[Article] Canucks: Check those vibes, it's time for a new goal song

[RWJC]

Canucks: Check those vibes, it's time for a new goal song

 

It started out as the song that nobody wanted. Nearly four decades later, it’s still the song that nobody wants.

Well, at least the bushy-bearded, male, Oakley Sutro-wearing demographic at Vancouver Canucks games. You know, that overly vocal segment on social media proselytizing about the virtues of investing in Bored Apes and smugly retweeting flat earth theories.

 

It’s only been two years that Don’t You (Forget About Me) has been the Canucks’ goal song, ever since a mic’d-up J.T. Miller sealed the deal by singing along — HEY HEY HEY — during ’80s night against the Columbus Blue Jackets in December 2021.

 

Simple Minds recorded it in 1984, but only after turning down the song’s writers — producer Keith Forsey and guitarist Steve Schiff — five times, and only after the duo was stonewalled by Billy Idol, Bryan Ferry and The Fixx. The maudlin and melancholy dance track hit No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, and was part of the soundtrack for The Breakfast Club, a movie that I’ll go out on a limb and say most Canucks fans aren’t old enough to remember watching in theatres.

 

But those fans are old enough to remember the past few years, forget them as they try.

 

Two weeks before Miller’s goal-celebration crooning to Simple Minds, the Canucks had fired head coach Travis Green and general manager Jim Benning with the team languishing in last place in the Pacific Division and on their way to a second-straight season out of the playoffs.

 

The hiring of Bruce (There It Is) Boudreau didn’t change that in 2021 nor 2022, and he was shown the door in January — well, more like sent through it like Jazzy Jeff — and the melancholy continued. Apart from the blip in the COVID-19 season when the upstart ‘Nucks ran through the West before losing to the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round, Vancouver has been outside of the playoffs looking in since 2014-15. Melancholy worked for that era.

But this year? Check out these vibes.

First in the West, second best record overall in the league. You want goals? How about 70 — 12 more than the next closest team. You want stars?

 

How about Nos. 1 through 3 in points leaders in Miller (26) Elias Petterson (26) and Quinn Hughes (26). Oh, and The Flow himself, Brock Boeser, tied for the league in goals scored (13) alongside Auston Matthews and Kyle Connor.

 

Hughes sits No. 1 in plus/minus. Goalie Thatcher Demko is second in wins and fifth in save percentage.

 

These vibes, these 2023-24 vibes, they’re immaculate.

 

Don’t You is catchy, if a bit sleepy, and you’ll even spot those Sutro Bros are out there La-La-La-ing at Rogers. But it feels like a new era. It’s about time for a new goal song.

 

It needs to be upbeat, easy for anyone to sing along, a punctuating beat or bass and stick in your mind. There is a whole generation of Canucks fans who will fly into a rage any time they hear the opening stanza of the Fratelli’s Chelsea Dagger. That right there is proof of a good goal song.

Before Don’t You, there was Van Halen (Aint talkin’ bout love), Green Day (Holiday), U2 twice (Elevation, The Miracle), and Locksley (The Whip).

But this isn’t as easy as just dropping in a new jam. It’s not the same as listening to a full-length song; the selected stanza has to resonate, it has to, well, sing. And the Canucks’ presentation team has been trialling songs for awhile. They did three in the 2022-23 pre-season, and roughed in six more this year, but none have yet resonated.

 

And games will have fans from eight to 88 years; try to pinpoint one that is received well in all the demographics in-between. Another theme night hit, trying to recapture the reception that the Simple Minds’ song got in 2021, might be the way forward.

Or better yet, personalized goal songs.

 

Miller can keep Don’t You, since they’re forever and inexorably linked, but how about the other scoring machines? Off the top of my head; Petterson could be Beautiful Life by Swedish icons Ace of Bass; Hughes would have to be I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys, since he already knows the choreography. Boeser, on hair alone … Hannah Montana’s Let’s Get Crazy.

 

Full disclosure, I own a pair of Oakley Sutros, so perhaps I’m not the best person to suggest new goal songs. But let’s hear your suggestions, and we’ll drop the best in the next Canucks’ mailbag.

