Still do not understand the St. Louis Blues & Country Roads???

 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:29 am    Post subject: Still do not understand the St. Louis Blues & Country Roads???

Ok, if you have paid any attention to the NHL this season, and the St. Louis Blues remarkable turnaround going from last place during the season to the Stanley Cup Finals, you have probably noticed the Blues fans have began to sing John Denver's Country Roads @ home games. But why? I know the story, but it still makes no sense to me. The story is.....

The Blues game operations director, Jason Pippi, was tasked with increasing fan engagement at home games. Ironically Pippi is a Pitt alumni and former Pitt Panther mascot. I know what you are thinking....when did people start actually hiring Pitt graduates? Anyway, he tried to get the fans to adopt "Sweet Caroline", which Pitt adopted as their crowd song about a decade ago...yes, they just swiped the Boston Red Sox tradition without shame. Remember, this is Pitt we are talking about. The Blues fans were not feeling Sweet Caroline, so the staff suggested some other songs that most people at least know the chorus to, and one suggestion was Country Roads. Although Pippi told the staff he hated Country Roads, he would give it a try with some other suggestions. He tried several songs, and the fans did not bite, then one night he played Country Roads and as the volume was reduced and play resumed something happened.....the entire crowd continued to sing the song in it's entirety without the recording playing. Since then, they play the song and sing along every game....referring to it as their anthem!

https://twitter.com/101espn/status/1131022842605318150

https://twitter.com/YoungPageviews/status/1131023138362470400

Some of my fellow WVU fans and almuni have different feelings about this Blues decision.....some are happy and enjoy it, while others are not pleased that the Blues have somewhat co-opted a long time Mountaineer tradition. Country Roads has been played at and sung along by WVU fans at every home game since 1972. The day Mountaineer Field (now known as Mountaineer Field @ Milan Puskar Stadium) opened in 1980, John Denver led the crowd singing his song from the 50 yard line. It is literally the official song of the state of WV. So I am not happy or unhappy....I just do not understand why an arena full of people in Missouri are singing a song that is clearly about West Virginia....or why they would be proud of copying someone else's tradition....especially one that is specifically talking about a place that is not St. Louis. It would be like the Lakers playing Sweet Home Alabama at every game as a tradition!

Am I the only one that simply does not understand why?

I do not want to say we "own" it......but we break out in song at

football games....
https://twitter.com/WVUfootball/status/926965458942783492

basketball games....
https://twitter.com/CJacksonSports/status/824089670921371650

at away stadiums....
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1036064287167406080

baseball games....
https://twitter.com/JohnEverett24/status/1134663745177903105

swim meets....
https://twitter.com/DailyAthenaeum/status/1084205014023839744

graduations....
https://twitter.com/DailyAthenaeum/status/1126856501878980608

just hanging out...
https://twitter.com/DailyAthenaeum/status/1029187505025949698

and even when Brad stops by....
https://twitter.com/WVUSports/status/765362299997523968

it is kind of our thing....
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:08 am    Post subject:

There are a lot of country roads in Blues country.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:54 am    Post subject:

I prefer the hawaiian version by israel kamakawawio'ole (sp)
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:19 pm    Post subject:

WV can have all of the John Denver catalogue as far as I'm concerned.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:19 am    Post subject:

Chronicle wrote:
I prefer the hawaiian version by israel kamakawawio'ole (sp)


I love almost everything Israel Kamakawiwoʻole covered.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:20 am    Post subject:

venturalakersfan wrote:
There are a lot of country roads in Blues country.


that is the thing....they even say "West Virginia" when they sing....I have been to concerts and seen other crowds do similar things with other songs....but personalize the chorus.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:23 am    Post subject:

Omar Little wrote:
WV can have all of the John Denver catalogue as far as I'm concerned.


now you tell me....I have been telling people in WV for years to never concern themselves with your thoughts. BTW, we do not want Rocky Mountain High.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:47 am    Post subject:

adkindo wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
WV can have all of the John Denver catalogue as far as I'm concerned.


now you tell me....I have been telling people in WV for years to never concern themselves with your thoughts. BTW, we do not want Rocky Mountain High.


btw, you (Omar) may appreciate this if you did not already know....when the song was written (Denver is credited as a co-writer), Denver had never actually been to or spent time in WV. Also, the very prominent 2nd line in the song...."Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River" really do not make sense because the Blue Ridge Mountains are barely and I mean barely in WV....like 0.001% of the range scrapes the panhandle....similarly, the Shenandoah River is mostly in Virginia, but at least a material amount of it crosses over the border into WV. Neither would be considered important to WV.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:29 pm    Post subject:

Omar Little wrote:
WV can have all of the John Denver catalogue as far as I'm concerned.


