new cheers and old cheers

[jy3]

so i know that most people don't read this forum but can we please stop the Baby cheers? i mean the guy graduated. maybe we can change it to hornby instead of Baby?

also, any substitutions for the old auger/mcrae cheer?

i think the band should learn how to play the kibbles and bits jingle for byron. that might amuse a few people

any other ideas/comments?

[DeltaOne81]

I agree, I've been thinking of posting this, but it slipped my mind. I appreciate everything the band does, but come on guys. They still play the Baby cheers (both of them), the McRae cheer, and the Underhill cheer! It was kind of stupid playing the Undy cheer for LeNeveu, but at least his name fit into it. We have no goalies now that fit, and they still play the damn thing.

We have players with names like Hynes, Moulson, Abbott, Hornby, O'Byrne, and McKee (ketchup, beer, 'hey Abbott!', 'do I make you Hornby', 'burn', and 'key') and we can't come up with one damn new song to play for any of them? Can we please drop the old stuff and figure out some new things.

[cquinn]

If by the Underhill song you mean Underdog, the band was playing that long before Underhill came on the scene.  Same thing for the "McRae" song.  I believe Vinnie Auger was the first player name the Faithful used for that, but the band had been playing the tune for quite some time.

[NadaTownie]

I agree... a little bit.

Playing those old songs for the old players is kinda like a memorial for those players.. showing that we still support them.

But, if a current player's name fits with the cheer/song, why not use the name?

Even though you can't automatically change it, if people start useing new cheers, people will catch on over time.

[jtwcornell91]

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:

I agree, I've been thinking of posting this, but it slipped my mind. I appreciate everything the band does, but come on guys. They still play the Baby cheers (both of them), the McRae cheer, and the Underhill cheer!

They probably play them  because the bullfight cheer was around before Auger and Underbone was around long before Underhill.  Just yell "¡Olé!" for the former and sing "Trombones suck" for the second. :-D

On the other hand, "Hey Baby" only made it into the repertoire in the Baby era, and I think the same goes for Austin Powers.

'key'

Maybe they should play "The Magic Key" for him.  ::nut::

[Adam]

You could just insert "Byron" for "Baby" in the "Hey Baby" song.  Both big physical guys.  Both two syllable names that start with B.  Makes perfect sense.

[jtwcornell91]

Adam '01 wrote:
You could just insert "Byron" for "Baby" in the "Hey Baby" song.  Both big physical guys.  Both two syllable names that start with B.  Makes perfect sense.

Except one of them is a reference to the actual words of the song, and one is a reference to the reference.  Singing "Leneveu" to Underbone was dopey for the same reasons.  Let's not let what were once creative and clever cheers get stale because we insist on re-using them.

[Liz \'05]

On Saturday, at least, it wasn't the band playing "Hey Baby," it was the fans singing "Hey Hornby" a cappella.  There were also a few "Kill, Hornby, kills" going on.  

My problem wasn't that the cheers should be retired (although I agree that we should come up with new creative ones), but that by the time most of these cheers were sung/yelled by enough people to be heard, the player was off the ice.  Kinda stupid to ask Hornby to "kill someone" when he's sitting on the bench, isn't it?

[DeltaOne81]

Right - thanks, JTW, that was my point. It's not that it's horrible to keep a cheer around as a 'memorial', but if we just keep using the same cheers for the next 10 years, putting different names into them, that's hardly the creativity and spirit that the Lynah faithful are known for. "Hmmmm, who's name fits best into something old, so we don't have to bother coming up with anything new."

Unfortunately, a) I'm a non-creative engineer, and b) many of these are song related and hence have to be lead by the band.

But I'd rather get a discussion going on what good new cheer we can come up with, than let the old one stick around for no other reason than no one's thought of any new ones.

If 'Ole' has been around for a while, then I retract my complaint on that one... we may as well change McRae's! to Abbotts! don't ya think? Except, of course, it doesn't fit with 'Ole!' Then again, neither did Auger.

[Tub(a)]

Hey Baby was played on Friday night due to fan request, but played during an intermission. Saturday was an a cappella version started by section B.

The Austin Powers cheer has a simple reason for living on, "Do I make you Hornby" works quite well with that cheer.

[jtwcornell91]

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:
If 'Ole' has been around for a while, then I retract my complaint on that one... we may as well change McRae's! to Abbotts! don't ya think? Except, of course, it doesn't fit with 'Ole!' Then again, neither did Auger.

Huh?  "Auger!" (French pronunciation) sounds more like "¡Olé!" than "McRae!-zzzz" does.

[Will]

I have an idea for a new cheer...a new song, actually, if it can be pulled off by the band.

To cheer on Byron Bitz, who thus far seems to be proving himself to be a great asset for the Big Red, the band plays "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet.  New Bitz-specific/Cornell hockey-specific cheers would have to be written for the fans to sing, of course.  Naturally, "Byron Bitz" replaces "ballroom blitz" in the song.

[chris]

i was just reading through the posts and decided to search for anything.
i came up with a molson beer song but can't for the life of me find a way to hear what it sounds like. i don't know if we could do anything with this but here it is...

http://www.ilikenakedwomen.com/features/drinking/molson.htm

[MikeT]

one possibility:

Schafer in the back said 'everyone attack'
and they turned to Byron Bitz
To the sieve in the corner, hey! I wanna warn ya'
that we're turning to Byron Bitz

[DeltaOne81]

Mike, I got the MP3 of that... I like very much. Anyone from the band reading this? Could there possibly be a pep band arrangement of that? It works very nicely.

Also, the best I can find for Molson (which I could also find an MP3 of) was something that is referred to as the "Molson anthem" - aka: "you know I am Canadian". Unfortunately, it doesn't have the word Molson in it, but I think we could work something out for Matty.

Here's the MP3... http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/fct2/molson_commercial.mp3

I know this team is where I am
No other team is better than,
No matter where I go I am,
Proud to be a Moulson fan

Just a first draft from the lowly engineer ;-).

P.S. Sorry about the Auger thing and my silly American pronunciation.

Edit:
Wait, based on a later verse...

I love this Lynah where I am,
This ice is where I make my stand,
No other shot is truer than,
The one we call the Moulson man



Post Edited (11-03-03 01:16)