It is wrong that I actually kind of like dark-horse HNIC theme candidate "Hockey Scores"?
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It is wrong that I actually kind of like dark-horse HNIC theme candidate "Hockey Scores"?
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Comments (11)
Didn't they pull this song from the competition? Mirtle had a whole story about this.
Posted by Tyler | July 18, 2008 8:14 AM
Posted on July 18, 2008 08:14
Ah, ok I went to CiO and then followed through to Boutet's story at the post. What CBC should do is commission Trent Reznor to write lyrics for this. It kind of has a NIN feel to it.
Posted by Tyler | July 18, 2008 8:24 AM
Posted on July 18, 2008 08:24
I just hope whoever wins steals the rat-tat-tat-tat-HONNNNNK ending.
Shouldn't we maybe be having a parallel contest to discover public-domain works of symphonic music that could be used as a theme, à la Elvira Madigan, at a cost of considerably less than $100,000?
Posted by Colby Cosh | July 18, 2008 8:26 AM
Posted on July 18, 2008 08:26
I would change my whole position on the CBC if they used that as the HNIC opening. Especially effective is the 10 seconds of silence on the end of it. (It goes without saying that the show would be renamed HOCKY NIGHT IN CANADA.)
Posted by Jason | July 18, 2008 10:26 AM
Posted on July 18, 2008 10:26
This feels like the bastard lovechild of MS Paint and a metric shitton of LSD.
Posted by Doogie2K | July 18, 2008 10:51 AM
Posted on July 18, 2008 10:51
To answer Colby's original question, yes.
Posted by Ryan Cousineau | July 18, 2008 12:48 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 12:48
It's whack. But why do I like it?
Posted by Diz | July 18, 2008 6:11 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 18:11
God Bless Hocky indeed.
Posted by Tybalt | July 18, 2008 6:15 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 18:15
Naw, I kinda like it, too. I have no clue why.
Posted by James Mirtle | July 18, 2008 6:46 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 18:46
After a few drinks, I can think seriously about this. The CBC should definitely lean this way. Maybe, this is a little much. BUT. BUT. The original song was ANTHEM. All the other songs on the CBC gallery are either weak impersonation or crappy warmed over FOX Football/Metal 70s stuff. Some (perhaps mildly weaker version, and I stress mildly) would definitely be the new HNIC song.
Posted by Diz | July 18, 2008 9:44 PM
Posted on July 18, 2008 21:44
I don't pay a lot of attention to television, but somebody linked me to this in irc the other day. I don't think I've laughed that hard in years.
As I was picking myself off the floor some minutes later, it occured to me that none of the americans, europeans, or other non-canadians in the channel would have the slightest idea why I found this so funnny.
Posted by nitus | July 19, 2008 9:24 AM
Posted on July 19, 2008 09:24