LOLZ, not a Rocky Mountain High fan eh Omar?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:54 pm    Post subject:

I love John Denver's music, especially that song. Don't really care for the "the civil war wasn't really about slavery.txt" rube types who also share the taste, though.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:46 pm    Post subject:

adkindo wrote:
adkindo wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
WV can have all of the John Denver catalogue as far as I'm concerned.


now you tell me....I have been telling people in WV for years to never concern themselves with your thoughts. BTW, we do not want Rocky Mountain High.


btw, you (Omar) may appreciate this if you did not already know....when the song was written (Denver is credited as a co-writer), Denver had never actually been to or spent time in WV. Also, the very prominent 2nd line in the song...."Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River" really do not make sense because the Blue Ridge Mountains are barely and I mean barely in WV....like 0.001% of the range scrapes the panhandle....similarly, the Shenandoah River is mostly in Virginia, but at least a material amount of it crosses over the border into WV. Neither would be considered important to WV.
Prolly meant west Virginia and not West Virginia which means it is time that WVU give Country Roads to the 'Hoos
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:03 pm    Post subject:

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adkindo wrote:
adkindo wrote:
Omar Little wrote:
WV can have all of the John Denver catalogue as far as I'm concerned.


now you tell me....I have been telling people in WV for years to never concern themselves with your thoughts. BTW, we do not want Rocky Mountain High.


btw, you (Omar) may appreciate this if you did not already know....when the song was written (Denver is credited as a co-writer), Denver had never actually been to or spent time in WV. Also, the very prominent 2nd line in the song...."Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River" really do not make sense because the Blue Ridge Mountains are barely and I mean barely in WV....like 0.001% of the range scrapes the panhandle....similarly, the Shenandoah River is mostly in Virginia, but at least a material amount of it crosses over the border into WV. Neither would be considered important to WV.
Prolly meant west Virginia and not West Virginia which means it is time that WVU give Country Roads to the 'Hoos


I think you would be surprised that still in 2019 how many people respond to me when I tell them I am from West Virginia or even if I say I went to WVU, they will say something like..."I love it there, (Charlottesville, Norfolk, Hampton, pick a VA city) is so pretty"....as if they do not actually recognize that there was this Civil War that took place, and the states split up into two independent states.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 12:47 pm    Post subject:

uh oh!

Too soon: Ads celebrating Blues mistakenly run

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In a letter published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday, St. Louis Blues owner Tom Stillman thanked his fans after "the elation of breaking through and bringing St. Louis its first-ever Stanley Cup."


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gift for Boston....
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:41 pm    Post subject:

whatever they did, it worked....

St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 for the Stanley Cup.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:44 pm    Post subject:

First cup win ever. My cousin is at the watch party at Busch, the place is wild. Bummed that the rook didn’t get the shutout.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:11 pm    Post subject:

adkindo wrote:
whatever they did, it worked....

St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 for the Stanley Cup.


Sure did . . . From worst in the NHL to Champions in 6 months.

Oh and Buck Foston!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:48 pm    Post subject:

Gloria is the weirdest anthem for a sports team but I digress.

Oddly enough Laura Branigan's last concert before she passed at age 52 was in Boston. The Blues are 52 years old when they won the Stanley Cup in Boston.

I like the side stories leading up to this a "feud" between the actors who played Jim/Pam in The Office.

Overall I'm just glad to see a team from Boston lose. Its nice that STL Blues made history today.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:27 pm    Post subject:

Basketball Fan wrote:
Gloria is the weirdest anthem for a sports team but I digress.

Oddly enough Laura Branigan's last concert before she passed at age 52 was in Boston. The Blues are 52 years old when they won the Stanley Cup in Boston.

I like the side stories leading up to this a "feud" between the actors who played Jim/Pam in The Office.

Overall I'm just glad to see a team from Boston lose. Its nice that STL Blues made history today.

This. I could care less about the whole Country Roads thing.

The Blues have joined our beloved purple and gold as the only sports teams to ever beat a Boston team in Game 7 of a world championship.

Suck it Boston!
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