 

By JJ Adams

 

https://apple.news/A6tfN7rmVRnyvmQKguTMACA

[Wilbur]

I will admit, I like the current goal song, but acknowledge it isn't everyone's cup of tea so would accept a change.  Except for the ones the article mentioned....those are downright terrible.

[Phil_314]

What happened to a good hype song to really get excited after a goal?  "Don't You" is a fine song but not sure it belongs in a sports arena (the lyrics they chose would probably be more fitting for a Ring of Honor induction or jersey retirement ceremony IMHO).

[tas]

1 hour ago, RWJC said:

Canucks: Check those vibes, it's time for a new goal song

 

It started out as the song that nobody wanted. Nearly four decades later, it’s still the song that nobody wants.

Well, at least the bushy-bearded, male, Oakley Sutro-wearing demographic at Vancouver Canucks games. You know, that overly vocal segment on social media proselytizing about the virtues of investing in Bored Apes and smugly retweeting flat earth theories.

 

It’s only been two years that Don’t You (Forget About Me) has been the Canucks’ goal song, ever since a mic’d-up J.T. Miller sealed the deal by singing along — HEY HEY HEY — during ’80s night against the Columbus Blue Jackets in December 2021.

 

Simple Minds recorded it in 1984, but only after turning down the song’s writers — producer Keith Forsey and guitarist Steve Schiff — five times, and only after the duo was stonewalled by Billy Idol, Bryan Ferry and The Fixx. The maudlin and melancholy dance track hit No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, and was part of the soundtrack for The Breakfast Club, a movie that I’ll go out on a limb and say most Canucks fans aren’t old enough to remember watching in theatres.

 

But those fans are old enough to remember the past few years, forget them as they try.

 

Two weeks before Miller’s goal-celebration crooning to Simple Minds, the Canucks had fired head coach Travis Green and general manager Jim Benning with the team languishing in last place in the Pacific Division and on their way to a second-straight season out of the playoffs.

 

The hiring of Bruce (There It Is) Boudreau didn’t change that in 2021 nor 2022, and he was shown the door in January — well, more like sent through it like Jazzy Jeff — and the melancholy continued. Apart from the blip in the COVID-19 season when the upstart ‘Nucks ran through the West before losing to the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round, Vancouver has been outside of the playoffs looking in since 2014-15. Melancholy worked for that era.

But this year? Check out these vibes.

First in the West, second best record overall in the league. You want goals? How about 70 — 12 more than the next closest team. You want stars?

 

How about Nos. 1 through 3 in points leaders in Miller (26) Elias Petterson (26) and Quinn Hughes (26). Oh, and The Flow himself, Brock Boeser, tied for the league in goals scored (13) alongside Auston Matthews and Kyle Connor.

 

Hughes sits No. 1 in plus/minus. Goalie Thatcher Demko is second in wins and fifth in save percentage.

 

These vibes, these 2023-24 vibes, they’re immaculate.

 

Don’t You is catchy, if a bit sleepy, and you’ll even spot those Sutro Bros are out there La-La-La-ing at Rogers. But it feels like a new era. It’s about time for a new goal song.

 

It needs to be upbeat, easy for anyone to sing along, a punctuating beat or bass and stick in your mind. There is a whole generation of Canucks fans who will fly into a rage any time they hear the opening stanza of the Fratelli’s Chelsea Dagger. That right there is proof of a good goal song.

Before Don’t You, there was Van Halen (Aint talkin’ bout love), Green Day (Holiday), U2 twice (Elevation, The Miracle), and Locksley (The Whip).

But this isn’t as easy as just dropping in a new jam. It’s not the same as listening to a full-length song; the selected stanza has to resonate, it has to, well, sing. And the Canucks’ presentation team has been trialling songs for awhile. They did three in the 2022-23 pre-season, and roughed in six more this year, but none have yet resonated.

 

And games will have fans from eight to 88 years; try to pinpoint one that is received well in all the demographics in-between. Another theme night hit, trying to recapture the reception that the Simple Minds’ song got in 2021, might be the way forward.

Or better yet, personalized goal songs.

 

Miller can keep Don’t You, since they’re forever and inexorably linked, but how about the other scoring machines? Off the top of my head; Petterson could be Beautiful Life by Swedish icons Ace of Bass; Hughes would have to be I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys, since he already knows the choreography. Boeser, on hair alone … Hannah Montana’s Let’s Get Crazy.

