Half-time songs for Murrayfield - REPLY!...

Just thinking about half-time songs for Murrayfield:

Mariah Carey - When you believe
Bonnie Tyler - I need a hero
Lana Del Ray - Summertime Sadness (for summer tour)
Martin Garrix - Wizard
Mark Ronson - Stop me

Any suggestions? I'll e-mail the best suggestions to the SRU if you want. You get the idea of what music we want...

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Right...

I've sent the e-mail but I was half-way through adding the tracks and accidentally hit return so some of your songs are omitted. Also the text was far from finished but it got the message out.

"Hi,

At the 606v2 Rugby forum we've been discussing the music choices played at Murrayfield on game day and feel that they could be more apt and reflective. We like bagpipes (re. Red Hot Chili Pipers) but just as we like fish and chips, pizza, or a croissant, we don't like it being force fed. Bagpipes outside the ground suffice. 'Loch Lomond'. Beautiful track. But is it right when you are 20-0 down? Could we not be more in tune with current events? The Stade de France played house/dance music at half-time because the game was tight and edgy yet we bring out 500 miles at every opportunity regardless of the match situation. You wouldn't play Tom Odell or Lana Delr Ray over a Bond shoot-out, but it would be ok perhaps for one of these driving-across-America-in-a-reflective-manner shots.  

Boeing has introduced mood lighting to convey the correct ambiance in their aircraft - pale blue for the clouds for example. A restaurant in Paris has the classic violinist et rose combo. It's about subtly underlining the atmosphere.

Let's play the correct music to reflect our position please.

We've even compiled an exhaustive tracklist for you.

Mariah Carey - When you believe
Bonnie Tyler - I need a hero
Mark Ronson - Stop me
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a look at me now)
Bee gees - You win again
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Keane - Starting Line
On the road again, Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Always look on the bright side of life.
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

We can supply more if you want. A reply would be great.

On a more serious note, please can we have better music rather than the same music that's repeated EVERY time at Murrayfield. Most rugby supporters are young - 500 miles once is ok but this isn't an SNP gathering. We know we are watching Scotland play so, please, please, please can you tone down the Scottish pre-match entertainment and play some more modern tracks or some variation. The stade de france was bouncing at HT vs England and had a great organic atmosphere, not some artificial, synthetic nationalistic hype with the proclaimers and Loch Loooooomond.  

Ta
606v2"

I kinda went off-topic and added my own wee rant, so sorry.

Your resident tode,

Nematode

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FROM: SRU

"Dear [606v2],

Thank you for your email and for taking the time to make these suggestions – I've forwarded them to my colleagues in our stadium and events teams, for their attention as we'll be looking to enhance this area moving forward.

We appreciate your interest and support in Scottish rugby.

Kind regards

Isobel"

We have been heard people   

"there can be miracles when you beeeelieeeeve!" is one step closer to being played!!!!!!        

Too drunk to fupp - Dead Kennedys

I'll give this a few days to gather some interest

most songs by the Smith would do ...

"heaven knows am miserable now" for instance

Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a look at me now)

Bee gees - You win again

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Keane - Starting Line

On the road again, Willie Nelson, for SJ?

Always look on the bright side of life.

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Show me the way to go home - I'm too pished (off) to remember

I would walk 500 miles ... just to take a swing at Scott Johnson.

Sweet Dreams are made of cheese (of the Swiss variety). Who am I to disagree.

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Crowds get grey mullets at the door upon arriving

Taffineastbourne wrote:Always look on the bright side of life.

Bugger... beat me to it.

It's my party (SNP or SRU) and I'll cry if I want to....

Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

Maggot Brain, Funkadelic

Killiecrankie - rousing song about the horrors of battle!
Wild Mountain Thyme - would sound good if everyone knew the words.
It's a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler.................

Brain Shake - AC/DC
Attitude Adjustment - Aerosmith
The Joke's On Us - Biffy Clyro
This is a Low - Blur
Tired of You - Foo Fighters
The Pretender - Foo Fighters
Miss the Misery - Foo Fighters
Walk Idiot Walk - The Hives
Jump Around - House of Pain
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin
Too Raging to Cheer - Mogwai
Take the Power Back - Rage Against the Machine

How's that for a playlist for the seriously disillusioned ?

