Celebration Songs

[soxnut67]

Ok, I haven't been to many games recently, and not been able to watch on tv very often. What songs are being played after a home run and a victory?

I think NaNa Hey Hey is still played after pitching changes, but not after HR's and the rare Sox win. So much for "Tradition".

[thomas35forever]

The song typically heard right after wins is Victorious by Panic! at the Disco. They still play Sweet Home Chicago, too.

[SaltyPretzel]

It doesn't seem right not hearing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" after home runs.

[soxnut67]

Originally Posted by thomas35forever

The song typically heard right after wins is Victorious by Panic! at the Disco. They still play Sweet Home Chicago, too.

Ok. Don't know if I know it or not. Will have to check youtube.

I was at a game about a month ago and there was a home run, and they actually won, and no NaNa...really kind of unfulfilling in the entertainment category. Disappointing.

[soxnut67]

Originally Posted by SaltyPretzel

It doesn't seem right not hearing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" after home runs.

No it doesn't feel right.

[cub killer]

When did they decide to piss on tradition like this

This is terrible. The "charge!" notes morphing into nananana was always piff. Was this Reifert's idea

[Brian26]

Originally Posted by cub killer

When did they decide to piss on tradition like this

This is terrible. The "charge!" notes morphing into nananana was always piff. Was this Reifert's idea

I’m actually stunned at the reactions here as if this just happened this year. The Steam song hasn’t been used after a homer or after the end of a game in at least 15 years, if not longer. Might be closer to 20 years. It was phased out years ago... well before the 2005 season.

[Brian26]

Originally Posted by SaltyPretzel

It doesn't seem right not hearing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" after home runs.

I don’t think it would feel right if they DID play it now. It’s been that long. It’s almost been phased out for the same amount of time as it was in existence.

[thomas35forever]

Guys, I like Na Na, Hey Hey, Goodbye as much as the next Sox fan, but y'all need to chill. It's quite possible the song is resonating with fewer people coming to games and thus, they didn't feel they had to emphasize it as much with Nancy gone.

On top of that, newer fans need their own traditions to latch onto. Nowadays, more people see to hate that Thunderstruck isn't played at the start of games so much anymore.

This thread is one more example of why people pile onto baseball purists for not wanting anything to change ever. Not all change is good, but to never want the game or game-day experience to evolve is just silly. If baseball was really true to what it once was, everything would be exactly as how it was in the mid-19th century, and I don't think the game would have survived that way.

The below video shows exactly how some of you are sounding:

[soxnut67]

Originally Posted by thomas35forever

Guys, I like Na Na, Hey Hey, Goodbye as much as the next Sox fan, but y'all need to chill. It's quite possible the song is resonating with fewer people coming to games and thus, they didn't feel they had to emphasize it as much with Nancy gone.

On top of that, newer fans need their own traditions to latch onto. Nowadays, more people see to hate that Thunderstruck isn't played at the start of games so much anymore.

This thread is one more example of why people pile onto baseball purists for not wanting anything to change ever. Not all change is good, but to never want the game or game-day experience to evolve is just silly. If baseball was really true to what it once was, everything would be exactly as how it was in the mid-19th century, and I don't think the game would have survived that way.

The below video shows exactly how some of you are sounding:

Um the song was basically the adopted fight song for our team, kind of like a Note Dame, Wisconsin or Michigan fight song, or the Cubs having guests for the 7th inning stretch,nor Boston Sweet Caroline. But what do the Sox do but piss away all that is unique and turn us into homogenized..fill in the blank, anywho ballpark organization. The song in my opinion had a powerful unique antagonistic quality to the opposing team. Oh well if I have that opinion.

[Lip Man 1]

Originally Posted by soxnut67

Um the song was basically the adopted fight song for our team, kind of like a Note Dame, Wisconsin or Michigan fight song, or the Cubs having guests for the 7th inning stretch,nor Boston Sweet Caroline. But what do the Sox do but piss away all that is unique and turn us into homogenized..fill in the blank, anywho ballpark organization. The song in my opinion had a powerful unique antagonistic quality to the opposing team. Oh well if I have that opinion.

[MeteorsSox4367]

Not to sound like an old man, but the "Na, Na, Na" has special meaning for me because I was a kid when it became popular with the Sox and reminds me of being a 10-year-old again when I all had to worry about was why Wayne Nordhagen or Bill Nahorodny struck out in an important at-bat.

Also, I was fortunate enough to be there at Game 1 of the 2005 playoffs against Boston when former Cub great Matt Clement got his ass handed to him by our Sox.

As Clement was leaving the field when he was pulled, it was amazing to hear our Sox fans singing - in my case, screaming - the song along with everyone else.

It was as though the good fans of the South Side were saying "This is OUR turn, Red Sox Nation. Bleep you!"

In all honesty, if they don't play it now, it doesn't bother me that much. I just want the Sox to win. I would be upset, however, if they brought back DJ Joe Stephan (sp?) That was not good. At all

[WhiteSox5187]

I THINK they stopped playing it after home runs in the '90s but I know they still played during pitching changes while Nancy was here. After she left it did seem like it became rarer, or at the very least, a bit more faint.

[bridgeportcopper]

To me, after Nancy left it kind of took on a funeralish dirge quality. It was slowed down and almost sang with zero excitement. I don't admire much the Cubs do, but you see when their opponent makes a pitching change on comes YMCA. I don't like that song but it really seems to energize that stadium. I'd kinda like to see the Sox do that with the actual Steam song not just the sad organ version. The actual Steam song has an energy to it, and lately it seems all that old has been vintage or hip. Just my $.02

[bridgeportcopper]

I also really miss the refrain from "runaround Sue". Just things I remember from my youth that probably should have remained White Sox traditions, but I think we sold our organization's collective soul to Chance the Rapper a few years ago, in a rather misguided move. It hasnt really paid off and Ive seen Chance photographed in Cubs headgear, so "Channy from 79th" isnt very loyal to the south side.