If there’s one thing I appreciate in my hockey-watching experience, it’s personality. Hell, it doesn’t even have to be a necessarily charming personality as long as it’s not boring. There are lots of ways to be boring in presenting a hockey game, but my least-favorite is having a singular goal song which plays no matter who scored.
This is what a horn is for, dummies. There’s no personality to hearing ‘Zombie Nation’ or ‘Chelsea Dagger’ every single time. Of course, when you’ve got a dumb fanbase, you kind of have to establish a single standard celebration for when somebody scores; otherwise the simpleton dipshits in the stands won’t know what to do, especially if you make them think about the song you’re playing.
The good news for Red Wings fans is that they’re not simpleton dipshits. The better news is that there’s a ton of songs that they could play at the Joe depending on who scores. We all put our heads together and came up with a list for the Red Wings to use. Even better, we didn’t stop at just one song for everybody. Our local DJ’s got plenty to choose from.
The Goal-Scorers
Henrik Zetterberg
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Pavel Datsyuk
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Johan Franzen
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| Hail to the King – Avenged Sevenfold |
Magic Man – Heart |
Back in the Saddle – Aerosmith |
| Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top |
Whatta Man – Salt-N-Pepa |
Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band |
| Hanky Panky – Madonna |
I Feel Good – James Brown |
Mule Train – Frankie Lane |
| Take This Life – In Flames |
Rock me Amadeus – Falco |
Austin Powers Theme Song |
| Click Click Boom – Saliva |
Ridin’ Dirty – Chamillionaire |
Feed my Frankenstein – Alice Cooper |
The Kids
The Standards
The Grinders
Drew Miller
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Joakim Andersson
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Luke Glendening
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| When I’m Sixty Four – The Beatles |
Joker – Steve Miller Band |
It’s the End of the World (As We Know it) – R.E.M. |
| Push It – Salt-N-Pepa |
Shot Down in Flames – AC/DC |
Ball Breaker – AC/DC |
| Song 2 – Blur |
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OMG – Usher |
| Ride the Lightning – Metallica |
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Mother – Danzig (chorus) |
| Grow Old With You – The Wedding Singer |
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Blue Collar Man – Styx |
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Bounce – Bon Jovi |
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Feels Like the First Time – Foreigner |
Defensemen 1
Defensemen 2
The Kid Defensemen
The Goalies (Because why not?)
Jimmy Howard
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Petr Mrazek
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| Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better |
Get Low – Lil Jon |
| Big Balls – AC/DC |
The Good Life – Three Days Grace (chorus) |
| Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf |
Never Gonna Stop – Rob Zombie |
We’ll expand on the list farther into the offseason when we know more about the roster, but in the meantime, if you’ve got any you’d like to see the Wings use, let us know.