Suggest a radiohead medly:


Let down
No surprises
How to disappear completely
Knives out

But I could be wrong.

I don't think we should have music. Just the sound of a bell quietly tolling the death of Scottish rugby against the backdrop of respectful silence.

I'll be attending the France game in black.

Is this the way... to a 6N Grand slam?

I'll collate these and send them to the SRU on behalf of 606.

Nematode wrote:Is this the way... to a 6N Grand slam?

I'll collate these and send them to the SRU on behalf of 606.

You could change "Amarillo" to "Purgatory" - it just about fits....

But it's all over now.

Scotland could abandon their rugby plans and do the next Eurovision with a choral arrangement of We are the World Champions.

Two little Boys had two little toys, each had a wooden spoon.

A draw?

They should run out to Slipknot's 'All Hope is Gone"

I was going to say 'Only Happy When It Rains' but I think the name of the band who wrote that is more apt at the moment.

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Assuming a) the pitch is a mudbath (given) and b) the fireworks have left the place covered in an acrid fog (again)

Bachman Turner Overdrive. - You aint seen nothing yet.
Rage against the Machine - Wake up
New Order - Regret / Blue Monday (sunday kick off)
Talking heads - Girlfriend is better (sung during lineout)

Why does it always rain on me by Travis

Or one for SJ (might wanna run Mr Nematode)

"Nobody likes me,
Everybody hates me,
Guess I'll go and eat worms,

Long, thin, slimy ones,
Short, fat, juicy ones,
Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms.

Down goes the first one,
Down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.

Up comes the first one,
Up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm."

Things Can Only Get Better - D: Ream

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud - The Hippopotamus Song

Oi Nematode, can we have this thread merged with the Super thread?   

tigertattie wrote:Oi Nematode, can we have this thread merged with the Super thread?   

  

Right...

I've sent the e-mail but I was half-way through adding the tracks and accidentally hit return so some of your songs are omitted. Also the text was far from finished but it got the message out.

"Hi,

At the 606v2 Rugby forum we've been discussing the music choices played at Murrayfield on game day and feel that they could be more apt and reflective. We like bagpipes (re. Red Hot Chili Pipers) but just as we like fish and chips, pizza, or a croissant, we don't like it being force fed. Bagpipes outside the ground suffice. 'Loch Lomond'. Beautiful track. But is it right when you are 20-0 down? Could we not be more in tune with current events? The Stade de France played house/dance music at half-time because the game was tight and edgy yet we bring out 500 miles at every opportunity regardless of the match situation. You wouldn't play Tom Odell or Lana Delr Ray over a Bond shoot-out, but it would be ok perhaps for one of these driving-across-America-in-a-reflective-manner shots.  

Boeing has introduced mood lighting to convey the correct ambiance in their aircraft - pale blue for the clouds for example. A restaurant in Paris has the classic violinist et rose combo. It's about subtly underlining the atmosphere.

Let's play the correct music to reflect our position please.

We've even compiled an exhaustive tracklist for you.

Mariah Carey - When you believe
Bonnie Tyler - I need a hero
Mark Ronson - Stop me
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a look at me now)
Bee gees - You win again
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Keane - Starting Line
On the road again, Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Always look on the bright side of life.
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

We can supply more if you want. A reply would be great.

On a more serious note, please can we have better music rather than the same music that's repeated EVERY time at Murrayfield. Most rugby supporters are young - 500 miles once is ok but this isn't an SNP gathering. We know we are watching Scotland play so, please, please, please can you tone down the Scottish pre-match entertainment and play some more modern tracks or some variation. The stade de france was bouncing at HT vs England and had a great organic atmosphere, not some artificial, synthetic nationalistic hype with the proclaimers and Loch Loooooomond.  

Ta
606v2"

I kinda went off-topic and added my own wee rant, so sorry.

Your resident tode,

Nematode

Hahaha I love it, good work. Good craic.

Nothing on there I'd like to hear tbh - all bollix !

Nematode wrote:Right...I've sent the e-mail but I was half-way through adding the tracks and accidentally hit return so some of your songs are omitted. Also the text was far from finished but it got the message out.

That's kind of fitting and sounds not unlike a botched Scottish set-piece   

We're gonna look right feckin stupid if the SRU actually take on board what Nematode has sent over and at half time Mariah Carey is pumped through the stadium!

