Mr Brightside Playing at the Stadium

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:

Sweet Caroline anyone???

Bah. Bah. Bah.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

38 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

They've been doing it at the Rangers games at MSG for a few years now.  Every fanbase seems to think it's their thing.

 

My unpopular opinion:  that song SUCKS.  It's manic, confined to a very narrow melodic range (basically just the same few notes over and over again), sung in a very nasal and annoying timbre.  I hate it.  It's a bland anthem about nothing.

only one verse and no bridge too. Probably took about 10 minutes to write it! 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Russ Brandon would be fine with it. 🤨

[WotAGuy]

8 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Bah. Bah. Bah.

Ya know, I was thinking good times never seemed so good. 

[BuffaloBillies]

If the lyrics don't matter really, 50 ways to leave your lover would be fun...

 

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

 

I could envision an entire stadium knowing/singing that (especially "don't need to discuss much!")

[benderbender]

Like in the previous thread about the song in September, I'm begrudgingly fine with it. We needed a Renegade-style song to energize the stadium in key situations. And since the song seems to mean something to the players, that's all that matters in the end.

 

The song is at best a word salad, but then again, I've been singing Red Hot Chili Peppers and Aerosmith lyrics that make no sense my whole life. The real gut punch is that Knox probably heard it as an 8 year old in between episodes of Jimmy Neutron and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. 

[Coach Tuesday]

35 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

only one verse and no bridge too. Probably took about 10 minutes to write it! 

 

It's almost like it was written as the bridge for some other song.  It would be a great bridge.  It's a terrible standalone song.

Edited Thursday at 05:52 PM by Coach Tuesday

[JJGauna]

Perfect anthem for the Bills. We lost 4 bowls, 17 year playoff drought, 13 seconds. Have we not been cheated? But yet, destiny is still calling and we are all Mr. Brightside.

[DC Greg]

9 minutes ago, benderbender said:

Like in the previous thread about the song in September, I'm begrudgingly fine with it. We needed a Renegade-style song to energize the stadium in key situations. And since the song seems to mean something to the players, that's all that matters in the end.

 

The song is at best a word salad, but then again, I've been singing Red Hot Chili Peppers and Aerosmith lyrics that make no sense my whole life. The real gut punch is that Knox probably heard it as an 8 year old in between episodes of Jimmy Neutron and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. 

 

Yep. It's not my favorite song, but now it's the Bills' song so... I'm all in. Get with the program, learn the lyrics, and sing your lungs out whenever they play it at the game. The team loves it (the song and the energy from the crowd when it plays), so just do it.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I do agree with those that say that maybe the lyrics don’t entirely matter. The issue though is some of the lyrics are just plain awkward. “Her hand on his chest. Taking off her dress.” Awkward for a stadium anthem. 

[BillsSonWilson]

3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am torn on the Mr. brightside thing. It is a catchy song, but the lyrics/meaning are so unbelievably out of place to be played at a football game.

 

It just feels bizarre that that is the Bills song. It’s about some dude catching his girlfriend cheating! 

anyone have a similar reaction? 

 

I get what your saying, but I have a very different take... in the song the image of love lost was actually all in Brandon Flower's head. The pain and jealousy those mental images produced was real. The effect those emotions had on his behavior was real as well. But the underlying cause was all in his head.

 

I see a lot of parallels with our boys (and ourselves). After all, we've all been through sooooo much, for soooo long. That was just the price we paid for the insecurities in our minds. It was limiting us. But we're coming out of our cage... and were doing just fine, now.

 

Destiny is calling us.

 

We're all Mr Brighside !!           

Edited Thursday at 06:14 PM by BillsSonWilson
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[K-9]

2 hours ago, DCofNC said:

Yes, I have no idea how that fits in with football.  I don't get it and I don’t see how people get “pumped” from that song.  I could see it for a higher energy, more related song etc, this one baffles me.

Fans aren’t getting pumped from the song, they’re getting pumped by the shared communal experience with the players and each other. Aside from the optimism they reveal, the lyrics have little to do with it. 

2 hours ago, DCofNC said:

Yes, I have no idea how that fits in with football.  I don't get it and I don’t see how people get “pumped” from that song.  I could see it for a higher energy, more related song etc, this one baffles me.

Fans aren’t getting pumped from the song, they’re getting pumped by the shared communal experience with the players and each other. Aside from the optimism they reveal, the lyrics have little to do with it. 

[dorquemada]

3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am torn on the Mr. brightside thing. It is a catchy song, but the lyrics/meaning are so unbelievably out of place to be played at a football game.

 

It just feels bizarre that that is the Bills song. It’s about some dude catching his girlfriend cheating! 

anyone have a similar reaction? 

 

was an extremely mid song 20 years ago i have no idea how it caught on again, and to your point, just seems out of place.  kids these days!

 

 

[ddaryl]

I don't understand how it a popular song but if it gets people in a good place sing it loud and proud 
 

 

I would prefer "Run Like and Antelope" 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

26 minutes ago, BillsSonWilson said:

 

I get what your saying, but I have a very different take... in the song the image of love lost was actually all in Brandon Flower's head. The pain and jealousy those mental images produced was real. The effect those emotions had on his behavior was real as well. But the underlying cause was all in his head.

 

I see a lot of parallels with our boys (and ourselves). After all, we've all been through sooooo much, for soooo long. That was just the price we paid for the insecurities in our minds. It was limiting us. But we're coming out of our cage... and were doing just fine, now.

 

Destiny is calling us.

 

We're all Mr Brighside !!           

that’s a great take! 
 

in other words, it is a song about someone who is super Billsy, who is trying to turn the corner. 😁

[JPL7]

3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am torn on the Mr. brightside thing. It is a catchy song, but the lyrics/meaning are so unbelievably out of place to be played at a football game.

 

It just feels bizarre that that is the Bills song. It’s about some dude catching his girlfriend cheating! 

anyone have a similar reaction? 

That’s exactly what I’ve been saying. It’s dumb to do at a football game 

[boyst]

3 hours ago, Slippery Rubber Mats said:

It's fun.

 

I love the train whistle though

this is great rage b8

[LabattBlue]

Not sure what is funnier, those critiquing the music, or those analyzing the lyrics.   Who freaking cares?

 

A part of the fanbase and some of the players enjoy it being played during a game…nothing more, nothing less. 
 

No need to be a Rhodes Scholar wannabe and do a deep dive. 
 

😂

[ColoradoBills]

1 hour ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

 

It's the same sort of thing as "Allentown" and "Born in the USA". For whatever reason people just like to sing along and listen to the refrain.  They don't bother reading too deep into the lyrics, which are true and ***** depressing.

 

Very good points.  It's songs that have been so misinterpreted.  Most people don't care at all and use it for opposite reasoning.

I don't understand totally what makes Mr. Brightside a stadium song, but it doesn't bother me at all.

 

It seems to me people only see their point of view which many times makes no sense at all.

I have friends saying I need go to church more but still sing "Hell's Bells" when it's on the radio, like they did when they were 18.  

  LOL.

People are strange.................. as the song goes.  Oops, maybe that doesn't fit.

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

2 minutes ago, boyst said:

this is great rage b8

 

I don't see why. If you are in the stadium you can obviously see how effective the train whistle is. We're like pavlov's dogs, that ***** goes off and people lose their minds.

 

And I like the song, most people know some of the words already, and it's a fun experience. It could be any song, I don't care what it's about lol

 

People on message boards overthink things.