Pace on Earth

Fireworks

The debate over the Hockey Night in Canada theme song has slipped onto the back burners of the media hotstove. The reality is that it's gone from the CBC but will still be heard (probably moreso) but hockey fans in Canada. The next question for the CBC is how to replace that iconic song with another one. I've been thinking about this since I first heard the news and here is my vote.

To replace an iconic jingle, why not go to the most iconic band for the Gen X'ers that make up that key 18-54 demographic; the Hip. You could probably convince the boys to do their national duty and write a replacement but my suggestion would be for them to allow the use of what some folks describe as simply 'that hockey song'. Fireworks is the song on Phantom Power that grabbed you. The album has become one of my favourite Hip albums and this was the song that put the hooks in. You can see that its already set to go in this role here:

"If there's a goal that everyone remembers it was back in old '72
we all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger and all I remember was sitting beside you"
Classic...and I wasn't even alive in '72.

Pace out.

Labels: Flashback Friday, The Hockey Sweater

posted by Vitamin S @ 4:01 p.m.