Great thread. Thanks for all the input guys. We had Song 2 for quite a while, and though it's good, for some reason the fans never really got into that beat or song, they were just celebrating the goal (fair enough of course).
The Quo song was originally suggested to me in 2002 by Callum's grandfather, Bill Buglass. He's a Quo fanatic. It worked incredibly well as a pump up song so when we were looking for a new Goal song, it seemed a logical choice.
I think the bpm and general feel of it do work well and from what we see up in the Crow's nest when we score, the fans seem to have the beat nailed. Also, the lyrics of 'All stand up' do make sense following a goal. I do try and put the magnifying glass on all aspects of the match night and music every year. For me the challenge is to keep a percentage turning over and fresh, whilst also having some traditions. We've tried some things that epically failed (the Bro Hymn goal music, as mentioned - much loved in the NHL, total flop in the tent!) and some that have been well received (The Buble intro, for example).
I also love Brazz Bonanza, but I do feel in the arena / modern era, it lacks a bit of, well, cojones, presentation wise.
There's no current plans to change the goal music but it's always something we look at. Maybe we could look at it for Challenge Cup games as a trial, see how it goes. But any poll / thread will always have subjective views on whether something is good / cool etc.
My favourite thing about our current goal music, from a match night presentation perspective, other than that it's a good fit of a song, is that the edit almost always perfectly ends as the ref drops the puck for the re-start, which is magic in terms of timing. I hat fade-outs on goal songs, and for me any new goal music would need to fit that criteria as (and you may not have noticed this of course as I'm a timings nerd) that fitting into that re-start is golden.
I'll carry on reading with interest though, keep the ideas coming please.
Everyone will have a different idea about the goal song, I think for the sake of superstition alone we should be keeping our current one!!
