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Post by bigchris on Mar 30, 2005 19:26:14 GMT -5
Any era of Jets history will do here. What songs make you think of the Jets in a positive and/or negative light when listening to them? Aside from the usual suspects, (Get Ready for This, Jump, etc.) Here's a few of mine, enjoy!
- Jet Airliner by Steve Miller: The Jet theme song that wasn't. I always think of the old 70's Jets when I hear that song. (Especially the New England reference that also makes me think of the Whalers.)
- Feels Good Even Missing You by Burton Cummings: The Jets are gone but they couldn't take those great memories away from me. That song has that same kind of feeling to me.
- Stagefright by The Band: It never failed in the Mike Smith era, (and later in the Ferguson era.) We would oversell the arena, (beyond the "official" attendance figure,) and the Jets would lose. I think it was a case of stagefright on the part of the players, not used to success. (Calgary went through this in the playoffs last year in the first 2 rounds and New Jersey went through this in the 1994 and 1995 playoffs.) Good song, painful memories.
- Nana Goodbye by the Nylons: Okay, this is a reminder of the days when the Bombers were good too, (they still play it at the Stadium whenever the Blue win,) but this one brings back memories of going to a Bomber game in the afternoon, having a quick bite to eat, changing my jersey and heading to the Jet game.
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Post by jamiebez on Mar 30, 2005 19:52:33 GMT -5
"Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell (and later Counting Crows):
"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till its gone.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
They didn't exactly pave the old barn after the Jets left, but they may as well have as far as I'm concerned. That place was paradise to me in the Jets days.
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Post by Hardcoresuperstar on Mar 30, 2005 22:01:49 GMT -5
Highway to the Dangerzone by Kenny Loggins. They would play that when the Jets came out during their first or second last season. Great tune, even better memories of my team losing.
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Post by joelzillmanwpg on Mar 30, 2005 22:38:21 GMT -5
"Jump" by Van Halen, since every Jets goal was accompanied by this song.
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung. A remake of this song titled "Everybody Wear White Tonight" insipred the Jets through their last playoff series win against Calgary in 87'.
Paul McCartney has a song, where the main chorous shouts out "Jets!". Not too sure the name of the song, but its a good one.
"Hill Street Blues" theme. When I was a young boy, my dad and I would goto a couple of Jets games per year. It wasan exciting time, and this is the first song I heard during warm-up, and for some odd reason, it still reminds me of the Jets.
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Post by blackthorne on Mar 30, 2005 23:24:39 GMT -5
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Post by razorsedge on Mar 31, 2005 14:14:14 GMT -5
"are you ready for this" it was some cheesy techno song..........also THUNDERSTRUCK by AC/DC always got the crowd chanting.....
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Post by hatrick007 on Mar 31, 2005 15:02:32 GMT -5
hey... are you ready for this was the greatest song! lol
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Post by Jets on Mar 31, 2005 18:53:10 GMT -5
"Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John. Does anyone remember when Benny used to throw the football into the crowd and try and get fans to throw it back into the giant Zoodles can while this song was playing?  Or am I crazy? LOL |
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Post by bigchris on Apr 3, 2005 18:35:37 GMT -5
Joel,
You are refering to JET by McCartney and Wings. (On the first side on Band On The Run.) Talk about a Jets anthem that wasn't. I would even use that song for the Jets today if they were still here.
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Post by bigchris on Apr 3, 2005 18:39:34 GMT -5
"Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John. Does anyone remember when Benny used to throw the football into the crowd and try and get fans to throw it back into the giant Zoodles can while this song was playing? Or am I crazy? LOL They played that song while the "Winnipeg Jets: 1972-1995" banner was being raised at the Jets' Funeral/Steen's number retirement ceremony and I broke down and cried out of nowhere. (I went from feeling no emotion at all to losing it completely about a minute into the song.) |
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Post by Paul on Apr 14, 2005 0:24:50 GMT -5
I fondly remember hearing AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" played in the background at both Winnipeg Arena and also at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota (home of the defunct North Stars) when I saw the games on television. The Minnesota Wild early on had also adopted the song along with Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild". Most recently, I heard "Thunderstruck" regularly at America West Arena for Coyotes games along with Guns 'N Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle".
However, "Jump" reminds of the Winnipeg Jets more than any other song though.
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Post by AO8/EM71 on Apr 15, 2005 22:08:35 GMT -5
The only 2 songs I remember for sure were Jump by Van Halen and Get Ready for this by that electronic band.. but man whenever I hear those songs the hair raises on the back of my neck and I think... JETS!
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Post by Brent on Jun 8, 2005 21:31:27 GMT -5
does anyone have a copy of the remix of the wang chung song?
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Post by Paul on Jun 10, 2005 1:53:40 GMT -5
...Get Ready for this by that electronic band.. Oh, you mean by 2Unlimited. Funny, that song was played at last night's 2005 NBA Finals Game 1. It was during the Spurs' player intros. |
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Post by USApegger on Jun 10, 2005 1:58:38 GMT -5
...Get Ready for this by that electronic band.. Oh, you mean by 2Unlimited. Funny, that song was played at last night's 2005 NBA Finals Game 1. It was during the Spurs' player intros. Sorry Paul I have to dis you in fun NBA who cares!Shaq is gone and so is the other Nash |
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Post by jets4ever on Jul 8, 2005 14:52:43 GMT -5
"Jet" by McCartney and Wings.
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Post by FrontierSaga on Jul 8, 2005 23:08:21 GMT -5
Straight Outta Compton by the N.W.A  |
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Post by ~Jiffy~ on May 8, 2006 14:01:57 GMT -5
NANA Goodbye for sure...... LOL Great old days...
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Post by senner on Sept 15, 2006 12:24:42 GMT -5
I remember a game, during warm-up skate the song "Let's Dance" by David Bowie was playing & this old gentleman who sat beside us for 12 years turned to me and said, "Why do they always play this rock & roll music so loud my teeth chatter??" I laughed out loud through the whole zamboni flood. Still think of that guy when I hear Bowie. Funny, all the memories I have of the Jets, so many were just the times in the old barn. The people, the smell, eating nachos for the first time & my dad telling me the jalapeno's were "just like pickles" ha ha.
Boy do I miss that atmosphere.............
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Post by dbp1990 on Sept 15, 2006 16:55:19 GMT -5
FOOLS OVERTURE by Supertramp, it reminds me of Bettman and Shenkarow, those JERKS!
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