.e. noise can affect game play, e.g. Zombie Nation or Seven Nation Army)
c) the students (the game experience is primarily theirs to enjoy)
d) everyone else
Great version of this song with that Staples included. Of course, for those of us in PA, the Nazareth they are singing about is Nazareth, PA and Martin Guitars.
OldiesAtTheGaff
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I totally agree. I also think the current music is "stale" and with a gazillion songs out there no need to be. Well, licensing may play a role. Time for a facelift and get creative. This 5-0 Team needs it's very OWN song to call their own---one that becomes a rallying cry---and that the fans can get on board with.
(I remember "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" from those glorious 70's-80's.)
OldiesAtTheGaff
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I think the Lion King thing before kickoffs is creative (and unique). Maybe only do it before first KO of game rather than everyone one, but it has a place.
Let the team pick their song then. And it isn't going to be a song you like (based on your stated musical tastes).
When I'm getting geared up for competition, I want a song that make me want to run through a wall. I doubt many on the team today listen to this band but, to me, this is perfect:
both in terms of intensity and lyrics (Battery refers to the energy of the crowd that powers the performers)
Lashing out the action
Returning a reaction
Weak are ripped and torn away
Hypnotizing power
Crushing all that cower
Battery is here to stay
Smashing through the boundaries
Lunacy has found me
Cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression
Turns into obsession
Cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family
Battery is found in me
Battery
Battery
Crushing all deceivers
Mashing non-believers
Never ending potency
Hungry violence seeker
Feeding off the weaker
Breeding on insanity
Smashing through the boundaries
Lunacy has found me
Cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression
Turns into obsession
Cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family
Battery is found in me
Battery
Battery
Circle of destruction
Hammer comes crushing
Powerhouse of energy
Whipping up a fury
Dominating flurry
We create the battery
Smashing through the boundaries
Lunacy has found me
Cannot stop the battery
Pounding out aggression
Turns into obsession
Cannot kill the battery
Cannot kill the family
Battery is found in me
Battery
Battery
Battery
Battery
that's ridiculous.....the players need to be focused on the game and first and foremost, the music in Beaver Stadium should be coming from the Penn State Blue Band, or at least far more often than it is now
(as a side, an Auburn fan sitting near me last year asked "Do they let your band play during the game?"...my reply "Not so much")
and we have that giant stadium and game experience thanks to "everyone else"......how many 20-year-olds do you think get invites to the President's Suite?
I do however care how they ruined the "Penn State Rock and Roll" song to a lame version since 2012. Am I the only one who cares about this. This song used to really get the crowd rocking. The new lame version doesnt quite have the same effect.
LETS GET READY TO ROCK AND ROLLLLLL!!!!!
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If you think using the music in the stadium to gain an advantage (whether than be from pumping the players up or pumping the crowd up) is ridiculous, then I'd suggest that live sporting events in the year 2022 are not for you.
I would hope that "everyone else" realizes that this is COLLEGE football and the games are for the student athletes and the students, not Billy Bob from Potters Mill who has zero personal connection to the university (not that non-alumni aren't welcome, but the games are even less "for them" than they are "for alumni")
It's all the atmosphere, I told my daughter who attended undergrad at another university but masters at PSU, it's like an adrenaline drug..It's a daylong event that if you could bottle that and sell it, You would be filthy rich.. How people attend year after year? It's too draining for me.
I regret not going this year but plan on going every year from here on out. I'm 78 now so hopefully I'll see another 30 or 40
