Mr Brightside Playing at the Stadium

[MikePJ76]

51 minutes ago, DrPJax said:

 I’m just an Old school guy, old Rick guy here, too. What song woukd better fit the Buffalo area, the working class ethic , the northern area and bordering canada, , than the classic Rush tune , WORKING MAN ?  It never gets old , instantly recognizable, perfect lyrics, is a tune from A Rock  and roll HOF BAND, HAS LYRICS that anyone can sing along with , builds up and rocks out and nothing beats those opening chords / lyrics. You could cut the solo a little and change one word if you wanted too. 
 

I get up at 7 yeah and go to work by 9. 
I got no time for the ( put team name in ) Chiefs , yeah , cuz I’m working all the time ! 
It seems to me I  could live my live a lot better than I think I am, 

It seems to me I could live my life a lot better than any CHIEFS fan, 

I guess that’s why they call me , they call me the working man , 

I guess that’s what I am , I guess that what they call ,  

they call me the BILLS MAFIA , MAN !  
cuz that’s what I am , the BILLS MAFIA , MAN ! 

I get hone at 5 o clock , and I take myself out a nice cold beer , 

seems I’m always wonderin why there’s nothing going down here ! 
it seems to me I could live my live a lot better than any Chiefs fan , 

I guess that’s why they call me , 

they call me BILLS MAFIA , MAN !

Thats why they call me ,,, BILLS  MAFIA, MAN!  

CUE A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE GREAT GUITAR SOLO , then 

to the lyric one more time with Bills Mafia Pics or shots of live fans in the stands enjoying their “ soft drinks” !  
 

just a thought , but who works harder than the BILLS OR THE MAFIA ? And it would fit with a football game background   I just don’t get the alt Rick Mr brightside to get players ready to hit etc, but if it’s working , then yeah , I’m superstitious enough to not mess w it !  Just don’t get the choice to start with !  lol!  Go bills! 
 

I would bet 75% of the bills current player have never even heard of Rush.  Rock music was dead when these guys were in grade school.

 

and everyone is missing what it’s that is appealing about Mr.Brightside.  It’s the feel of the song and the emotions it stirs up.  The lyrics have nothing to do with it.  This is generally the case for most hit songs in history.  
 

if it were about lyrics then sure, throw a dart at something off bringing it all back home and let’s light our pipes and share our opinions of the quality of the written word from the master Bob Dylan.

Edited Monday at 02:47 PM by MikePJ76

[BillsPride12]

8 minutes ago, Mat68 said:

The song playing in the Stadium has no affect on the players ability to play.  Now 70,000 singing something together creates an energy.   College been doing it for years with different songs catching on and still being sung decades later.  Mr Brightside is a popular sing along song.  The ilk of Dont stop believing or Living on a prayer.  Playing a song thats 20 years old instead of 40 or 50 years old is just the changing of times.  More people are likely to know it and the words now with younger people growing up with it.  Complaining about the lyrics or it’s not your favorite song/ band makes that person the old man yelling at clouds.   

I think you really nailed it there.  These times are a changing.  I feel it around me all the time now.  Sometimes it can be tough to accept to but then I think of the Marv Levy quote "If you don't change with the times, the times change you"

[Mat68]

5 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

I think you really nailed it there.  These times are a changing.  I feel it around me all the time now.  Sometimes it can be tough to accept to but then I think of the Marv Levy quote "If you don't change with the times, the times change you"

I think many feel the 80’s were 20 years ago still.  Not so.  Mr Brightside is today’s generation classic rock.  

[mikemac2001]

First off if the players are behind it I don’t care what any of you think. If it’s something that brings the team together that’s all that matters. Go bills! 
 

go google the lyrics I think it’s a great song for this team. Ignore the sexual stuff. 

 

I wanna hear it Sunday 😃

[Coffeesforclosers]

On 11/24/2024 at 8:41 AM, Straight Hucklebuck said:

WNY really likes alternative, going back to Offspring in the 1990’s.

 

Might as well play Ocean Avenue in Orchard Park for how much sense Mr. Brightside in 2024 makes. 
 

WNY has always liked The Killers, All American Rejects, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, etc. 

 

 

The Killers are Indy Pop. Offspring were Alt Rock sure, but the rest of those are Emo bands.

 

Today, "classic rock" is music from the 90s. Bands like the Eagles, BOC, Rush, America, Chicago, Foghat, Boston, etc, are called "Yacht Rock" because it's music for old, rich, retired people.

[galept]

17 minutes ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

 

The Killers are Indy Pop. Offspring were Alt Rock sure, but the rest of those are Emo bands.

 

Today, "classic rock" is music from the 90s. Bands like the Eagles, BOC, Rush, America, Chicago, Foghat, Boston, etc, are called "Yacht Rock" because it's music for old, rich, retired people.

 

Wait, 90s alternative is now classic rock, and that includes 90s Green Day? And Rush is now oldies? What do we call what used to be oldies?

 

I'm debating whether I should give up on trying to understand this.