Mr Brightside Playing at the Stadium

[Einstein]

7 minutes ago, finn said:

Am I the only one who finds the train whistle utterly obnoxious? 

 

Thats the point.

Imagine Mahomes trying to call the play in the huddle and that train whistle is going off.

 

Its great… because it’s annoying.

[Coach Tuesday]

11 minutes ago, finn said:

Am I the only one who finds the train whistle utterly obnoxious? 

 

I find as I get older that I sometimes need the reminder to stand up/pay attention.

Edited November 21 by Coach Tuesday

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

38 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Im surprised so many here hadn’t heard it before. It’s not new. A lot of the young people singing it weren’t alive when it was on the radio 21 years ago.

I had never heard of the band or the song. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JP51]

5 hours ago, RichRiderBills said:

 

Ha great wedding song about cheating.

 

I always joke w my wife our wedding song is Here I go Again by White Snake.... clearly a song about a breakup. 

This is making me laugh almost as much as when the DJ at my friend Sue's wedding opened the dance floor with run around Sue LOL 😆

[Goin Breakdown]

17 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

Who has said that about AC/DC they can meet me in the parking lot.

 

 

Yeah like I said they've been playing it at Ranger games in the Garden for years.  Bills fans think it's their own special li'l thing?  LOL.

Well they can meet me too. Tag team?  

[RichRiderBills]

7 minutes ago, JP51 said:

This is making me laugh almost as much as when the DJ at my friend Sue's wedding opened the dance floor with run around Sue LOL 😆

 

Funny part it was " our song" w my 4th grade " girlfriend " back in the day. 

[dave mcbride]

13 minutes ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

I had never heard of the band or the song. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Killers are pretty huge and have been around for over 20 years. Strangely, a Vegas band that's actually bigger in the UK than in the US (although still big in the US). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killers

[Beach]

I guess its time for me to learn the words

[Bills!Win!]

Our kickoff song is also constantly played at M&T bank stadium. Who came up with it first? 
 

Also about the train whistle, I first noticed it while at the Thursday night game Vs the dolphins in 2012. Does anyone remember its origin? 

Edited November 21 by Bills!Win!

[Goin Breakdown]

8 minutes ago, Bills!Win! said:

Our kickoff song is also constantly played at M&T bank stadium. Who came up with it first? 
 

Also about the train whistle, I first noticed it while at the Thursday night game Vs the dolphins in 2012. Does anyone remember its origin? 

There is a track a few blocks from my house. Every time I hear the horn I think "it's thiiiiiird dowwwwn"

[BillsSonWilson]

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

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. 😁

 

Exactly  We're so billsy we "throw our saints into the sea" (McD the best coach we've had since Marv, Von who is playing great, ectc.), "swimming in sick lullabies" (our daily routine here on TSW)...  Now we gotta get down, because we want it all.  I don't think it's a random pick for a stadium sing along.  I think it's a conscious anthem for a that's coming out of their cage and opening their eager eyes.

 

[RkFast]

37 minutes ago, Beach said:

I guess its time for me to learn the words

 

Do yourself a favor and...dont. Youll actually feel the masculinity draining out of you before you get to the end. 

[Mr. WEO]

6 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? 

 

6 hours ago, davefan66 said:

Was played at Knox’s wedding.  That’s why it’s a team thing.

 

 

 

Link

 

so that makes a much better wedding song?  lol

[RoyBatty is alive]

2 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

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. 
 

😂

Excellent.

 

Reminds me of the hours Beatles fans would spend days trying to figure out if Paul McCartney was dead or people trying to "break the code" of the song  "hotel California" or  "American Pie".

[4merper4mer]

6 hours ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

It is horrible.  BASIC in every sense of the word.

Most sophisticated fan bases would team up to reconstruct Mozart’s 41st as the game winds down.  They should never be irreverent and have a little fun unless their choice of music is approved by sophisticated experts.  You clearly have superior taste and should apply to be the official fun approval czar.

[Buffalo716]

4 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

Our kickoff song is also constantly played at M&T bank stadium. Who came up with it first? 
 

Also about the train whistle, I first noticed it while at the Thursday night game Vs the dolphins in 2012. Does anyone remember its origin? 

The train whistle has been used since the 1980s and is actually a live recording of a train rolling through Hamburg

 

It's a nod to how the railroad help shaped Buffalo

Edited November 22 by Buffalo716

[WotAGuy]

9 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

The train whistle has been used since the 1980s and is actually a live recording of a train rolling through Hamburg

 

It's a nod to how the railroad help shaped Buffalo

It’s also remarkably similar to when my wife has gas in the middle of the night. 

[MikePJ76]

The band is great on this song.  It’s a great song.

 

here learn something.

 

 

[LABILLBACKER]

Perfect song for the Bills. After 4 SB loses, Music City & 13 seconds, we're just trying to look for the Brightside and ignore the paranoia of the past.  The song ends with "I never" said 4 times, symbolizing our 4 loses.  I still think Frazier cheated on us....

Edited November 22 by LABILLBACKER

[Big Blitz]

“In the Air Tonight” I’m pretty sure is Phil Collins singing about his divorce.  

In the 40 years since, it’s now become a hype song for most everything.   Make of that what you will and overthinking what the meaning of these songs are and if they apply to the proper event or whatever.  

 

I like how Mr. Brightside has become what it is to the team and fans.  Apparently so do 70,000 plus in the stadium when it hits.  
 

We didn’t deliberately copy anyone either.  
 

It was the result of a viral video from Knox’s wedding where the core of this team is shown singing and dancing along exuding pure joy and love for each other.  
 

That perfectly captures the relationship between the team, its fans, and the incredible run this has been.  
 

 

It’s gonna hit so hard at the parade.  
 

 

Edited November 22 by Big Blitz