Post by FNG™ on Mar 5, 2012 16:19:48 GMT -5
www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/edmonton-oilers/Sweet+music+Oilers+fans+ears/6253378/story.html
EDMONTON - If you’ve been to an Oilers game over the last two weeks or so, you might’ve heard something new at Rexall Place.
Gone is the old goal song, Düp Düp, a somewhat obscure German party-techno track by Mickie Krause. The team’s DJ now plays The Black Keys’s Lonely Boy every time the Oilers score.
The groovy blues-rock single, the first from the duo’s latest album, El Camino, features an “Oh-oh-oh-oh!” chant in its chorus — perfect for sporting events.
“It’s such an easy song to sing to,” says Steve Hogle, spokesman for the Katz Group, which owns the team. “The fans are so passionate to begin with, but to give them a platform to raise their voices is just fabulous.”
He says the Oilers made the song switch because fans were asking for “something with lots of energy, a little bit rocky and edgy.
“We’re in constant contact with fans, talking to them at games and in focus groups and in broader surveys, and there was a bit of a mood that they were ready for something new.”
Lonely Boy made its debut during the Oil’s 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 23. Since then, the song has been feeling a bit lonely — the Oilers have only scored four goals in their last three home games. All losses, to boot.
The Buffalo Sabres also recently adopted Lonely Boy as their goal song and the first episode of HBO’s 24/7 Fyers/Rangers featured the track.
Sadly, it doesn’t look like Oilers fans will hear the song during the playoffs, but Lonely Boy should ring out at Rexall Place on May 12. That’s when The Black Keys perform. Tickets are still available.
ssperounes@edmontonjournal.com
EDMONTON - If you’ve been to an Oilers game over the last two weeks or so, you might’ve heard something new at Rexall Place.
Gone is the old goal song, Düp Düp, a somewhat obscure German party-techno track by Mickie Krause. The team’s DJ now plays The Black Keys’s Lonely Boy every time the Oilers score.
The groovy blues-rock single, the first from the duo’s latest album, El Camino, features an “Oh-oh-oh-oh!” chant in its chorus — perfect for sporting events.
“It’s such an easy song to sing to,” says Steve Hogle, spokesman for the Katz Group, which owns the team. “The fans are so passionate to begin with, but to give them a platform to raise their voices is just fabulous.”
He says the Oilers made the song switch because fans were asking for “something with lots of energy, a little bit rocky and edgy.
“We’re in constant contact with fans, talking to them at games and in focus groups and in broader surveys, and there was a bit of a mood that they were ready for something new.”
Lonely Boy made its debut during the Oil’s 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 23. Since then, the song has been feeling a bit lonely — the Oilers have only scored four goals in their last three home games. All losses, to boot.
The Buffalo Sabres also recently adopted Lonely Boy as their goal song and the first episode of HBO’s 24/7 Fyers/Rangers featured the track.
Sadly, it doesn’t look like Oilers fans will hear the song during the playoffs, but Lonely Boy should ring out at Rexall Place on May 12. That’s when The Black Keys perform. Tickets are still available.
ssperounes@edmontonjournal.com
