1982 Vikings at Bills

[Albany,n.y.]

15 hours ago, sonyab1974 said:

 

Oh thank you for sharing your story! Where did you move to?

1st I moved back to Long Island for 5 years to work for the state & then on to Albany for the past 35 years.  

[Albany,n.y.]

On 6/10/2023 at 7:29 AM, Jukester said:

Thanks for the blast from the past. Talkin Proud instead of the Shout Song.  I was 11 and if I remeber right, my parents made me go to bed. I sneakily listened on the radio. 

After Talkin Proud the Bills used "We Can Make It Happen" for a while & then switched to Shout.  Back in 1993 the Bills got into a dispute with the owners of the original Shout song & made a new Shout song.  They played it in preseason and the fan backlash was so strong, the Bills were forced to pay more money & bring back the old version (Yes, Ralph was even cheap on songs).  At the Super Bowl in Atlanta in 1994, the 1st time the Bills scored, they played the wrong Shout song. Then someone gave them the right version later in the game.  

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/why-the-bills-make-you-wanna-sing-shout-and-no-other-song/article_a9012af4-6d02-11ed-927a-efe30de7d3a7.html

 

The song is probably irreplaceable: In 1993, when the Bills decided it was too expensive to pay for the Isley music, the team briefly replaced it with a redone version of another golden-oldies hit, Ernie Maresca’s “Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out).” Fans revolted within weeks, and “Shout!” returned. 

 

We Can Make It Happen went something like this:

We can make it happen, cheering on the Bills now.  Buffalo makes it happen, climb on the Bills fan wagon. I do believe in Buffalo, I do believe in Buffalo, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do. We can! 

 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by Albany,n.y.

[RoyBatty is alive]

To me, that was a terrible era in Bills history, post OJ and pre Kelly.  Boring football with the god awful Buffalo Jills and the Talkin Proud song blasting..

[Albany,n.y.]

22 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

To me, that was a terrible era in Bills history, post OJ and pre Kelly.  Boring football with the god awful Buffalo Jills and the Talkin Proud song blasting..

Actually, the team was pretty good.  The game was part of the Chuck Knox era. They were coming off 2 straight winning seasons and when they won that Monday night game they went to 2-0.  The season fell apart after they returned from the strike.  Then Knox left after the 1982 season.  Things were still looking up in 1963 when the Bills started 5-2 under new coach Kay Stephenson before Joe Ferguson just hit a wall in his career and things got bad for the next 2.5 seasons until Kelly arrived.   

[Jukester]

4 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:

After Talkin Proud the Bills used "We Can Make It Happen" for a while & then switched to Shout.  Back in 1993 the Bills got into a dispute with the owners of the original Shout song & made a new Shout song.  They played it in preseason and the fan backlash was so strong, the Bills were forced to pay more money & bring back the old version (Yes, Ralph was even cheap on songs).  At the Super Bowl in Atlanta in 1994, the 1st time the Bills scored, they played the wrong Shout song. Then someone gave them the right version later in the game.  

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/why-the-bills-make-you-wanna-sing-shout-and-no-other-song/article_a9012af4-6d02-11ed-927a-efe30de7d3a7.html

 

The song is probably irreplaceable: In 1993, when the Bills decided it was too expensive to pay for the Isley music, the team briefly replaced it with a redone version of another golden-oldies hit, Ernie Maresca’s “Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out).” Fans revolted within weeks, and “Shout!” returned. 

 

We Can Make It Happen went something like this:

We can make it happen, cheering on the Bills now.  Buffalo makes it happen, climb on the Bills fan wagon. I do believe in Buffalo, I do believe in Buffalo, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do. We can! 

 

 

Wow, drawing a complete blank on “we can make it happen.”  That was when I was away at college so makes sense. 

Edited June 12, 2023 by Jukester

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

This game was like watching Mind Craft but even more pixilated. 

[Albany,n.y.]

9 hours ago, Jukester said:

Wow, drawing a complete blank on “we can make it happen.”  That was when I was away at college so makes sense. REPLY:  I found this in a 1986 program. I had a larger image as I took this photo, but the file was too big & I had to do some stuff just to get this.  

Edited June 13, 2023 by Albany,n.y.