I could do that !    

And this cowardly thick morons at the SRU might just do that   

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:I could do that !    

do what? Mariah Carey?

I would too, but only if she promised not to sing

Actually, I like the party atmosphere idea.here's my, low tech, idea.
In the week before the match the SRU put a prospective playlist on their website. People vote. The most popular songs are played.
Is that too complicated?
Obviously I would limit the choices to Scottish bands.
Deacon Blue.. Dignity, Wages Day
Big Country .. In a big country
Proclaimers.. Letter From America, Sunshine on Leith, King of the Road
Hipsway.. anything from their eponymous album
Texas.. Sleep
Average White Band.. Pick up the pieces, Queen of my soul
SAHB.. There's No Lights on The Christmas Tree Momma- They're Burning Big Louie Tonight, Tomorrow Belongs To Me, Faith Healer(just for Rab C)
H2O.. Who'll Stop The Rain?, Just Outside of Heaven
The Primevals.. Love At My Door (maybe then I'll get the royalties I was promised)
I'll stop there but the point is we have an enormous amount of talent we could be using to liven up half times, the Reading Room is too quiet too often :let's do something.

jimbopip wrote:Actually, I like the party atmosphere idea.here's my, low tech, idea.
In the week before the match the SRU put a prospective playlist on their website. People vote. The most popular songs are played.
Is that too complicated?
Obviously I would limit the choices to Scottish bands.
Deacon Blue.. Dignity, Wages Day
Big Country .. In a big country
Proclaimers.. Letter From America, Sunshine on Leith, King of the Road
Hipsway.. anything from their eponymous album
Texas.. Sleep
Average White Band.. Pick up the pieces, Queen of my soul
SAHB.. There's No Lights on The Christmas Tree Momma- They're Burning Big Louie Tonight, Tomorrow Belongs To Me, Faith Healer(just for Rab C)
H2O.. Who'll Stop The Rain?, Just Outside of Heaven
The Primevals.. Love At My Door (maybe then I'll get the royalties I was promised)
I'll stop there but the point is we have an enormous amount of talent we could be using to liven up half times, the Reading Room is too quiet too often :let's do something.

Interesting you say this. Glasgow at the start of the season on twitter asked for suggestions each week for what track the warriors should run out to. It dried up, but I like the idea of being able to choose some HT tracks.

Just got this from the SRU under my pseudonym:

"Dear [606v2],

Thank you for your email and for taking the time to make these suggestions – I've forwarded them to my colleagues in our stadium and events teams, for their attention as we'll be looking to enhance this area moving forward.

We appreciate your interest and support in Scottish rugby.

Kind regards

Isobel"

We have been heard people  "there can be miracles when you beeeelieeeeve!" is one step closer to being played.

Jimbo, what about my Mogwai selection - Too Raging to Cheer. [/i]

tigertattie wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:I could do that !    

do what? Mariah Carey?

I would too, but only if she promised not to sing

Yes Tiger - pump Mariah Carey all over the stadium !!!  

Hahahaha good work "Isobel". All we know is that it couldn't have been Scott Johnson as he wouldn't have resisted a jibe back

If each of us wrote to the SRU with a similar message though maybe more serious do you think we would get something new for France??? Worth a shot?

Ineffable wrote:Hahahaha good work "Isobel". All we know is that it couldn't have been Scott Johnson as he wouldn't have resisted a jibe back

If each of us wrote to the SRU with a similar message though maybe more serious do you think we would get something new for France??? Worth a shot?

What like a new coach ? Deal !

Special Request for Scott Johnson

Busy Doing Nothing - Bing Crosby (I think)

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:

Ineffable wrote:Hahahaha good work "Isobel". All we know is that it couldn't have been Scott Johnson as he wouldn't have resisted a jibe back

If each of us wrote to the SRU with a similar message though maybe more serious do you think we would get something new for France??? Worth a shot?

What like a new coach ?   Deal !

We should genuinely propose that they can play the last two weeks of the six nations without a coach and we will select the team. Strategy: play out of your skins, lads. Go for it.

Probably end up winning both matches. I suspect teams are overcoached these days.

Unfortunately this season's most appropriate Murrayfield song might be Loser by Beck.

  Beatles: 'Yesterday'