 

Full disclosure, I own a pair of Oakley Sutros, so perhaps I’m not the best person to suggest new goal songs. But let’s hear your suggestions, and we’ll drop the best in the next Canucks’ mailbag.

 

By JJ Adams

 

https://apple.news/A6tfN7rmVRnyvmQKguTMACA

you've posted quite a few articles recently (not complaining at all). friendly feedback: I'd personally appreciate if you'd cite the source of the article (including which website, not just the author) at the beginning of your post so i can decide at a glance if I want to read it. as it is now I have to scroll to the bottom to see the link, and even then it's typically obscured by some apple news thing so I still can't tell easily unless I happen to know off hand which website the author you reference writes for. 

 

anyway, not a complaint really, just some user experience feedback. 

[DeltaSwede]

I like the current one. It's pretty cool. Also don't care what the goal song is. 

[Junkyard Dog]

This wouldn't be a bad sample.

 

for goal song 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The intro of the song works as a pretty sick, even better, intro song.

 

 

[IBatch]

Back Street Boys and Hannah Montana?  Puke.

 

 If Miller likes it, keep it.   Represents this core anyways.    Agree the song itself isn't that uplifting, but it's also not terrible either.    Immigrant Song would be better (as an intro song maybe at least).    Don't You...Forget About Me - Reminds me of last call song lights turned on, music lowered, in preppy night clubs like the Forge in Victoria in the late 80's, early 90's.   So can see why we could do better. 

Edited November 17, 2023 by IBatch

[DeNiro]

Just what everyone asked for another goal song thread! 

[Alflives]

2 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

Just what everyone asked for another goal song thread! 

When Petey scores the song should be the classic “The Martian Hop”

https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+martian+hop+joanie+bartels&client=safari&sca_esv=583356906&hl=en-ca&tbm=vid&prmd=vin&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilob6GpsuCAxWZITQIHQqJBFkQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=375&bih=548&dpr=2#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1b51ad71,vid:HECbENAQpD0,st:0

[Bounce000]

How about something catchy like… Chelsea Dagger

[LaBamba]

The goal song isn’t the problem its the misery of Vancouver. 

[Pears]

I have warmed up to it. It did hit pretty hard after Hughes' ot winner the other night ngl. 

[IBatch]

3 hours ago, DeNiro said:

Just what everyone asked for another goal song thread! 

How many members?  Maybe that many suggestions.   It's not bad.   Could it be better?  Well sure we'd love it forever if we won a couple series with it, a cup, we'd never stop hearing it. 

[DeNiro]

2 hours ago, Bounce000 said:

How about something catchy like… Chelsea Dagger

Honestly that song sucks, but when you have fans cheering it 7 times a night it drives the other team and fans crazy.

 

Thats what we should be going for. I feel like people who complain about this haven’t actually gone to a game and seen how cool it is when the fans start singing along. Just leave the song and let it become ours. That’s part of building an identity.

 

Also saying it sucks and then posting the worst generic rock song like that’s better.  At least this is original. Would you rather have the Oilers goal song? That’s the worst garbage music I’ve ever heard.

[PhillipBlunt]

This is the goal song. 

 

This particular live version though.
 

 

[DeNiro]

26 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said:

This is the goal song. 

 

This particular live version though.
 

 

Would be cool but I don’t think Zeppelin sells their rights to sports teams.

[PhillipBlunt]

Just now, DeNiro said:

Would be cool but I don’t think Zeppelin sells their rights to sports teams.

Just Cadillac.

[tas]

6 hours ago, Pears said:

I have warmed up to it. It did hit pretty hard after Hughes' ot winner the other night ngl. 

it's unspectacular during a random january tuesday night 3-2 loss to columbus, but in big moments or games where the boys run up the score, the fans get into it and it's near perfect. 

[tas]

4 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said:

Just Cadillac.

I think jack black broke the seal somewhat with zeppelin when he successfully begged them to use immigrant song for school of rock. 

[PhillipBlunt]

4 hours ago, tas said:

I think jack black broke the seal somewhat with zeppelin when he successfully begged them to use immigrant song for school of rock. 

Good point. All it costs is a cool million. 

