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Who Has The Best/Worst Arena Music In The League?

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As a STH for Caps I nominate us for some of the worst arena music in the league

We use to have an organ player but our owner let him go. What do we play instad? Recycled pop rock and wailing anthems like "Wonderwall". ANDDDD MAYBBEEEEEEEEEEE YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONE THAT SAVEEEEESSSSS MEEEEEEE

That music belongs nowhere near a damn hockey game tbh. Caps just pipe in generic tunes expecting everyone to sing along. I am a homer but I cannot in good conscience get behind this music bs. Caps up there for worst music
 
Toronto always seems to have particular annoying new pop / rap stuff going when I watch their games. Not my thing so I'll nominate them for worst.

On the flip side, feel like Montreal's in game music is more adventurous. They always seem like a good answer for doing things right in gameday experience.
 
Homer vote for the Kings. Dieter Ruehle is the organist for the LA Kings and the LA Dodgers, and has also played in the past for the SJ Sharks and the LA Lakers, played at several Olympics, etc. The Kings also play a lot of canned music, but Dieter elevates the whole experience.
 
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SPF6ty9 said:
Toronto always seems to have particular annoying new pop / rap stuff going when I watch their games. Not my thing so I'll nominate them for worst.

On the flip side, feel like Montreal's in game music is more adventurous. They always seem like a good answer for doing things right in gameday experience.
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And they MUST play that annoying ass Akon song so fans can go "WEE WOOO" (as if that does anything).

I'd rather listen to 10 hours of an organist playing random songs than 10 seconds of that God forsaken song.
 
Any arena playing rap or country music.

Not that i don't like that music, love Country, but they sure as hell don't remind me of hockey and would feel out of place while at a hockey game.

Nashville gets a pass on the Country music however.
 
snowave said:
I've wondered why do so many arenas play the same songs. There indeed must be rights issues for the NHL, as it's just too coincidental. I also get really irritated that it seems to be on the exact same schedule every game. (Ducks) And of course, they stop the music so the crowd can sing the chorus.

Some of my least favorite

My own worst enemy - Lit --- (personally the most annoying, as it get stuck in my head)
Livin' on a prayer - Bon Jovi
Queen/Eddie Mercury - Ay-oh
Take me home, country roads - John Denver
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Who the hell is Eddie Mercury?
 
Choralone said:
Homer vote for the Kings. Dieter Ruehle is the organist for the LA Kings and the LA Dodgers, and has also played in the past for the SJ Sharks and the LA Lakers, played at several Olympics, etc. The Kings also play a lot of canned music, but Dieter elevates the whole experience.
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He always mixes in some Depeche Mode which takes me a few moments to identify.

I'll second a previous post with Dallas. I've only seen one game there and I can't remember any particular songs, but I just remember a good selection of hard rock that was right up my alley.

Probably not unique to Anaheim, but I was always annoyed by the arena always using "Desire" by U2 during a close game.

frisco said:
If I never any of the unholy trio of "Sweet Child O' Mine/Paradise City/Welcome To The Jungle" again in a hockey arena it will be too soon.

My Best-Carey
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I'm a GNR fan but never cared for Paradise City. During their initial comeback tour ~2016, I took a look at the set list and picked an opportune time to leave early. They close with Paradise City, so I was more than happy to leave that one on the table if it meant not being stuck in traffic on a work night. I was in bed when I got a frantic phone call from my friends who stayed until the end; There was some issue with the public transit so they were stuck at the stadium and were looking for a ride. After I hung up, I thought to myself "I hope Paradise City was worth it." [/coolstorybro]
 
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Visited over 80% of the NHL's arenas and gotta say...

They mostly all sound the same. Songs from the 80s and 90s for longer tracks or otherwise the old-timer classics. Some of them still employ in-arena organists which add a little flavour with their own selections.

Just like the overall hockey demographic, it's pretty generic... If anything, it should be the fans attending that make the atmosphere special but it's mostly the same chants and behaviours everywhere too. Wish the good parts of European sports fan culture made it over the pond.
 
KirkAlbuquerque said:
MSG has been better late it but historically one of the worst


Pearl Jam is one for the “bad” ledger
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Pains me as a Devils fan to credit anything at the Garden but on of the most surreal moments I have had watching a hockey game as realizing the organist was playing something by Frank Zappa on one of the breaks (and a song that if I was there and singing the lyrics out loud in the building it would get me kicked out of the building no less)
 
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