Duh duh dah duh duh duh, HEY, You Suck!
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npr.orgPosted Feb 5, 2015, 7:08 PM UTC
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npr.orgFans can say how the Devils edited RnRPt2 just enough that Glitter didn't receive royalties from it being played, but no matter what, he's still going to be associated with the song, and fans (both of the Devils and other teams) will mention how the Devils use the song of a pedophile.
As much as I miss Rock N Roll Part 2, it's best for the Devils to move on from it.
They still used a piss-poor method to do so, and even piss-poorer reasoning.
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If they had said "We don't want to be associated with the artist in anyway" they wouldn't really be at much fault. People would still be pissed, but at least there was a logical reason behind it.
Personally I like the fans who play it on the horn after the goal scorer is announced and they don't try to drown up people chanting "you suck" over the new goal song anymore. This is a good harmony.
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Yeah, if they came out and said initially that the reason behind changing it was the allegations against Glitter, than that would probably go over a tad better.
But they said it was the "You suck" that made them change it. Fans obviously didn't like that since it felt like they were censoring them. Now more people are saying it than before.
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that's exactly the reasoning! The way they ran those shams of "fan votes" just smacked of "we don't like the fact you people yell negative things out during the song so we're going to punish you by forcing a song we choose on you...but we're going to make it look like you had a choice"
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The way they used the idea that "parents" (and that there were really that big a number of them) were "complaining" that hard about people yelling "you suck" and the Rangers/Flyers suck-swallow chant is pretty weak reasoning for trying to whitewash it all. People are going to say what they want at a hockey game and you really can't control it, nor do you really have a right to. Sure it's their building, but you paid for a ticket that pays for the use of that building. As long as whatever you say doesn't escalate into violence, it's just words and if you don't like it too bad, also if you're in the crowd and somehow some random yahoos yelling stuff out that happens to have sexual meanings happens to offend you, 1) get a thicker skin 2) just ignore it and don't confront anyone about it, don't be "that guy" and go running to an usher and 3) just don't go to games if it bothers you that much, I mean come on.
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Which is why I don't want that song in our arena. It was good while it lasted but he raped a girl younger than 13.......
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...and this is why we**, the Nashville Predators, have switched from RRP2 to The Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling. You can still do the You Suck chant too!
** - I am in no way affiliated with the team except that I am a fan.
It's okay Parise/Suter ex-lover bro, we feel you.