[BCNeil]

 

[Jester13]

The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So

[Jeremy Hronek]

On 11/17/2023 at 10:32 AM, RWJC said:

Canucks: Check those vibes, it's time for a new goal song

 

It started out as the song that nobody wanted. Nearly four decades later, it’s still the song that nobody wants.

Well, at least the bushy-bearded, male, Oakley Sutro-wearing demographic at Vancouver Canucks games. You know, that overly vocal segment on social media proselytizing about the virtues of investing in Bored Apes and smugly retweeting flat earth theories.

 

It’s only been two years that Don’t You (Forget About Me) has been the Canucks’ goal song, ever since a mic’d-up J.T. Miller sealed the deal by singing along — HEY HEY HEY — during ’80s night against the Columbus Blue Jackets in December 2021.

 

Simple Minds recorded it in 1984, but only after turning down the song’s writers — producer Keith Forsey and guitarist Steve Schiff — five times, and only after the duo was stonewalled by Billy Idol, Bryan Ferry and The Fixx. The maudlin and melancholy dance track hit No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, and was part of the soundtrack for The Breakfast Club, a movie that I’ll go out on a limb and say most Canucks fans aren’t old enough to remember watching in theatres.

 

But those fans are old enough to remember the past few years, forget them as they try.

 

Two weeks before Miller’s goal-celebration crooning to Simple Minds, the Canucks had fired head coach Travis Green and general manager Jim Benning with the team languishing in last place in the Pacific Division and on their way to a second-straight season out of the playoffs.

 

The hiring of Bruce (There It Is) Boudreau didn’t change that in 2021 nor 2022, and he was shown the door in January — well, more like sent through it like Jazzy Jeff — and the melancholy continued. Apart from the blip in the COVID-19 season when the upstart ‘Nucks ran through the West before losing to the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round, Vancouver has been outside of the playoffs looking in since 2014-15. Melancholy worked for that era.

But this year? Check out these vibes.

First in the West, second best record overall in the league. You want goals? How about 70 — 12 more than the next closest team. You want stars?

 

How about Nos. 1 through 3 in points leaders in Miller (26) Elias Petterson (26) and Quinn Hughes (26). Oh, and The Flow himself, Brock Boeser, tied for the league in goals scored (13) alongside Auston Matthews and Kyle Connor.

 

Hughes sits No. 1 in plus/minus. Goalie Thatcher Demko is second in wins and fifth in save percentage.

 

These vibes, these 2023-24 vibes, they’re immaculate.

 

Don’t You is catchy, if a bit sleepy, and you’ll even spot those Sutro Bros are out there La-La-La-ing at Rogers. But it feels like a new era. It’s about time for a new goal song.

 

It needs to be upbeat, easy for anyone to sing along, a punctuating beat or bass and stick in your mind. There is a whole generation of Canucks fans who will fly into a rage any time they hear the opening stanza of the Fratelli’s Chelsea Dagger. That right there is proof of a good goal song.

Before Don’t You, there was Van Halen (Aint talkin’ bout love), Green Day (Holiday), U2 twice (Elevation, The Miracle), and Locksley (The Whip).

But this isn’t as easy as just dropping in a new jam. It’s not the same as listening to a full-length song; the selected stanza has to resonate, it has to, well, sing. And the Canucks’ presentation team has been trialling songs for awhile. They did three in the 2022-23 pre-season, and roughed in six more this year, but none have yet resonated.

 

And games will have fans from eight to 88 years; try to pinpoint one that is received well in all the demographics in-between. Another theme night hit, trying to recapture the reception that the Simple Minds’ song got in 2021, might be the way forward.

Or better yet, personalized goal songs.

 

Miller can keep Don’t You, since they’re forever and inexorably linked, but how about the other scoring machines? Off the top of my head; Petterson could be Beautiful Life by Swedish icons Ace of Bass; Hughes would have to be I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys, since he already knows the choreography. Boeser, on hair alone … Hannah Montana’s Let’s Get Crazy.

 

Full disclosure, I own a pair of Oakley Sutros, so perhaps I’m not the best person to suggest new goal songs. But let’s hear your suggestions, and we’ll drop the best in the next Canucks’ mailbag.

 

By JJ Adams

 

https://apple.news/A6tfN7rmVRnyvmQKguTMACA

 

It's a terrific song.

 

JJ Adams can kindly fuck off.